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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 August 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	24 from 24 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.

Soviet Georgian Levan “Teddy” Tediashvili had won the 1971 World Championships, but that was his first year of international wrestling. He would soon become known as the top technical wrestler in the world in his weight divisions, winning multiple internationals. In München he won all his matches, five by decisions, to win the gold medal. In round four he faced relatively unknown American John Peterson, defeating him on points, which decided the top two podium positions, as Peterson would eventually win the silver.

In 1976 Peterson would return to win the gold medal in this class, but Tediashvili also won gold, after he moved up to light-heavyweight in Montréal, defeating Peterson’s brother, Ben. Ben Peterson was the defending light-heavy champion in 1976, winning that class in München.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	–	–	Gold
2	John Peterson	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Vasile Iorga	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	–	–
5	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	–	–
6	Peter Neumair	FRG	–	–
AC	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	Eliminated r4/6	6,0
AC	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	Eliminated r4/6	7,0
AC	Ivan Iliev	BUL	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	Eliminated r4/6	9,0
AC	Hayri Polat	TUR	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	István Kovács	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Ali Hagilou	IRI	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Richard Barraclough	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	Taras Hryb	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	André Bouchoule	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	Jesús Blanco	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Lupe Lara	CUB	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	David Aspin	NZL	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Constant Bens	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (27 August 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Peter Neumair	FRG	0,0
=1	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	0,0
=1	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	0,0
=1	John Peterson	USA	0,0
5	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,5
=6	Ivan Iliev	BUL	1,0
=6	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	1,0
=6	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	1,0
=6	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1,0
=6	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	1,0
=11	Ali Hagilou	IRI	2,0
=11	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	2,0
=13	Jesús Blanco	ARG	3,0
=13	Taras Hryb	CAN	3,0
=13	André Bouchoule	FRA	3,0
=13	István Kovács	HUN	3,0
=13	Hayri Polat	TUR	3,0
18	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	3,5
=19	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	4,0
=19	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	4,0
=19	Constant Bens	BEL	4,0
=19	Lupe Lara	CUB	4,0
=19	Richard Barraclough	GBR	4,0
=19	David Aspin	NZL	4,0

Match #1	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	DQ (both passivity) (7:08)	David Aspin	NZL
Match #2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	draw	Ali Hagilou	IRI
Match #3	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	decision	Jesús Blanco	ARG
Match #4	Vasile Iorga	ROU	decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #5	Peter Neumair	FRG	fall (0:52)	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #6	John Peterson	USA	fall (1:49)	Richard Barraclough	GBR
Match #7	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	fall (8:41)	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #8	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	fall (3:41)	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #9	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision	Ibrahim Diop	SEN
Match #10	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	decision	Hayri Polat	TUR
Match #11	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	decision	István Kovács	HUN
Match #12	Ivan Iliev	BUL	decision	Taras Hryb	CAN

Round Two (28 August 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	0,0
=2	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	1,0
=2	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1,0
=2	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	1,0
=2	John Peterson	USA	1,0
6	Levan Tediashvili	URS	1,5
=7	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	2,0
=7	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	2,0
=9	Peter Neumair	FRG	3,0
=9	Ali Hagilou	IRI	3,0
=9	Hayri Polat	TUR	3,0
=12	István Kovács	HUN	4,0
=12	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	4,0
14	Richard Barraclough	GBR	4,5
15	Ivan Iliev	BUL	5,0
=16	Taras Hryb	CAN	6,0	eliminated
=16	André Bouchoule	FRA	6,0	eliminated
=18	Jesús Blanco	ARG	7,0	eliminated
=18	Lupe Lara	CUB	7,0	eliminated
=18	David Aspin	NZL	7,0	eliminated
=21	Constant Bens	BEL	7,5	eliminated
=21	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	7,5	eliminated
=23	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	8,0	eliminated
=23	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	fall (8:55)	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND
Match #2	Ali Hagilou	IRI	decision	David Aspin	NZL
Match #3	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #4	Vasile Iorga	ROU	fall (5:10)	Jesús Blanco	ARG
Match #5	Richard Barraclough	GBR	decision	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #6	John Peterson	USA	decision	Peter Neumair	FRG
Match #7	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	fall (5:58)	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #8	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	decision	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #9	Hayri Polat	TUR	fall (5:58)	Ibrahim Diop	SEN
Match #10	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision	Tömöriin Artag	MGL
Match #11	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	fall (5:42)	Ivan Iliev	BUL
Match #12	István Kovács	HUN	decision	Taras Hryb	CAN

Round Three (29 August 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1,0
=1	John Peterson	USA	1,0
3	Levan Tediashvili	URS	1,5
4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	2,0
=5	Peter Neumair	FRG	3,0
=5	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	3,0
7	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	4,0
=8	Ivan Iliev	BUL	5,0
=8	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	5,0
=8	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	5,0
=8	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	5,0
12	Hayri Polat	TUR	6,0	eliminated
=13	István Kovács	HUN	7,0	eliminated
=13	Ali Hagilou	IRI	7,0	eliminated
15	Richard Barraclough	GBR	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	decision	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #2	Vasile Iorga	ROU	fall (7:10)	Ali Hagilou	IRI
Match #3	Peter Neumair	FRG	fall (2:22)	Richard Barraclough	GBR
Match #4	John Peterson	USA	fall (6:35)	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL
Match #5	Levan Tediashvili	URS	fall (8:44)	Kurt Elmgren	SWE
Match #6	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	decision	Hayri Polat	TUR
Match #7	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	decision	István Kovács	HUN
Match #8	Ivan Iliev	BUL	bye

Round Four (30 August 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1,0
2	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	2,0
3	Levan Tediashvili	URS	2,5
=4	Peter Neumair	FRG	4,0
=4	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	4,0
=4	John Peterson	USA	4,0
7	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	6,0	eliminated
8	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	7,0	eliminated
=9	Ivan Iliev	BUL	8,0	eliminated
=9	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	8,0	eliminated
11	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	decision	Ivan Iliev	BUL
Match #2	Vasile Iorga	ROU	fall (7:31)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #3	Peter Neumair	FRG	decision	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL
Match #4	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision	John Peterson	USA
Match #5	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	decision	Tömöriin Artag	MGL
Match #6	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	bye

Round Five (30 August 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	3,5
=2	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	4,0
=2	Vasile Iorga	ROU	4,0
4	John Peterson	USA	5,0
5	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	6,0	eliminated
6	Peter Neumair	FRG	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	draw	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN
Match #2	John Peterson	USA	decision	Vasile Iorga	ROU
Match #3	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision	Peter Neumair	FRG

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	John Peterson	USA	decision	Horst Stottmeister	GDR
Match #2	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision	Vasile Iorga	ROU