Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Medalists

Gold	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria
Silver	Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany
Bronze	Kazimierz Lipień  Poland

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
4	4	James Hazewinkel (USA)	1:41	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	0	0
4	4	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	8:34	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0	0
1	1	László Réczi (HUN)		Jakob Tanner (SUI)	3	3
0	0	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4:21	Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)	4	4
0	0	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	4:52	Metin Alakoç (TUR)	4	4
4	4	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	1:34	Georgi Markov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	8:24	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)	0	0
0	0	Martti Laakso (FIN)	6:35	Juan Hernández (GUA)	4	4
1	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	3	3
0		Ion Păun (ROU)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		James Hazewinkel (USA)	3	7
0	0	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	7:08	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	4	8
1	1	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)		László Réczi (HUN)	3	4
7	4	Jakob Tanner (SUI)	7:57	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	0	0
0	0	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1:48	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	4	8
7	3	Metin Alakoç (TUR)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	1
8	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	4:03	Martti Laakso (FIN)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	0.5	1.5
8	4	Juan Hernández (GUA)	1:30	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	0	3
4		Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		Slavko Koletić (YUG)	3	3
1	0	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	5:37	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4	4
7	3	László Réczi (HUN)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1	1
1	0	Georgi Markov (BUL)	1:22	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)	4	7.5
2	2	Martti Laakso (FIN)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	2	3.5
3		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5.5	2.5	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Ion Păun (ROU)	2.5	4.5
6.5	3.5	Slavko Koletić (YUG)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0.5	1.5
5	1	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	4
2	1	Georgi Markov (BUL)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	5
3.5		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4.5	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Ion Păun (ROU)	3	7.5
5.5	0	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	7:00	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	4	5.5
8	3	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	3
5	1	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	8

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7.5	3	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	1	6.5
6.5	1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	8
3		Georgi Markov (BUL)		Bye

Final standings

1.  Georgi Markov (BUL)
2.  Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
3.  Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
4.  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
5.  Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)
6.  Ion Păun (ROU)
7.  Martti Laakso (FIN) and  Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)

References

• Official Report