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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kg), Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	19 from 19 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.

The last two World Champions were Bulgarian Georgi Markov (1971) and Japan’s Hideo Fujimoto (1970), and they were present in München, along with the man who would win the 1973-74 Worlds, Poland’s Kazimierz Lipień. After five rounds, five wrestlers remained – the above three, East German Heinz-Helmut Wehling, and Soviet Georgian Jemal Megrelishvili. In round six Markov had a bye which brought him the gold medal when the other four were eliminated on bad points. Lipień defeated Fujimoto and Wehling defeated Megrelishvili, but they were both decisions, and the single bad points put them over the 6 point limit. Wehling won the silver based on his throw of Lipień in round five, but in addition to his two World titles, Lipień would win the gold in this event in 1976. Wehling would win a bronze medal in Montréal, but as a lightweight.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	–	–	Silver
3	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	–	–
5	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	–	–
6	307	Ion Păun	ROU	–	–
=7	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	–	–
=7	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	–	–
AC	408	Slavko Koletić	YUG	eliminated r4/6	6.5
AC	154	László Réczi	HUN	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	21	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	eliminated r3/6	11.5
AC	325	Jakob Tanner	SUI	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	349	Metin Alakoç	TUR	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	392	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	86	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	139	Juan de Hernández	GUA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	261	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	256	Carlos Hurtado	PER	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	–	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	withdrew r2/6	4.0
DNS	193	Francesco Scuderi	ITA	–	–
DNS	226	Juan de Dios Manzo G.	MEX	–	–
DNS	241	Bavuu Namjin	MGL	–	–
DNS	316	Ismaila Ndoye	SEN	–	–
DNS	63	Jørn Krogsgaard	DEN	–	–

Round One

Date	5 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	0.0	–
=1	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	0.0	–
=1	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0.0	–
=1	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0	–
=1	307	Ion Păun	ROU	0.0	–
=1	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	0.0	–
=1	408	Slavko Koletić	YUG	0.0	–
=1	21	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	0.0	–
=9	154	László Réczi	HUN	1.0	–
=9	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	1.0	–
=11	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3.0	–
=11	325	Jakob Tanner	SUI	3.0	–
=13	–	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	4.0	withdrew
=13	86	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	4.0	–
=13	256	Carlos Hurtado	PER	4.0	–
=13	139	Juan de Hernández	GUA	4.0	–
=13	261	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	4.0	–
=13	349	Metin Alakoç	TUR	4.0	–
=13	392	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep	Slavko Koletić	YUG	Fall (1:41)	Jim Hazewinkel	USA
Match #2	05 Sep	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Fall (8:34)	Théodule Toulotte	FRA
Match #3	05 Sep	László Réczi	HUN	Decision	Jakob Tanner	SUI
Match #4	05 Sep	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	Fall (4:21)	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG
Match #5	05 Sep	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	Fall (4:52)	Metin Alakoç	TUR
Match #6	05 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL	Fall (1:34)	Eliseo Salugta	PHI
Match #7	05 Sep	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	Fall (8:24)	Carlos Hurtado	PER
Match #8	05 Sep	Martti Laakso	FIN	Fall (6:55)	Juan de Hernández	GUA
Match #9	05 Sep	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	Decision	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR
Match #10	05 Sep	Ion Păun	ROU

Round Two

Date	7 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	0.0	–
=1	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0.0	–
=1	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	0.0	–
=1	408	Slavko Koletić	YUG	0.0	–
=5	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	1.0	–
=5	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1.0	–
=5	307	Ion Păun	ROU	1.0	–
8	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	1.5	–
9	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3.0	–
10	21	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	3.5	–
11	154	László Réczi	HUN	4.0	–
=12	325	Jakob Tanner	SUI	7.0	eliminated
=12	349	Metin Alakoç	TUR	7.0	eliminated
=12	392	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	7.0	eliminated
=15	86	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	8.0	eliminated
=15	256	Carlos Hurtado	PER	8.0	eliminated
=15	139	Juan de Hernández	GUA	8.0	eliminated
=15	261	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Ion Păun	ROU	Decision	Jim Hazewinkel	USA
Match #2	07 Sep	Slavko Koletić	YUG	Fall (7:08)	Théodule Toulotte	FRA
Match #3	07 Sep	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision	László Réczi	HUN
Match #4	07 Sep	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	Fall (7:57)	Jakob Tanner	SUI
Match #5	07 Sep	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	Fall (1:48)	Eliseo Salugta	PHI
Match #6	07 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL	Decision	Metin Alakoç	TUR
Match #7	07 Sep	Martti Laakso	FIN	Fall (4:03)	Carlos Hurtado	PER
Match #8	07 Sep	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	Decision	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL
Match #9	07 Sep	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	Fall (1:30)	Juan de Hernández	GUA

Round Three

Date	8 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	1.0	–
=1	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1.0	–
=1	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	1.0	–
=4	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	2.0	–
=4	307	Ion Păun	ROU	2.0	–
=6	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3.0	–
=6	408	Slavko Koletić	YUG	3.0	–
8	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	3.5	–
9	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4.0	–
10	154	László Réczi	HUN	7.0	eliminated
11	21	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Ion Păun	ROU	Decision	Slavko Koletić	YUG
Match #2	08 Sep	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Fall (5:37)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #3	08 Sep	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	Decision	László Réczi	HUN
Match #4	08 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL	Fall (1:22)	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL
Match #5	08 Sep	Martti Laakso	FIN	Draw	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN
Match #6	08 Sep	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR

Round Four

Date	9 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1.5	–
2	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	2.0	–
3	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	3.5	–
4	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	4.0	–
5	307	Ion Păun	ROU	4.5	–
=6	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	5.0	–
=6	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	5.0	–
8	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	5.5	–
9	408	Slavko Koletić	YUG	6.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	Draw	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #2	09 Sep	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision	Slavko Koletić	YUG
Match #3	09 Sep	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	Decision	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS
Match #4	09 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL	Decision	Martti Laakso	FIN
Match #5	09 Sep	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN

Round Five

Date	9 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	33	Georgi Markov	BUL	3.0	–
2	197	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	4.5	–
3	376	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	5.0	–
=4	109	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	5.5	–
=4	273	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	5.5	–
6	307	Ion Păun	ROU	7.5	eliminated
=7	75	Martti Laakso	FIN	8.0	eliminated
=7	132	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	Decision	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #2	09 Sep	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	Fall (7:00)	Kazimierz Lipień	POL
Match #3	09 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL	Decision	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #4	09 Sep	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	Decision	Martti Laakso	FIN

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN
Match #2	10 Sep	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	Decision	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS
Match #3	10 Sep	Georgi Markov	BUL