Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe Munchen
Dates	5?10 September
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Shamil Khisamutdinov   Soviet Union Stoyan Apostolov   Bulgaria Gian-Matteo Ranzi   Italy
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Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 kg
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The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall. ^[1]

Medalists [ edit ]

Gold	Shamil Khisamutdinov   Soviet Union
Silver	Stoyan Apostolov   Bulgaria
Bronze	Gian-Matteo Ranzi   Italy

Tournament results [ edit ]

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

• DNA ? Did not appear
• TPP ? Total penalty points
• MPP ? Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 ? Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 ? Won by Technical Superiority
• 1 ? Won by Points
• 2 ? Draw
• 2.5 ? Draw, Passivity
• 3 ? Lost by Points
• 3.5 ? Lost by Technical Superiority
• 4 ? Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	3	Veikko Lavonen   ( FIN )		Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )	1	1
1	1	Mohammad Dalirian   ( IRI )		Sotirios Nakos   ( GRE )	3	3
4	4	Andrzej Supron   ( POL )	5:58	Simion Popescu   ( ROU )	4	4
0	0	Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )	6:29	Mohamed Gaber   ( EGY )	4	4
0	0	Seyyit Hı?ırlı   ( TUR )	8:26	Josef Brotzner   ( AUT )	4	4
4	4	Robert Buzzard   ( USA )	7:19	Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )	0	0
0	0	Heinz Rhyn   ( SUI )	7:37	Ole Sorensen   ( CAN )	4	4
0	0	Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )	6:47	Mohamed Bahamou   ( MAR )	4	4
0	0	Antal Steer   ( HUN )	4:00	Alberto Bremauntz   ( MEX )	4	4
2.5	2.5	Sreten Damjanovi?   ( YUG )		Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )	2.5	2.5
3	3	Djan-Aka Djan   ( AFG )		Tage Juhl Weirum   ( DEN )	1	1
0		Klaus-Peter Gopfert   ( GDR )		Bye

Round 2 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	4	Klaus-Peter Gopfert   ( GDR )	5:32	Veikko Lavonen   ( FIN )	4	7
1	0	Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )	2:32	Mohammad Dalirian   ( IRI )	4	5
7	4	Sotirios Nakos   ( GRE )	8:38	Andrzej Supron   ( POL )	0	4
8	4	Simion Popescu   ( ROU )	5:07	Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )	0	0
0	0	Seyyit Hı?ırlı   ( TUR )	5:32	Robert Buzzard   ( USA )	4	8
7.5	3.5	Josef Brotzner   ( AUT )		Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )	0.5	0.5
4	4	Heinz Rhyn   ( SUI )	7:45	Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )	0	0
8	4	Ole Sorensen   ( CAN )	1:00	Mohamed Bahamou   ( MAR )	0	4
3	3	Antal Steer   ( HUN )		Sreten Damjanovi?   ( YUG )	1	3.5
8	4	Alberto Bremauntz   ( MEX )	5:17	Djan-Aka Djan   ( AFG )	0	3
2.5	0	Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )	5:05	Tage Juhl Weirum   ( DEN )	4	5
4		Gaber Mohamed   ( EGY )		DNA

Round 3 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	4	Klaus-Peter Gopfert   ( GDR )	8:31	Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )	0	1
9	4	Mohammad Dalirian   ( IRI )	2:26	Andrzej Supron   ( POL )	0	4
1	1	Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )		Seyyit Hı?ırlı   ( TUR )	3	3
0.5	0	Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )	8:15	Heinz Rhyn   ( SUI )	4	8
3	3	Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )		Antal Steer   ( HUN )	1	4
8	4	Mohamed Bahamou   ( MAR )	6:50	Sreten Damjanovi?   ( YUG )	0	3.5
2.5	0	Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )	4:08	Djan-Aka Djan   ( AFG )	4	7
5		Tage Juhl Weirum   ( DEN )		Bye

Round 4 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
9	4	Tage Juhl Weirum   ( DEN )	2:56	Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )	0	1
8	4	Andrzej Supron   ( POL )	8:10	Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )	0	1
6	3	Seyyit Hı?ırlı   ( TUR )		Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )	1	1.5
3	0	Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )	8:28	Sreten Damjanovi?   ( YUG )	4	7.5
6	2	Antal Steer   ( HUN )		Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )	2	4.5

Round 5 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	3	Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )		Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )	1	2
2.5	1	Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )		Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )	3	6
4.5		Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )		Bye

Round 6 [ edit ]

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7.5	3	Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )		Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )	1	5
2.5	0.5	Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )		Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )	3.5	6

Final [ edit ]

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	3	Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )		Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )	1	1

Final standings [ edit ]

1.   Shamil Khisamutdinov   ( URS )
2.   Stoyan Apostolov   ( BUL )
3.   Gian-Matteo Ranzi   ( ITA )
4.   Manfred Schondorfer   ( FRG )
5.   Takashi Tanoue   ( JPN )
6.   Antal Steer   ( HUN ) and   Seyyit Hı?ırlı   ( TUR )

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Report