Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
| Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | |
| 48 kg | 48 kg | |
| 52 kg | 52 kg | |
| 57 kg | 57 kg | |
| 62 kg | 62 kg | |
| 68 kg | 68 kg | |
| 74 kg | 74 kg | |
| 82 kg | 82 kg | |
| 90 kg | 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | 100 kg | |
| +100 kg | +100 kg | |
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
| Gold | Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union
|
| Silver | Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany
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| Bronze | Risto Björlin Finland
|
Tournament results
The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
- Legend
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
- 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
- 1 — Won by Points
- 2 — Draw
- 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
- 3 — Lost by Points
- 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
- 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
Round 1
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Luís Grilo (POR) |
 Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Juan Velarde (PER) |
1:51 |  Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Per Lindholm (SWE) |
6:44 |  Alfredo López (MEX) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Ion Baciu (ROU) |
2:06 |  Rogelio Famatid (PHI) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) |
2:59 |  Firouz Alizadeh (IRI) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Karlo Čović (YUG) |
 Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Alam Mir (AFG) |
 Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Francesco Scuderi (ITA) |
 Józef Lipień (POL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Ernst Hack (AUT) |
 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY) |
0:00 |  Othon Moschidis (GRE) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 |  Jan Neckář (TCH) |
8:46 |  Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR) |
4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 |  Ali Lachkar (MAR) |
 Fawzi Salloum (SYR) |
2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Risto Björlin (FIN) |
2:48 |  Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  David Hazewinkel (USA) |
 An Chun-Young (KOR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Harald Hervig (NOR) |
0:53 |  János Varga (HUN) |
0 | 0 |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Luís Grilo (POR) |
7:17 | Juan Velarde (PER) |
4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
4:38 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Per Lindholm (SWE) |
Ion Baciu (ROU) |
1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) |
1:43 | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | Karlo Čović (YUG) |
8:09 | Alam Mir (AFG) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
3 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) |
Ernst Hack (AUT) |
3 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | Józef Lipień (POL) |
1:17 | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) |
4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) |
Jan Neckář (TCH) |
1 | 5 | |
| 7 | 3 | Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR) |
Ali Lachkar (MAR) |
1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
David Hazewinkel (USA) |
3 | 6 | |
| 8 | 4 | Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN) |
2:23 | Harald Hervig (NOR) |
0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | An Chun-Young (KOR) |
0:00 | János Varga (HUN) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | Alfredo López (MEX) |
DNA | ||||
| 4 | Firouz Alizadeh (IRI) |
DNA | ||||
| 4 | Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY) |
DNA | ||||
| 2 | Fawzi Salloum (SYR) |
DNA |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | Luís Grilo (POR) |
2:31 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 2.5 | Per Lindholm (SWE) |
Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) |
2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) |
Karlo Čović (YUG) |
3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
Francesco Scuderi (ITA) |
3 | 7 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
8:39 | Józef Lipień (POL) |
4 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) |
Othon Moschidis (GRE) |
2.5 | 5.5 | |
| 5.5 | 0.5 | Jan Neckář (TCH) |
Ali Lachkar (MAR) |
3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
An Chun-Young (KOR) |
3 | 8 | |
| 0 | János Varga (HUN) |
Bye | ||||
| 4 | Harald Hervig (NOR) |
DNA |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5 | János Varga (HUN) |
Luís Grilo (POR) |
3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
8:53 | Per Lindholm (SWE) |
4 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) |
Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) |
3 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
Józef Lipień (POL) |
3 | 8 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
4:36 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) |
4 | 9.5 |
| 9.5 | 4 | Jan Neckář (TCH) |
1:21 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
0 | 2 |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 4 | János Varga (HUN) |
8:35 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Ion Baciu (ROU) |
Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
1 | 5 | |
| 8.5 | 3 | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) |
Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
1 | 4.5 | |
| 2 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
Bye |
Round 6
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
János Varga (HUN) |
1 | 5.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
Hristo Traikov (BUL) |
1 | 6 | |
| 4.5 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
Bye |
Round 7
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0.5 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
János Varga (HUN) |
3.5 | 9 | |
| 8 | 3 | Risto Björlin (FIN) |
Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
1 | 4 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) |
2:58 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) |
4 | 4 |
Final standings
Rustam Kazakov (URS)
Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)
Risto Björlin (FIN)
János Varga (HUN)
Hristo Traikov (BUL)
Ion Baciu (ROU)
Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)