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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kg), Men

Date	6 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	20 from 20 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 Viktor Igumenov had won the 1969-71 World Championships, but had to withdraw after the second round in München with an injury. The tournament did not start out well for Czechoslovak Vítězslav Mácha, as he lost his first round match to Bulgaria’s Ivan Kolev. Kolev, however, lost his third round match to West German Werner Schröter, and was eliminated after a draw in round four. Mácha, meanwhile, kept winning, and after five rounds only he and Greece’s Petros Galaktopoulos remained. Galaktopoulos was leading on bad points, but Mácha defeated him by decision to win the gold medal. Mácha came close to defending this gold medal in 1976, but lost his final match and took silver. The bronze medal went to Sweden’s Jan Karlsson, who won a silver medal in welterweight freestyle in 1972. This made him one of only 13 Olympic wrestlers to have won medals in both styles at a single Olympics, but only the third after World War II, and through 2012, he is the last one to have done this.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	–	–	Gold
2	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	–	–	Silver
3	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	–	–
5	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	–	–
6	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	–	–
7	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	–	–
AC	123	Werner Schröter	FRG	eliminated r4/6	7.5
AC	80	Eero Tapio	FIN	eliminated r4/6	9.5
AC	16	Franz Berger	AUT	eliminated r3/6	6.0
AC	196	Jiichiro Date	JPN	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	268	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	359	Mehmet Türüt	TUR	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	370	Viktor Igumenov	URS	withdrew r3/6	3.0
AC	147	Miklós Hegedűs	HUN	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	312	Marcel Vlad	ROU	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	394	Gary Neist	USA	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	317	Robert Blaser	SUI	eliminated r2/6	7.5
AC	11	Néstor González	ARG	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	20	Constant Bens	BEL	eliminated r2/6	8.0
DNS	6	Ali Ewaz	AFG	–	–
DNS	67	Ibrahim Massoud	EGY	–	–
DNS	184	Mark Slavin	ISR	–	–
DNS	186	Franco Benedetti	ITA	–	–
DNS	244	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL	–	–
DNS	314	Arona Mané	SEN	–	–

Round One

Date	6 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	0.0
=1	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	0.0
=1	196	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0.0
=1	359	Mehmet Türüt	TUR	0.0
5	80	Eero Tapio	FIN	0.5
=6	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	1.0
=6	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	1.0
=6	370	Viktor Igumenov	URS	1.0
=6	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	1.0
=10	123	Werner Schröter	FRG	2.0
=10	268	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	2.0
=12	16	Franz Berger	AUT	3.0
=12	312	Marcel Vlad	ROU	3.0
=12	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	3.0
=12	394	Gary Neist	USA	3.0
16	317	Robert Blaser	SUI	3.5
=17	11	Néstor González	ARG	4.0
=17	20	Constant Bens	BEL	4.0
=17	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	4.0
=17	147	Miklós Hegedűs	HUN	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Ivan Kolev	BUL	Decision	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH
Match #2	06 Sep	Mehmet Türüt	TUR	Fall (2:20)	Néstor González	ARG
Match #3	06 Sep	Werner Schröter	FRG	Draw	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL
Match #4	06 Sep	Jiichiro Date	JPN	Fall (8:36)	Miklós Hegedűs	HUN
Match #5	06 Sep	Jan Karlsson	SWE	Decision	Marcel Vlad	ROU
Match #6	06 Sep	Momir Kecman	YUG	Decision	Gary Neist	USA
Match #7	06 Sep	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	Fall (1:56)	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #8	06 Sep	Viktor Igumenov	URS	Decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #9	06 Sep	Eero Tapio	FIN	Decision	Robert Blaser	SUI
Match #10	06 Sep	Daniel Robin	FRA	Fall (8:26)	Klaus Pohl	GDR

