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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kilograms), Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	23 from 23 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.

This class was completely open as the medals at the most recent tournaments had been spread among several different wrestlers. After five rounds there were four wrestlers remaining – Soviet Shamil Khisamutdinov, Italy’s Gian Matteo Ranzi, Bulgarian Stoyan Apostolov, and West German Manfred Schöndorfer. In what would be the final round, Apostolov defeated Schöndorfer and Khisamutdinov defeated Ranzi, both matches decided on points. This eliminated Ranzi and Schöndorfer and gave the gold medal to Khisamutdinov, based on his fifth round decision victory over Apostolov. Ranzi took the bronze medal, based on fewer bad points than Schöndorfer.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	–	–	Bronze
4	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	–	–
5	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	–	–
=6	Antal Steer	HUN	–	–
=6	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	–	–
AC	Andrzej Supron	POL	Eliminated r4/6	4,0
AC	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	Eliminated r4/6	7,5
AC	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	Eliminated r4/6	9,0
AC	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Heinz Rhyn	SUI	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Veikko Lavonen	FIN	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Sotirios Nakos	GRE	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Josef Brötzner	AUT	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Ole Sorensen	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Alberto Bremauntz	MEX	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Simion Popescu	ROU	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Bob Buzzard	USA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Mohamed Gaber	EGY	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (5 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	0,0
=1	Antal Steer	HUN	0,0
=1	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	0,0
=1	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	0,0
=1	Heinz Rhyn	SUI	0,0
=1	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	0,0
=1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	0,0
=8	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	1,0
=8	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	1,0
=8	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI	1,0
=11	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	2,5
=11	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	2,5
=13	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	3,0
=13	Veikko Lavonen	FIN	3,0
=13	Sotirios Nakos	GRE	3,0
=16	Andrzej Supron	POL	4.0
=16	Josef Brötzner	AUT	4,0
=16	Ole Sorensen	CAN	4,0
=16	Mohamed Gaber	EGY	4,0	withdrew
=16	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	4,0
=16	Alberto Bremauntz	MEX	4,0
=16	Simion Popescu	ROU	4,0
=16	Bob Buzzard	USA	4,0

Match #1	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	decision	Veikko Lavonen	FIN
Match #2	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI	decision	Sotirios Nakos	GRE
Match #3	Andrzej Supron	POL	DQ (both) (5:58)	Simion Popescu	ROU
Match #4	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	fall (6:29)	Mohamed Gaber	EGY
Match #5	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	fall (8:26)	Josef Brötzner	AUT
Match #6	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	fall (7:19)	Bob Buzzard	USA
Match #7	Heinz Rhyn	SUI	fall (7:37)	Ole Sorensen	CAN
Match #8	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	fall (6:47)	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR
Match #9	Antal Steer	HUN	fall (4:00)	Alberto Bremauntz	MEX
Match #10	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	draw	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG
Match #11	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	decision	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG
Match #12	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	bye

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	0,0
=1	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	0,0
=1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	0,0
4	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	0,5
5	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	1,0
6	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	2,5
=7	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	3,0
=7	Antal Steer	HUN	3,0
9	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	3,5
=10	Andrzej Supron	POL	0,0
=10	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	4,0
=10	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	4,0
=10	Heinz Rhyn	SUI	4,0
=14	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	5,0
=14	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI	5,0
=16	Veikko Lavonen	FIN	7,0	eliminated
=16	Sotirios Nakos	GRE	7,0	eliminated
18	Josef Brötzner	AUT	7,5	eliminated
=19	Ole Sorensen	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=19	Alberto Bremauntz	MEX	8,0	eliminated
=19	Simion Popescu	ROU	8,0	eliminated
=19	Bob Buzzard	USA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	DQ (both passivity) (5:32)	Veikko Lavonen	FIN
Match #2	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	fall (2:32)	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI
Match #3	Andrzej Supron	POL	fall (8:38)	Sotirios Nakos	GRE
Match #4	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	fall (5:07)	Simion Popescu	ROU
Match #5	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	fall (5:32)	Bob Buzzard	USA
Match #6	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	decision	Josef Brötzner	AUT
Match #7	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	fall (7:45)	Heinz Rhyn	SUI
Match #8	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	fall (1:00)	Ole Sorensen	CAN
Match #9	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	decision	Antal Steer	HUN
Match #10	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	fall (5:17)	Alberto Bremauntz	MEX
Match #11	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	fall (5:05)	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	0,5
=2	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	1,0
=2	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	1,0
4	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	2,5
=5	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	3,0
=5	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	3,0
7	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	3,5
=8	Andrzej Supron	POL	4.0
=8	Antal Steer	HUN	4,0
10	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	5,0
11	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	7,0	eliminated
=12	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	8,0	eliminated
=12	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	8,0	eliminated
=12	Heinz Rhyn	SUI	8,0	eliminated
15	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	fall (8:31)	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR
Match #2	Andrzej Supron	POL	fall (2:26)	Mohammad Dalirian	IRI
Match #3	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	decision	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR
Match #4	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	fall (8:15)	Heinz Rhyn	SUI
Match #5	Antal Steer	HUN	decision	Takashi Tanoue	JPN
Match #6	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	fall (6:50)	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR
Match #7	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	fall (4:08)	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG
Match #8	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	bye

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	1,0
=1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	1,0
3	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	1,5
4	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	3,0
5	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	4,5
=6	Antal Steer	HUN	6,0	eliminated
=6	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR	6,0	eliminated
8	Sreten Damjanović	YUG	7,5	eliminated
9	Andrzej Supron	POL	8.0	eliminated
10	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	fall (2:56)	Tage Juhl Weirum	DEN
Match #2	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	fall (8:10)	Andrzej Supron	POL
Match #3	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	decision	Seyyit Hışırlı	TUR
Match #4	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	fall (8:28)	Sreten Damjanović	YUG
Match #5	Antal Steer	HUN	decision	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	2,0
2	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	2,5
3	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	4,0
4	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	4,5
5	Takashi Tanoue	JPN	6,0	eliminated

Match #1	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	decision	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL
Match #2	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	decision	Takashi Tanoue	JPN
Match #3	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	bye

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 10:00)

Match #1	Stoyan Apostolov	BUL	decision	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG
Match #2	Shamil Khisamutdinov	URS	decision	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA