Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight (- 48 kg)	Gheorghe Berceanu Romania (ROM)	Rahim Aliabadi Iran (IRI)	Stefan Angelov Bulgaria (BUL)
Flyweight (48 - 52 kg)	Petar Kirov Bulgaria (BUL)	Koichiro Hirayama Japan (JPN)	Giuseppe Bognanni Italy (ITA)
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg)	Roustam Kazakov Soviet Union (URS)	Hans-Jurgen Veil West Germany (FRG)	Risto Bjorlin Finland (FIN)
Featherweight (57 - 62 kg)	Georgi Markov Bulgaria (BUL)	Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany (GDR)	Kazimierz Lipień Poland (POL)
Lightweight (62 - 68 kg)	Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union (URS)	Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria (BUL)	Gian-Matteo Ranzi Italy (ITA)
Welterweight (68 - 74 kg)	Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Petros Galaktopoulos Greece (GRE)	Jan Karlsson Sweden (SWE)
Middleweight (74 - 82 kg)	Csaba Hegadus Hungary (HUN)	Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union (URS)	Milan Nenadic Yugoslavia (YUG)
Light Heavyweight (82 - 90 kg)	Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union (URS)	Josip Corak Yugoslavia (YUG)	Czesław Kwieciński Poland (POL)
Heavyweight (90 - 100 kg)	Nicolae Martinescu Romania (ROM)	Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union (URS)	Ferenc Kiss Hungary (HUN)
Super Heavyweight (+ 100kg)	Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union (URS)	Aleksandr Tomov Bulgaria (BUL)	Victor Dolipschi Romania (ROM)

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight (- 48 kg)	Roman Dmitriev Soviet Union (URS)	Ognian Nikolov Bulgaria (BUL)	Ebrahim Javadi Iran (IRI)
Flyweight (48 - 52 kg)	Kiyomi Kato Japan (JPN)	Arsen Alakhverdiev Soviet Union (URS)	Kim Gwong Hyong North Korea (PRK)
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg)	Hideaki Yanagida Japan (JPN)	Richard Sanders United States (USA)	Laszlo Klinga Hungary (HUN)
Featherweight (57 - 62 kg)	Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union (URS)	Vehbi Akdag Turkey (TUR)	Ivan Krastev Bulgaria (BUL)
Lightweight (62 - 68 kg)	Dan Gable United States (USA)	Kikuo Wada Japan (JPN)	Ruslan Ashuraliev Soviet Union (URS)
Welterweight (68 - 74 kg)	Wayne Wells United States (USA)	Jan Karlsson Sweden (SWE)	Adolf Seger West Germany (FRG)
Middleweight (74 - 82 kg)	Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union (URS)	John Peterson United States (USA)	Vasile Iorga Romania (ROM)
Light Heavyweight (82 - 90 kg)	Ben Peterson United States (USA)	Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union (URS)	Karoly Bajko Hungary (HUN)
Heavyweight (90 - 100 kg)	Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union (URS)	Khorloo Bayanmunk Mongolia (MGL)	Jozsef Csatari Hungary (HUN)
Super Heavyweight (+ 100kg)	Alexander Medved Soviet Union (URS)	Osman Duraliev Bulgaria (BUL)	Chris Taylor United States (USA)

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