Round Two

Date	7 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	1.5	–
=2	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	2.0	–
=2	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	2.0	–
=2	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	2.0	–
=2	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	2.0	–
6	80	Eero Tapio	FIN	2.5	–
=7	16	Franz Berger	AUT	3.0	–
=7	196	Jiichiro Date	JPN	3.0	–
=7	268	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	3.0	–
=7	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	3.0	–
=7	370	Viktor Igumenov	URS	3.0	–
12	359	Mehmet Türüt	TUR	3.5	–
=13	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	4.0	–
=13	123	Werner Schröter	FRG	4.0	–
=15	147	Miklós Hegedűs	HUN	6.0	eliminated
=15	312	Marcel Vlad	ROU	6.0	eliminated
=15	394	Gary Neist	USA	6.0	eliminated
18	317	Robert Blaser	SUI	7.5	eliminated
=19	11	Néstor González	ARG	8.0	eliminated
=19	20	Constant Bens	BEL	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	Fall (2:31)	Néstor González	ARG
Match #2	07 Sep	Ivan Kolev	BUL	Decision	Mehmet Türüt	TUR
Match #3	07 Sep	Werner Schröter	FRG	Draw	Miklós Hegedűs	HUN
Match #4	07 Sep	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	Decision	Jiichiro Date	JPN
Match #5	07 Sep	Jan Karlsson	SWE	Decision	Gary Neist	USA
Match #6	07 Sep	Momir Kecman	YUG	Decision	Marcel Vlad	ROU
Match #7	07 Sep	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	Draw	Viktor Igumenov	URS
Match #8	07 Sep	Franz Berger	AUT	Fall (1:26)	Constant Bens	BEL
Match #9	07 Sep	Klaus Pohl	GDR	Fall (0;59)	Robert Blaser	SUI
Match #10	07 Sep	Eero Tapio	FIN	Draw	Daniel Robin	FRA

Round Three

Date	8 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	2.0	–
=1	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	2.0	–
=1	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	2.0	–
4	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	3.0	–
5	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	3.5	–
6	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	4.5	–
=7	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	5.0	–
=7	123	Werner Schröter	FRG	5.0	–
9	80	Eero Tapio	FIN	5.5	–
10	16	Franz Berger	AUT	6.0	eliminated
=11	196	Jiichiro Date	JPN	7.0	eliminated
=11	268	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	7.0	eliminated
=11	359	Mehmet Türüt	TUR	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	Decision	Mehmet Türüt	TUR
Match #2	08 Sep	Werner Schröter	FRG	Decision	Ivan Kolev	BUL
Match #3	08 Sep	Jan Karlsson	SWE	Fall (8:47)	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL
Match #4	08 Sep	Momir Kecman	YUG	Fall (8:31)	Jiichiro Date	JPN
Match #5	08 Sep	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	Decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #6	08 Sep	Klaus Pohl	GDR	Decision	Eero Tapio	FIN
Match #7	08 Sep	Daniel Robin	FRA

Round Four

Date	9 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	3.0	–
=2	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	4.5	–
=2	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	4.5	–
=4	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	5.0	–
=4	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	5.0	–
=4	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	5.0	–
7	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	5.5	–
8	123	Werner Schröter	FRG	7.5	eliminated
9	80	Eero Tapio	FIN	9.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	Decision	Daniel Robin	FRA
Match #2	09 Sep	Ivan Kolev	BUL	Decision	Jan Karlsson	SWE
Match #3	09 Sep	Werner Schröter	FRG	Draw	Momir Kecman	YUG
Match #4	09 Sep	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	Fall (7:23)	Eero Tapio	FIN
Match #5	09 Sep	Klaus Pohl	GDR

Round Five

Date	9 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	127	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	3.0	–
2	341	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	5.5	–
3	328	Jan Karlsson	SWE	6.0	eliminated
4	31	Ivan Kolev	BUL	6.5	eliminated
5	407	Momir Kecman	YUG	7.5	eliminated
=6	85	Daniel Robin	FRA	8.0	eliminated
=6	104	Klaus Pohl	GDR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	Decision	Klaus Pohl	GDR
Match #2	09 Sep	Ivan Kolev	BUL	Decision	Daniel Robin	FRA
Match #3	09 Sep	Jan Karlsson	SWE	Decision	Momir Kecman	YUG
Match #4	09 Sep	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep 19:00	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	Decision	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE