Date | 27 – 31 August 1972 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München | |
Participants | 25 from 25 countries | |
Format | Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward. |
Iran’s Abdullah Movahed had won five World Championships from 1965-70 but he was not favored in München. That role fell to the 1971 World Champion, Dan Gable, considered by many the greatest wrestler America had ever produced. Gable had been undefeated in high school and college, until his final match in his senior year of college, when he was defeated in the NCAA final by Larry Owings. No such fate befell him in München as he won three of his first five bouts by falls, and won two decisions by shutouts. Nobody scored a point off him as he dominated the class to win the gold medal. In the final round he decisioned Soviet Ruslan Ashuraliyev to win the gold medal, having beaten the other finalist, Japan’s Kikuo Wada by decision in round four. Wada won the silver with Ashuraliyev taking bronze. Movahed was injured and withdrew after the second round.
Gable retired after the 1972 Olympics, although he made a limited comeback in 1976 trying to make another Olympic team, but he wrestled only a few matches. He later became the greatest wrestling coach in the US, leading his University of Iowa team to 15 NCAA team championships. Ashuraliyev moved up to welterweight and was the World Champion in that class in 1974 and 1975 and European Champion in 1974. Wada had no other major international podium finishes.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | – | – | Gold | ||
2 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | – | – | Silver | ||
3 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | – | – | Bronze | ||
=4 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | – | – | |||
=4 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | – | – | |||
6 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | – | – | |||
7 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | – | – | |||
Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | Eliminated r4/6 | 6,0 | ||||
József Rusznyák | ![]() | Eliminated r4/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | Eliminated r4/6 | 8,0 | ||||
Georges Carbasse | ![]() | Eliminated r4/6 | 8,0 | ||||
Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | Eliminated r4/6 | 8,0 | ||||
Klaus Rost | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Josef Engel | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Eliezer Halfin | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 8,0 | ||||
Ronald Ouellet | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 9,0 | ||||
Eduardo Quintero | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 9,0 | ||||
Joe Gilligan | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 9,0 | ||||
Jagrup Singh | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 6,0 | ||||
André Chardonnens | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 6,5 | ||||
Gabriel Ruz | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Segundo Olmedo | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Safer Sali | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,0 | ||||
Arona Mané | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 8,0 | ||||
Abdullah Movahed | ![]() | Withdrew r2/6 | 0,5 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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=1 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Klaus Rost | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=1 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | 0,0 | |||
=7 | Abdullah Movahed | ![]() | 0,5 | withdrew | ||
=7 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | 0,5 | |||
=9 | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=9 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=9 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=9 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=9 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=14 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=14 | Jagrup Singh | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=14 | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=14 | Gabriel Ruz | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=14 | Josef Engel | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=19 | Segundo Olmedo | ![]() | 3,5 | |||
=19 | André Chardonnens | ![]() | 3,5 | |||
=21 | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=21 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=21 | Joe Gilligan | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=21 | Arona Mané | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=21 | Safer Sali | ![]() | 4,0 |
Match #1 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | decision | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() |
Match #2 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | decision | Jagrup Singh | ![]() |
Match #3 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | decision | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() |
Match #4 | Abdullah Movahed | ![]() | decision | Segundo Olmedo | ![]() |
Match #5 | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() | decision | Gabriel Ruz | ![]() |
Match #6 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | decision | Josef Engel | ![]() |
Match #7 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | fall (1:08) | Arona Mané | ![]() |
Match #8 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | fall (2:47) | Georges Carbasse | ![]() |
Match #9 | Dan Gable | ![]() | fall (7:35) | Safer Sali | ![]() |
Match #10 | Klaus Rost | ![]() | fall (8:58) | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() |
Match #11 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | decision | André Chardonnens | ![]() |
Match #12 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | fall (7:36) | Joe Gilligan | ![]() |
Match #13 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | bye |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | 0,5 | |||
=2 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=2 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
=2 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | 1,0 | |||
5 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
6 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | 2,0 | |||
=7 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=7 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=7 | Josef Engel | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
=10 | Klaus Rost | ![]() | 3,5 | |||
=10 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | 3,5 | |||
=12 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=12 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=12 | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=12 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=16 | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=16 | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=16 | Joe Gilligan | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
19 | Jagrup Singh | ![]() | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
20 | André Chardonnens | ![]() | 6,5 | eliminated | ||
=21 | Gabriel Ruz | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
=21 | Segundo Olmedo | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
=21 | Safer Sali | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
24 | Arona Mané | ![]() | 8,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | decision | József Rusznyák | ![]() |
Match #2 | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() | decision | Jagrup Singh | ![]() |
Match #3 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | decision | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() |
Match #4 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | decision | Segundo Olmedo | ![]() |
Match #5 | Josef Engel | ![]() | fall (5:45) | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() |
Match #6 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | fall (5:31) | Gabriel Ruz | ![]() |
Match #7 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | decision | Udo Schröder | ![]() |
Match #8 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | fall (1:50) | Arona Mané | ![]() |
Match #9 | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() | decision | Safer Sali | ![]() |
Match #10 | Dan Gable | ![]() | decision | Klaus Rost | ![]() |
Match #11 | Joe Gilligan | ![]() | decision | André Chardonnens | ![]() |
Match #12 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | decision | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | 0,5 | |||
=2 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
=2 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
4 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | 2,0 | |||
5 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | 3,0 | |||
6 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | 3,5 | |||
=7 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=7 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | 4,0 | |||
=9 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=9 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=9 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
12 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | 6,0 | |||
=13 | Klaus Rost | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
=13 | Josef Engel | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
15 | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
=16 | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() | 9,0 | eliminated | ||
=16 | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() | 9,0 | eliminated | ||
=16 | Joe Gilligan | ![]() | 9,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | fall (4:50) | Eliezer Halfin | ![]() |
Match #2 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | decision | Ali Şahin | ![]() |
Match #3 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | fall (3:27) | Eduardo Quintero | ![]() |
Match #4 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | fall (7:37) | Josef Engel | ![]() |
Match #5 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | decision | Udo Schröder | ![]() |
Match #6 | Dan Gable | ![]() | fall (4:03) | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() |
Match #7 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | fall (4:53) | Ronald Ouellet | ![]() |
Match #8 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | decision | Klaus Rost | ![]() |
Match #9 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | fall (7:29) | Joe Gilligan | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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=1 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
=1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
=3 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | 4,5 | |||
=3 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | 4,5 | |||
=5 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=5 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | 5,0 | |||
=7 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | 6,0 | |||
=7 | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
9 | József Rusznyák | ![]() | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
=10 | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
=10 | Georges Carbasse | ![]() | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
=10 | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() | 8,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | fall (4:42) | József Rusznyák | ![]() |
Match #2 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | fall (8:26) | Ismail Yuseinov | ![]() |
Match #3 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | fall (2:23) | Petre Poalelungi | ![]() |
Match #4 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | fall (2:17) | Georges Carbasse | ![]() |
Match #5 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | draw | Stefanos Ioannidis | ![]() |
Match #6 | Dan Gable | ![]() | decision | Kikuo Wada | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Dan Gable | ![]() | 1,5 | |||
=2 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | 4,5 | |||
=2 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() | 4,5 | |||
=4 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
=4 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
6 | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() | 8,5 | eliminated | ||
7 | Udo Schröder | ![]() | 9,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Ali Şahin | ![]() | decision | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() |
Match #2 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj | ![]() | decision | Udo Schröder | ![]() |
Match #3 | Dan Gable | ![]() | fall (4:13) | Włodzimierz Cieślak | ![]() |
Match #4 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | bye |
Match #1 | Kikuo Wada | ![]() | decision | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() |
Match #2 | Dan Gable | ![]() | decision | Ruslan Ashuraliyev | ![]() |