Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 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 62 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
| Gold | Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union
|
| Silver | Vehbi Akdağ Turkey
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| Bronze | Ivan Krastev Bulgaria
|
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |  Petre Coman (ROU) |
2:52 |  Carlos Hurtado (PER) |
4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Kenneth Dawes (GBR) |
 Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 4 | 4 |  László Szabó (HUN) |
7:00 |  Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 |  Eliseo Salugta (PHI) |
0:24 |  Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 |  Orlando Gonçalves (POR) |
2:35 |  Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |  Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) |
 Satpal Singh (IND) |
1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
 Vicente Martínez (MEX) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Joseph Burge (GUA) |
2:56 |  Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) |
4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
 Stanislav Tůma (TCH) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  José Ramos (CUB) |
 Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
 Ahmad Djan (AFG) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Gene Davis (USA) |
7:36 |  Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |
4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Jakob Tanner (SUI) |
 Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
0.5 | 0.5 |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
2:09 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) |
7:34 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
0 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 0 | László Szabó (HUN) |
1:18 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) |
4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) |
Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | Orlando Gonçalves (POR) |
5:27 | Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) |
0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
7:26 | Satpal Singh (IND) |
4 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
Joseph Burge (GUA) |
1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3 | Vicente Martínez (MEX) |
Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) |
1 | 5 | |
| 1.5 | 1 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
José Ramos (CUB) |
3 | 4 | |
| 6.5 | 3 | Stanislav Tůma (TCH) |
Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) |
1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0.5 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
Gene Davis (USA) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 4.5 | 1 | Ahmad Djan (AFG) |
Jakob Tanner (SUI) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |
2:19 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
0 | 0.5 |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
8:45 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
4 | 4.5 |
| 7 | 3 | László Szabó (HUN) |
Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3 | Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) |
Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
1 | 5 | |
| 8 | 3 | Satpal Singh (IND) |
Joseph Burge (GUA) |
1 | 2 | |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
0.5 | 2 | |
| 8 | 4 | José Ramos (CUB) |
4:12 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) |
Ahmad Djan (AFG) |
3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Gene Davis (USA) |
3:25 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
0 | 0.5 |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
1 | 3 | |
| 8 | 3.5 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
0.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 1 | Joseph Burge (GUA) |
Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) |
3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
1 | 1.5 |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
1 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
8:43 | Joseph Burge (GUA) |
4 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 3 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
1 | 5 | |
| 1.5 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
Bye |
Round 6
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 2 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
2 | 5 | |
| 5.5 | 3 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) |
1 | 6 | |
| 5.5 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
DNA |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
2 | |||
| 2 | 0 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) |
2:57 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ivan Krastev (BUL) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
1 | 5 |
Final standings
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)
Ivan Krastev (BUL)
Kiyoshi Abe (JPN)
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)
Petre Coman (ROU)
Joseph Burge (GUA)