Men's Greco-Roman 57 kgat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Messe München Dates 5–10 September Competitors 29 from 29 nations
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[ 1]
Medalists
Tournament results
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
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings
Rustam Kazakov (URS )
Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG )
Risto Björlin (FIN )
János Varga (HUN )
Hristo Traikov (BUL )
Ion Baciu (ROU )
Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN )
References
External links
1924–1928: 58 kg
1932–1936: 56 kg
1948–1996: 57 kg
2000: 58 kg
2004–2012: 55 kg
2016: 59 kg
2020–present: 60 kg