Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 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.[1]

Men's freestyle 57 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hideaki Yanagida  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Sanders  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) László Klinga  Hungary
← 1968
1976 →

Medalists edit

Gold Hideaki Yanagida
  Japan
Silver Richard Sanders
  United States
Bronze László Klinga
  Hungary

Tournament results edit

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 edit

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 Nath (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 edit

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 Nath (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 edit

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 Nath (IND) 6:39   Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) 4 7
5   Risto Darlev (YUG) Bye

Round 4 edit

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 Nath (IND) 0 1
3   Jorge Ramos (CUB) Bye

Round 5 edit

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 Nath (IND) 4 5

Round 6 edit

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 Nath (IND) Bye

Round 7 edit

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
9 4   Prem Nath (IND) 5:10   Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) 0 4
8.5 4   László Klinga (HUN) 6:38   Richard Sanders (USA) 0 4

Final edit

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 edit

  1.   Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
  2.   Richard Sanders (USA)
  3.   László Klinga (HUN)
  4.   Prem Premnath (IND)
  5.   Ivan Shavov (BUL)
  6.   Horst Mayer (GDR)
  7.   Ramezan Kheder (IRI)
  8.   Jorge Ramos (CUB)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

External links edit