The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
| Men's freestyle 90 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medalists
edit| Gold | Ben Peterson United States
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| Silver | Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union
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| Bronze | Károly Bajkó Hungary
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Tournament results
editThe 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |  Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
5:50 |  Makoto Kamada (JPN) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Reza Khorrami (IRI) |
0:53 |  Etienne Martinetti (SUI) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Alioune Camara (SEN) |
2:11 |  Raúl García (MEX) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Ben Peterson (USA) |
 Paweł Kurczewski (POL) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 |  George Saunders (CAN) |
1:59 |  Chandgi Ram (IND) |
4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
 Roland Andersson (SWE) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |
 Ion Marton (ROU) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) |
1:42 |  Günter Spindler (GDR) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Michel Grangier (FRA) |
 Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
3:41 |  Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) |
 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0 |  Ernst Knoll (FRG) |
Bye |
Round 2
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Ernst Knoll (FRG) |
Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Makoto Kamada (JPN) |
Reza Khorrami (IRI) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Etienne Martinetti (SUI) |
1:38 | Alioune Camara (SEN) |
4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Raúl García (MEX) |
8:09 | Ben Peterson (USA) |
0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) |
George Saunders (CAN) |
3 | 3 | |
| 8 | 4 | Chandgi Ram (IND) |
2:45 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
0 | 0.5 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Roland Andersson (SWE) |
Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |
1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ion Marton (ROU) |
Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) |
1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Günter Spindler (GDR) |
Michel Grangier (FRA) |
1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 2 | Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
2 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) |
3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
Bye |
Round 3
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Ernst Knoll (FRG) |
Reza Khorrami (IRI) |
1 | 2 | |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
Etienne Martinetti (SUI) |
3.5 | 7.5 | |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Raúl García (MEX) |
Paweł Kurczewski (POL) |
0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 2 | Ben Peterson (USA) |
Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
2 | 2.5 | |
| 2 | 0 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |
1:00 | Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) |
4 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Günter Spindler (GDR) |
Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | Michel Grangier (FRA) |
Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) |
Bye | ||||
| 3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
DNA | ||||
| 3 | George Saunders (CAN) |
DNA |
Round 4
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) |
8:25 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Reza Khorrami (IRI) |
Ben Peterson (USA) |
1 | 4 | |
| 8.5 | 4 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) |
1:52 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
0 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |
Michel Grangier (FRA) |
3 | 8.5 | |
| 4.5 | 1 | Günter Spindler (GDR) |
Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
3 | 4.5 |
Round 5
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
Reza Khorrami (IRI) |
2 | 7 | |
| 4 | 0 | Ben Peterson (USA) |
5:24 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |
4 | 7 |
| 3 | 0.5 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
Günter Spindler (GDR) |
3.5 | 8 | |
| 4.5 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
Bye |
Round 6
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 4 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) |
2:41 | Ben Peterson (USA) |
0 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
1 | 4 |
Final
editResults from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | Ben Peterson (USA) |
Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |
2 | 2 |
The tie was broken by comparing the finalists' falls records. Peterson had 3, while Strakhov had 2.
Final standings
edit
Ben Peterson (USA)
Gennadi Strakhov (URS)
Károly Bajkó (HUN)
Rusi Petrov (BUL)
Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) and 
Reza Khorrami (IRI)- -
Günter Spindler (GDR)
References
edit- ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.