Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 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 Freestyle 57 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
| Gold | Hideaki Yanagida Japan
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| Silver | Richard Sanders United States
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| Bronze | László Klinga Hungary
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 |  Horst Mayer (GDR) |
 Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) |
 Juan Velarde (PER) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Moises López (MEX) |
 Egon Beiler (CAN) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) |
 Ivan Kuleshov (URS) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 |  László Klinga (HUN) |
1:22 |  Arturo Tanaquin (PHI) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Kazım Yıldırım (TUR) |
 Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
 An Jea-Won (KOR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
 Ernst Hack (AUT) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) |
5:15 |  Richard Sanders (USA) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 |  Hsu Chin-Hsiung (ROC) |
4:16 |  Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
 Luis Fuentes (GUA) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Raymond Barry (AUS) |
8:37 |  Prem Premnath (IND) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Jorge Ramos (CUB) |
 Allah Ditta (PAK) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) |
5:47 |  Risto Darlev (YUG) |
4 | 4 |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Horst Mayer (GDR) |
Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) |
3.5 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
5:10 | Juan Velarde (PER) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Moises López (MEX) |
8:21 | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) |
0 | 3 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | Egon Beiler (CAN) |
Ivan Kuleshov (URS) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | László Klinga (HUN) |
Kazım Yıldırım (TUR) |
3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Arturo Tanaquin (PHI) |
0:57 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
0.5 | 1 | |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | An Jea-Won (KOR) |
Ernst Hack (AUT) |
3.5 | 7 | |
| 4 | 0 | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) |
3:49 | Hsu Chin-Hsiung (ROC) |
4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) |
5:34 | Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) |
4 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
4:34 | Raymond Barry (AUS) |
4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Luis Fuentes (GUA) |
Prem Premnath (IND) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) |
Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 3 | Allah Ditta (PAK) |
Risto Darlev (YUG) |
1 | 5 |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 0 | Horst Mayer (GDR) |
8:30 | Moises López (MEX) |
4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
1:25 | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) |
4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) |
László Klinga (HUN) |
2 | 2.5 | |
| 5.5 | 4 | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) |
1:35 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 0 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
1:16 | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) |
4 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 4 | An Jea-Won (KOR) |
1:20 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) |
1:32 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) |
Jorge Ramos (CUB) |
1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | Prem Premnath (IND) |
6:39 | Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) |
4 | 7 |
| 5 | Risto Darlev (YUG) |
Bye |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Risto Darlev (YUG) |
5:01 | Horst Mayer (GDR) |
0 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) |
3 | 8 | |
| 9.5 | 4 | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) |
3:24 | László Klinga (HUN) |
0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
1:23 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
4 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
Richard Sanders (USA) |
3 | 3 | |
| 9 | 4 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) |
4:33 | Prem Premnath (IND) |
0 | 1 |
| 3 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) |
Bye |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) |
Horst Mayer (GDR) |
1 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
László Klinga (HUN) |
1 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) |
1:23 | Prem Premnath (IND) |
4 | 5 |
Round 6
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3 | Horst Mayer (GDR) |
László Klinga (HUN) |
1 | 4.5 | |
| 8 | 3 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) |
Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
1 | 4 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
Richard Sanders (USA) |
1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Prem Premnath (IND) |
Bye |
Round 7
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Prem Premnath (IND) |
5:10 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
0 | 4 |
| 8.5 | 4 | László Klinga (HUN) |
6:38 | Richard Sanders (USA) |
0 | 4 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) |
Richard Sanders (USA) |
3 | 3 |
Final standings
Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
Richard Sanders (USA)
László Klinga (HUN)
Prem Premnath (IND)
Ivan Shavov (BUL)
Horst Mayer (GDR)
Ramezan Kheder (IRI)
Jorge Ramos (CUB)