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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 10 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants13 from 13 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Soviet Kazakh Valery Rezantsev was the dominant wrestler in this class in the early 1970s. He came to München having won the 1970-71 Worlds, the first of his five consecutive titles. He had also won the 1970 European Championship, a title he would capture again in 1973-74. In München he was held to a draw in his first match against Romaniana Nicolae Neguţ, but then won his next six matches to win the gold medal. He would return in 1976 and defend his gold medal in Montréal. The silver medal went to Yugoslav Josip Čorak, who had been the 1969 European Champion. Bronze went to Poland’s Czesław Kwieciński, who had a silver medal from the 1970 Worlds and a bronze at the 1965 Worlds. He would return in 1976 and repeat as bronze medalist.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Valery RezantsevURSGold
2Josip ČorakYUGSilver
3Czesław KwiecińskiPOLBronze
4József PércsiHUN
5Håkon ØverbyNOR
6Nicolae NeguțROU
ACKimuchi TaniJPNEliminated r4/69,0
ACWayne BaughmanUSAEliminated r3/68,5
ACLothar MetzGDREliminated r3/69,0
ACGünter KowalewskiFRGWithdrew r3/64,0
ACStoyan NikolovBULEliminated r2/66,0
ACJean-Marie ChardonnensSUIEliminated r2/67,0
ACRoland AnderssonSWEEliminated r2/67,0

Round One (6 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Håkon ØverbyNOR0,0
=1Josip ČorakYUG0,0
=3József PércsiHUN1,0
=3Kimuchi TaniJPN1,0
=3Wayne BaughmanUSA1,0
=6Lothar MetzGDR2,0
=6Czesław KwiecińskiPOL2,0
=6Nicolae NeguțROU2,0
=6Valery RezantsevURS2,0
=10Stoyan NikolovBUL3,0
=10Jean-Marie ChardonnensSUI3,0
=10Roland AnderssonSWE3,0
13Günter KowalewskiFRG4,0

Match #1 Wayne BaughmanUSA
decision
Roland AnderssonSWE
Match #2 Håkon ØverbyNOR
fall (7:42)
Günter KowalewskiFRG
Match #3 Nicolae NeguțROU
draw
Valery RezantsevURS
Match #4 Kimuchi TaniJPN
decision
Jean-Marie ChardonnensSUI
Match #5 Josip ČorakYUG walkover
Match #6 Lothar MetzGDR
draw
Czesław KwiecińskiPOL
Match #7 József PércsiHUN
decision
Stoyan NikolovBUL

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Håkon ØverbyNOR0,0
=2József PércsiHUN1,0
=2Josip ČorakYUG1,0
=4Nicolae NeguțROU2,0
=4Valery RezantsevURS2,0
6Czesław KwiecińskiPOL3,0
7Günter KowalewskiFRG4,0
=8Lothar MetzGDR5,0
=8Kimuchi TaniJPN5,0
=8Wayne BaughmanUSA5,0
11Stoyan NikolovBUL6,0eliminated
=12Jean-Marie ChardonnensSUI7,0eliminated
=12Roland AnderssonSWE7,0eliminated

Match #1 Håkon ØverbyNOR
fall (7:03)
Roland AnderssonSWE
Match #2 Günter KowalewskiFRG
fall (8:03)
Wayne BaughmanUSA
Match #3 Nicolae NeguțROU
fall (0:52)
Kimuchi TaniJPN
Match #4 Valery RezantsevURS
fall (2:59)
Jean-Marie ChardonnensSUI
Match #5 Josip ČorakYUG
decision
Lothar MetzGDR
Match #6 Czesław KwiecińskiPOL
decision
Stoyan NikolovBUL
Match #7 József PércsiHUN bye

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1József PércsiHUN1,5
=2Håkon ØverbyNOR2,0
=2Valery RezantsevURS2,0
4Josip ČorakYUG3,0
5Nicolae NeguțROU4,0
=6Kimuchi TaniJPN5,0
=6Czesław KwiecińskiPOL5,0
8Wayne BaughmanUSA8,5eliminated
9Lothar MetzGDR9,0eliminated

Match #1 József PércsiHUN
decision
Wayne BaughmanUSA
Match #2 Håkon ØverbyNOR
draw
Nicolae NeguțROU
Match #3 Valery RezantsevURS walkover
Match #4 Kimuchi TaniJPN
fall (1:58)
Lothar MetzGDR
Match #5 Josip ČorakYUG
draw
Czesław KwiecińskiPOL

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Valery RezantsevURS2,0
2József PércsiHUN2,5
3Josip ČorakYUG3,0
=4Håkon ØverbyNOR5,0
=4Czesław KwiecińskiPOL5,0
6Nicolae NeguțROU8,0eliminated
7Kimuchi TaniJPN9,0eliminated

Match #1 József PércsiHUN
decision
Håkon ØverbyNOR
Match #2 Josip ČorakYUG
fall (7:36)
Nicolae NeguțROU
Match #3 Valery RezantsevURS
fall (1:24)
Kimuchi TaniJPN
Match #4 Czesław KwiecińskiPOL bye

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Valery RezantsevURS2,0
2Josip ČorakYUG3,0
3Czesław KwiecińskiPOL5,0
4József PércsiHUN6,5eliminated
5Håkon ØverbyNOR9,0eliminated

Match #1 Czesław KwiecińskiPOL
fall (2:04)
József PércsiHUN
Match #2 Valery RezantsevURS
fall (1:39)
Håkon ØverbyNOR
Match #3 Josip ČorakYUG bye

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Valery RezantsevURS
decision
Josip ČorakYUG
Match #2 Valery RezantsevURS
decision
Czesław KwiecińskiPOL