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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), 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 (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	–	–	Gold
2	396	John Peterson	USA	–	–	Silver
3	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	–	–
5	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	–	–
6	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	–	–
AC	327	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	eliminated r4/6	6.0
AC	283	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	eliminated r4/6	7.0
AC	28	Ivan Iliev	BUL	eliminated r4/6	8.0
AC	231	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	eliminated r4/6	8.0
AC	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	eliminated r4/6	9.0
AC	355	Hayri Polat	TUR	eliminated r3/6	6.0
AC	150	István Kovács	HUN	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	178	Ali Hagilou	IRI	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	87	Richard Barraclough	GBR	eliminated r3/6	8.5
AC	46	Taras Hryb	CAN	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	56	Lupe Lara	CUB	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	250	David Aspin	NZL	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	20	Constant Bens	BEL	eliminated r2/6	7.5
AC	313	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	eliminated r2/6	7.5
AC	3	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	165	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	eliminated r2/6	8.0
DNS	313	Alioune Camara	SEN	–	–

Round One

Date	27 August 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	0.0
=1	283	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	0.0
=1	327	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	0.0
=1	396	John Peterson	USA	0.0
5	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0.5
=6	28	Ivan Iliev	BUL	1.0
=6	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	1.0
=6	231	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	1.0
=6	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1.0
=6	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	1.0
=11	178	Ali Hagilou	IRI	2.0
=11	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	2.0
=13	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	3.0
=13	46	Taras Hryb	CAN	3.0
=13	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	3.0
=13	150	István Kovács	HUN	3.0
=13	355	Hayri Polat	TUR	3.0
18	313	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	3.5
=19	165	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	4.0
=19	3	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	4.0
=19	20	Constant Bens	BEL	4.0
=19	56	Lupe Lara	CUB	4.0
=19	87	Richard Barraclough	GBR	4.0
=19	250	David Aspin	NZL	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	Dq (both passivity) (7:08)	David Aspin	NZL
Match #2	27 Aug	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Draw	Ali Hagilou	IRI
Match #3	27 Aug	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	Decision	Jesús Blanco	ARG
Match #4	27 Aug	Vasile Iorga	ROU	Decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #5	27 Aug	Peter Neumair	FRG	Fall (0:52)	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #6	27 Aug	John Peterson	USA	Fall (1:49)	Richard Barraclough	GBR
Match #7	27 Aug	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	Fall (8:41)	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #8	27 Aug	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	Fall (3:41)	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #9	27 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Decision	Ibrahim Diop	SEN
Match #10	27 Aug	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	Decision	Hayri Polat	TUR
Match #11	27 Aug	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	Decision	István Kovács	HUN
Match #12	27 Aug	Ivan Iliev	BUL	Decision	Taras Hryb	CAN

Round Two

Date	28 August 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	283	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	0.0	–
=2	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	1.0	–
=2	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1.0	–
=2	327	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	1.0	–
=2	396	John Peterson	USA	1.0	–
6	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	1.5	–
=7	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	2.0	–
=7	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	2.0	–
=9	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	3.0	–
=9	178	Ali Hagilou	IRI	3.0	–
=9	355	Hayri Polat	TUR	3.0	–
=12	150	István Kovács	HUN	4.0	–
=12	231	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	4.0	–
14	87	Richard Barraclough	GBR	4.5	–
15	28	Ivan Iliev	BUL	5.0	–
=16	46	Taras Hryb	CAN	6.0	eliminated
=16	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	6.0	eliminated
=18	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	7.0	eliminated
=18	56	Lupe Lara	CUB	7.0	eliminated
=18	250	David Aspin	NZL	7.0	eliminated
=21	20	Constant Bens	BEL	7.5	eliminated
=21	313	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	7.5	eliminated
=23	165	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND	8.0	eliminated
=23	3	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Fall (8:55)	Harishchandra Birajdar	IND
Match #2	28 Aug	Ali Hagilou	IRI	Decision	David Aspin	NZL
Match #3	28 Aug	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	Decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #4	28 Aug	Vasile Iorga	ROU	Fall (5:10)	Jesús Blanco	ARG
Match #5	28 Aug	Richard Barraclough	GBR	Decision	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #6	28 Aug	John Peterson	USA	Decision	Peter Neumair	FRG
Match #7	28 Aug	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	Fall (5:58)	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #8	28 Aug	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	Decision	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #9	28 Aug	Hayri Polat	TUR	Fall (5:58)	Ibrahim Diop	SEN
Match #10	28 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Decision	Tömöriin Artag	MGL
Match #11	28 Aug	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	Fall (5:42)	Ivan Iliev	BUL
Match #12	28 Aug	István Kovács	HUN	Decision	Taras Hryb	CAN

Round Three

Date	29 August 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1.0	–
=1	396	John Peterson	USA	1.0	–
3	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	1.5	–
4	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	2.0	–
=5	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	3.0	–
=5	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	3.0	–
7	283	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	4.0	–
=8	28	Ivan Iliev	BUL	5.0	–
=8	231	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	5.0	–
=8	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	5.0	–
=8	327	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	5.0	–
12	355	Hayri Polat	TUR	6.0	eliminated
=13	150	István Kovács	HUN	7.0	eliminated
=13	178	Ali Hagilou	IRI	7.0	eliminated
15	87	Richard Barraclough	GBR	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Decision	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #2	29 Aug	Vasile Iorga	ROU	Fall (7:10)	Ali Hagilou	IRI
Match #3	29 Aug	Peter Neumair	FRG	Fall (2:22)	Richard Barraclough	GBR
Match #4	29 Aug	John Peterson	USA	Fall (6:35)	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL
Match #5	29 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Fall (8:44)	Kurt Elmgren	SWE
Match #6	29 Aug	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	Decision	Hayri Polat	TUR
Match #7	29 Aug	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	Decision	István Kovács	HUN
Match #8	29 Aug	Ivan Iliev	BUL

Round Four

Date	30 August 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	1.0	–
2	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	2.0	–
3	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	2.5	–
=4	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	4.0	–
=4	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	4.0	–
=4	396	John Peterson	USA	4.0	–
7	327	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	6.0	eliminated
8	283	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	7.0	eliminated
=9	28	Ivan Iliev	BUL	8.0	eliminated
=9	231	Tömöriin Artag	MGL	8.0	eliminated
11	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Decision	Ivan Iliev	BUL
Match #2	30 Aug	Vasile Iorga	ROU	Fall (7:31)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #3	30 Aug	Peter Neumair	FRG	Decision	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL
Match #4	30 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Decision	John Peterson	USA
Match #5	30 Aug	Kurt Elmgren	SWE	Decision	Tömöriin Artag	MGL
Match #6	30 Aug	Horst Stottmeister	GDR

Round Five

Date	30 August 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	381	Levan Tediashvili	URS	3.5	–
=2	108	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	4.0	–
=2	302	Vasile Iorga	ROU	4.0	–
4	396	John Peterson	USA	5.0	–
5	204	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	6.0	eliminated
6	119	Peter Neumair	FRG	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	Draw	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN
Match #2	30 Aug	John Peterson	USA	Decision	Vasile Iorga	ROU
Match #3	30 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Decision	Peter Neumair	FRG

Final Round

Date	31 August 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	John Peterson	USA	Decision	Horst Stottmeister	GDR
Match #2	31 Aug	Levan Tediashvili	URS	Decision	Vasile Iorga	ROU