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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date5 – 10 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants29 from 29 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

The 1969 and 1971 World Champion was Rustem Kazakov and he was favored. It took seven rounds to eliminate all but two wrestlers, with Kazakov meeting German favorite Hans-Jürgen Veil for the title. Kazakov had little trouble, throwing Veil in 2:58 to win the gold medal, as expected. He defending gold medalist was Hungarian János Varga, who was eliminated in the seventh round, and placed fourth, just behind Finn Risto Björlin, the 1969 European Champion.

Kazakov won another World title in 1973 but retired in 1975. Veil never appeared on the podium at any other major international tournament. Björlin was competing in his third Olympics, winning his first medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Rustem KazakovURS––Gold
2Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG––Silver
3Risto BjörlinFIN––Bronze
4János VargaHUN––
5Hristo TraykovBUL––
6Ion BaciuROU––
7Ikuei YamamotoJPN––
ACJózef LipieńPOLEliminated r4/88,0
ACLuís GriloPOREliminated r4/88,5
ACJan NeckářTCHEliminated r4/89.5
ACOthon MoschidisGREEliminated r4/89,5
ACPer LindholmSWEEliminated r4/89,5
ACKarlo ČovićYUGEliminated r3/86,0
ACAli LachkarMAREliminated r3/86,5
ACFrancesco ScuderiITAEliminated r3/87,0
ACChimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGLEliminated r3/87,5
ACAn Cheon-YeongKOREliminated r3/88,0
ACHarald HervigNORWithdrew r3/84,0
ACErnst HackAUTEliminated r2/86,0
ACDave HazewinkelUSAEliminated r2/86,0
ACEduardo MaggioloARGEliminated r2/87,0
ACWolfgang RadmacherGDREliminated r2/87,0
ACAlam MirAFGEliminated r2/87,5
ACJuan VelardePEREliminated r2/88,0
ACRogelio FamatidPHIEliminated r2/88,0
ACFawzi SalloumSYRWithdrew r2/82,0
ACJørn KrogsgaardDENWithdrew r2/84,0
ACFirouz AlizadehIRIWithdrew r2/84,0
ACAlfredo LópezMEXWithdrew r2/84,0

Round One (5 September 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Risto BjörlinFIN0,0
=1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG0,0
=1Othon MoschidisGRE0,0
=1János VargaHUN0,0
=1Ikuei YamamotoJPN0,0
=1Ion BaciuROU0,0
=1Per LindholmSWE0,0
8Rustem KazakovURS0,5
=9Hristo TraykovBUL1,0
=9An Cheon-YeongKOR1,0
=9Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL1,0
=9Józef LipieńPOL1,0
=9Luís GriloPOR1,0
=14Ali LachkarMAR2,0
=14Fawzi SalloumSYR2,0withdrew
=16Eduardo MaggioloARG3,0
=16Ernst HackAUT3,0
=16Francesco ScuderiITA3,0
=16Dave HazewinkelUSA3,0
=16Karlo ČovićYUG3,0
21Alam MirAFG3,5
=22Jørn KrogsgaardDEN4,0withdrew
=22Jan NeckářTCH4.0
=22Wolfgang RadmacherGDR4,0
=22Firouz AlizadehIRI4,0withdrew
=22Alfredo LópezMEX4,0withdrew
=22Harald HervigNOR4,0
=22Juan VelardePER4,0
=22Rogelio FamatidPHI4,0

Match #1 Luís GriloPOR
decision
Eduardo MaggioloARG
Match #2 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
fall (1:51)
Juan VelardePER
Match #3 Per LindholmSWE
fall (6:44)
Alfredo LópezMEX
Match #4 Ion BaciuROU
fall (2:06)
Rogelio FamatidPHI
Match #5 Ikuei YamamotoJPN
fall (2:59)
Firouz AlizadehIRI
Match #6 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Karlo ČovićYUG
Match #7 Rustem KazakovURS
decision
Alam MirAFG
Match #8 Józef LipieńPOL
decision
Francesco ScuderiITA
Match #9 Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL
decision
Ernst HackAUT
Match #10 Othon MoschidisGRE walkover
Match #11 Jan NeckářTCH
DQ (both) (8:46)
Wolfgang RadmacherGDR
Match #12 Ali LachkarMAR
draw
Fawzi SalloumSYR
Match #13 Risto BjörlinFIN
fall (2:48)
Jørn KrogsgaardDEN
Match #14 An Cheon-YeongKOR
decision
Dave HazewinkelUSA
Match #15 János VargaHUN
fall (0:53)
Harald HervigNOR

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG0,0
=1János VargaHUN0,0
=1Ikuei YamamotoJPN0,0
=4Risto BjörlinFIN1,0
=4Józef LipieńPOL1,0
=4Luís GriloPOR1,0
=4Ion BaciuROU1,0
8Hristo TraykovBUL2,0
=9Othon MoschidisGRE3,0
=9Ali LachkarMAR3,0
=9Per LindholmSWE3,0
=9Karlo ČovićYUG3,0
13Rustem KazakovURS3,5
=14Francesco ScuderiITA4,0
=14Harald HervigNOR4,0
=16Jan NeckářTCH5.0
=16Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL5,0
=16An Cheon-YeongKOR5,0
=19Ernst HackAUT6,0eliminated
=19Dave HazewinkelUSA6,0eliminated
=21Eduardo MaggioloARG7,0eliminated
=21Wolfgang RadmacherGDR7,0eliminated
23Alam MirAFG7,5eliminated
=24Juan VelardePER8,0eliminated
=24Rogelio FamatidPHI8,0eliminated
=24Jørn KrogsgaardDEN8,0eliminated

Match #1 Luís GriloPOR
fall (7:17)
Juan VelardePER
Match #2 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
fall (4:38)
Eduardo MaggioloARG
Match #3 Ion BaciuROU
decision
Per LindholmSWE
Match #4 Ikuei YamamotoJPN
fall (1:43)
Rogelio FamatidPHI
Match #5 Karlo ČovićYUG
fall (8:09)
Alam MirAFG
Match #6 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Rustem KazakovURS
Match #7 Francesco ScuderiITA
decision
Ernst HackAUT
Match #8 Józef LipieńPOL
fall (1:17)
Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL
Match #9 Jan NeckářTCH
decision
Othon MoschidisGRE
Match #10 Ali LachkarMAR
decision
Wolfgang RadmacherGDR
Match #11 Risto BjörlinFIN
decision
Dave HazewinkelUSA
Match #12 1 Harald HervigNOR 2
fall (2:23)
Jørn KrogsgaardDEN
Match #13 János VargaHUN walkover

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG0,0
=1János VargaHUN0,0
=3Risto BjörlinFIN2,0
=3Ion BaciuROU2,0
5Ikuei YamamotoJPN2,5
6Hristo TraykovBUL3,0
7Rustem KazakovURS3,5
8Harald HervigNOR4,0
=9Józef LipieńPOL5,0
=9Luís GriloPOR5,0
=11Jan NeckářTCH5.5
=11Othon MoschidisGRE5,5
=11Per LindholmSWE5,5
14Karlo ČovićYUG6,0eliminated
15Ali LachkarMAR6,5eliminated
16Francesco ScuderiITA7,0eliminated
17Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL7,5eliminated
18An Cheon-YeongKOR8,0eliminated

Match #1 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
fall (2:31)
Luís GriloPOR
Match #2 Per LindholmSWE
draw
Ikuei YamamotoJPN
Match #3 Ion BaciuROU
decision
Karlo ČovićYUG
Match #4 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Francesco ScuderiITA
Match #5 Rustem KazakovURS
fall (8:39)
Józef LipieńPOL
Match #6 Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL
draw
Othon MoschidisGRE
Match #7 Jan NeckářTCH
decision
Ali LachkarMAR
Match #8 Risto BjörlinFIN
decision
An Cheon-YeongKOR
Match #9 János VargaHUN bye

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG0,0
2János VargaHUN0,5
3Risto BjörlinFIN2,0
4Ion BaciuROU3,0
5Rustem KazakovURS3,5
6Hristo TraykovBUL4,0
7Ikuei YamamotoJPN5,5
8Józef LipieńPOL8,0eliminated
9Luís GriloPOR8,5eliminated
=10Jan NeckářTCH9.5eliminated
=11Othon MoschidisGRE9,5eliminated
=11Per LindholmSWE9,5eliminated

Match #1 János VargaHUN
decision
Luís GriloPOR
Match #2 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
fall (8:53)
Per LindholmSWE
Match #3 Ion BaciuROU
decision
Ikuei YamamotoJPN
Match #4 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Józef LipieńPOL
Match #5 Rustem KazakovURS
fall (4:36)
Othon MoschidisGRE
Match #6 Risto BjörlinFIN
fall (1:21)
Jan NeckářTCH

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG0,0
2Risto BjörlinFIN2,0
=3János VargaHUN4,5
=3Rustem KazakovURS4,5
5Hristo TraykovBUL5,0
6Ion BaciuROU6,0eliminated
7Ikuei YamamotoJPN8,5eliminated

Match #1 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
fall (8:35)
János VargaHUN
Match #2 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Ion BaciuROU
Match #3 Rustem KazakovURS
decision
Ikuei YamamotoJPN
Match #4 Risto BjörlinFIN bye

Round Six (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG3,0
2Rustem KazakovURS4,5
3Risto BjörlinFIN5,0
4János VargaHUN5,5
5Hristo TraykovBUL6,0eliminated

Match #1 János VargaHUN
decision
Risto BjörlinFIN
Match #2 Hristo TraykovBUL
decision
Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
Match #3 Rustem KazakovURS bye

Round Seven (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG4,0
2Rustem KazakovURS5,0
3Risto BjörlinFIN8,0eliminated
4János VargaHUN9,0eliminated

Match #1 Rustem KazakovURS
decision
János VargaHUN
Match #2 Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG
decision
Risto BjörlinFIN

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Rustem KazakovURS
fall (2:58)
Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG