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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤82 kilograms), 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. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Olympic wrestling in this era did not seed the wrestlers, which led to the unusual scenario in 1972 middleweight Greco when the 1970 World Champion, Anatoly Nazarenko, and the 1971 World Champion, Csaba Hegedűs, met in the first round. Hegedűs won that match by decision and that was that for the gold and silver medals, as both wrestlers won the remainder of their matches. The bronze medal went to Yugoslav Croat Milan Nenadić, the 1969-70 European Champion. Nazarenko would go on to win the 1974-75 World Championships and the 1974 Europeans. Hegedűs would compete at the 1976 Olympics, with little success, but won the 1977 European title.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Milan Nenadić	YUG	–	–	Bronze
4	Miroslav Janota	TCH	–	–
5	Ion Gabor	ROU	–	–
6	Frank Hartmann	GDR	–	–
AC	Ali Yağmur	TUR	Eliminated r4/6	7,0
AC	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Matti Laakso	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Harald Barlie	NOR	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Jan Kårström	SWE	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Jay Robinson	USA	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Sadao Sato	JPN	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Adam Ostrowski	POL	Withdrew r3/6	2,0
AC	John Pedersen	DEN	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	André Bouchoule	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Jesús Blanco	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (6 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ion Gabor	ROU	0,0
=1	Miroslav Janota	TCH	0,0
=1	Ali Yağmur	TUR	0,0
=1	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0,0
=5	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	1,0
=5	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	1,0
=5	Sadao Sato	JPN	1,0
=5	Adam Ostrowski	POL	1,0
=5	Jan Kårström	SWE	1,0
=10	Matti Laakso	FIN	2,0
=10	Harald Barlie	NOR	2,0
=12	John Pedersen	DEN	3,0
=12	Frank Hartmann	GDR	3,0
=12	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	3,0
=12	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	3,0
=12	Jay Robinson	USA	3,0
=17	Jesús Blanco	ARG	4,0
=17	André Bouchoule	FRA	4,0
=17	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	4,0
=17	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	4,0

Match #1	Miroslav Janota	TCH	fall (6:53)	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL
Match #2	Matti Laakso	FIN	draw	Harald Barlie	NOR
Match #3	Ion Gabor	ROU	fall (4:02)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #4	Milan Nenadić	YUG	fall (8:09)	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #5	Sadao Sato	JPN	decision	John Pedersen	DEN
Match #6	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	decision	Frank Hartmann	GDR
Match #7	Jan Kårström	SWE	decision	Reinhold Hucker	FRG
Match #8	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	decision	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS
Match #9	Adam Ostrowski	POL	decision	Jay Robinson	USA
Match #10	Ali Yağmur	TUR	fall (2:47)	Jesús Blanco	ARG

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0,0
2	Ion Gabor	ROU	1,0
=3	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	2,0
=3	Matti Laakso	FIN	2,0
=3	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	2,0
=3	Adam Ostrowski	POL	2,0
=3	Miroslav Janota	TCH	2,0
=8	Frank Hartmann	GDR	3,0
=8	Ali Yağmur	TUR	3,0
=8	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	3,0
=8	Jay Robinson	USA	3,0
=12	Harald Barlie	NOR	4,0
=12	Jan Kårström	SWE	4,0
14	Sadao Sato	JPN	5,0
15	John Pedersen	DEN	6,0	eliminated
=16	André Bouchoule	FRA	7,0	eliminated
=16	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	7,0	eliminated
=18	Jesús Blanco	ARG	8,0	eliminated
=18	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	8,0	eliminated
=18	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Matti Laakso	FIN	fall (2:14)	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL
Match #2	Miroslav Janota	TCH	draw	Harald Barlie	NOR
Match #3	Ion Gabor	ROU	decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #4	Milan Nenadić	YUG	fall (5:17)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #5	Frank Hartmann	GDR	fall (3:29)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #6	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	decision	John Pedersen	DEN
Match #7	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	fall (5:08)	Reinhold Hucker	FRG
Match #8	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	decision	Jan Kårström	SWE
Match #9	Adam Ostrowski	POL	decision	Ali Yağmur	TUR
Match #10	Jay Robinson	USA	fall (8:49)	Jesús Blanco	ARG

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0,0
=2	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	2,0
=2	Miroslav Janota	TCH	2,0
=4	Ion Gabor	ROU	3,0
=4	Ali Yağmur	TUR	3,0
6	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4,0
=7	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	5,0
=7	Frank Hartmann	GDR	5,0
=9	Matti Laakso	FIN	6,0	eliminated
=9	Harald Barlie	NOR	6,0	eliminated
=9	Jan Kårström	SWE	6,0	eliminated
12	Jay Robinson	USA	7,0	eliminated
13	Sadao Sato	JPN	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Miroslav Janota	TCH	fall (2:09)	Matti Laakso	FIN
Match #2	Harald Barlie	NOR	draw	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #3	Milan Nenadić	YUG	fall (7:16)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #4	Frank Hartmann	GDR	draw	Jan Kårström	SWE
Match #5	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	decision	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL
Match #6	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	walkover
Match #7	Ali Yağmur	TUR	fall (2:40)	Jay Robinson	USA

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	3,0
=1	Milan Nenadić	YUG	3,0
=3	Miroslav Janota	TCH	4,0
=3	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4,0
5	Ion Gabor	ROU	5,0
6	Frank Hartmann	GDR	6,0	eliminated
7	Ali Yağmur	TUR	7,0	eliminated
8	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Miroslav Janota	TCH	draw	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #2	Frank Hartmann	GDR	decision	Milan Nenadić	YUG
Match #3	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	decision	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL
Match #4	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	fall (1:48)	Ali Yağmur	TUR

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	3,0
=2	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4,0
=2	Milan Nenadić	YUG	4,0
4	Miroslav Janota	TCH	7,0	eliminated
5	Ion Gabor	ROU	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Milan Nenadić	YUG	decision	Miroslav Janota	TCH
Match #2	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	fall (8:35)	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #3	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	bye

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	decision	Milan Nenadić	YUG
Match #2	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	decision	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS