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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men

Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men

Date	6 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

This was effectively a new class, although it was called the heavyweight class. The previous version of that weight class was now called the super-heavyweights. The favorite was Sweden’s Per Svensson, the 1970-71 World Champion and 1969-70 European Champion, but he surprisingly went out after two rounds, the result of a draw and a loss by fall. With Svensson out the draw was open. After five rounds the two finalists were determined, Soviet Nikolay Yakovenko, the 1972 European Champion, and Romanian Nicolae Martinescu, a light-heavyweight bronze medalist at the 1968 Olympics. Yakovenko was well ahead on bad points, 1.0 to 5.5, but in his round five win over Bulgarian Khristo Ignatov, Yakovenko was injured and had to withdraw from the final round, giving the gold medal to Martinescu.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	–	–	Gold
2	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	–	–	Silver
3	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	–	–
5	93	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	–	–
6	246	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	–	–
277	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	eliminated r4/6	8.5
321	Ruedi Lüscher	👁 Image SUI	eliminated r2/6	6.0
333	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	eliminated r2/6	6.0
203	Makoto Saito	👁 Image JPN	eliminated r2/6	6.5
112	Lorenz Hecher	👁 Image FRG	eliminated r2/6	7.0
79	Aimo Mäenpää	👁 Image FIN	eliminated r2/6	7.0
388	Buck Deadrich	👁 Image USA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
216	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN	withdrew r2/6	2.0
232	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	👁 Image MGL	–	–
315	Mohamed N'Diaye	👁 Image SEN	–	–
411	Darko Nišavić	👁 Image YUG	–	–

Round One

Date	6 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	0.0	–
2	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	0.5	–
=3	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	1.0	–
=3	246	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	1.0	–
=3	277	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	1.0	–
=6	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	2.0	–
=6	216	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN	2.0	withdrew
=6	321	Ruedi Lüscher	👁 Image SUI	2.0	–
=6	333	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	2.0	–
=10	79	Aimo Mäenpää	👁 Image FIN	3.0	–
=10	93	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	3.0	–
=10	112	Lorenz Hecher	👁 Image FRG	3.0	–
13	203	Makoto Saito	👁 Image JPN	3.5	–
14	388	Buck Deadrich	👁 Image USA	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	Draw	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE
Match #2	06 Sep	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	Decision	Aimo Mäenpää	👁 Image FIN
Match #3	06 Sep	Ruedi Lüscher	👁 Image SUI	Draw	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN
Match #4	06 Sep	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (7:23)	Buck Deadrich	👁 Image USA
Match #5	06 Sep	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	Decision	Lorenz Hecher	👁 Image FRG
Match #6	06 Sep	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR
Match #7	06 Sep	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Decision	Makoto Saito	👁 Image JPN

Round Two

Date	7 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	0.0	–
2	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	0.5	–
=3	246	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	1.0	–
=3	277	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	1.0	–
5	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	2.0	–
6	93	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	4.0	–
7	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	5.0	–
=8	321	Ruedi Lüscher	👁 Image SUI	6.0	eliminated
=8	333	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	6.0	eliminated
10	203	Makoto Saito	👁 Image JPN	6.5	eliminated
=11	112	Lorenz Hecher	👁 Image FRG	7.0	eliminated
=11	79	Aimo Mäenpää	👁 Image FIN	7.0	eliminated
13	388	Buck Deadrich	👁 Image USA	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	Fall (5:48)	Aimo Mäenpää	👁 Image FIN
Match #2	07 Sep	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	Fall (0:42)	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE
Match #3	07 Sep	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (1:44)	Ruedi Lüscher	👁 Image SUI
Match #4	07 Sep	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	Fall (1:23)	Buck Deadrich	👁 Image USA
Match #5	07 Sep	Lorenz Hecher	👁 Image FRG	Dq (both passivity) (8:23)	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN
Match #6	07 Sep	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	Decision	Makoto Saito	👁 Image JPN
Match #7	07 Sep	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU

Round Three

Date	8 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0
2	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	1.5
=3	93	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	4.0
=3	246	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	4.0
5	277	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	4.5
6	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	5.0
7	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	5.5

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Decision	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL
Match #2	08 Sep	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Decision	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR
Match #3	08 Sep	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL
Match #4	08 Sep	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR

Round Four

Date	10 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
2	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	2.5	–
3	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	5.0	–
4	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	5.5	–
5	93	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR	7.0	eliminated
6	246	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	8.0	eliminated
7	277	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Decision	Fredi Albrecht	👁 Image GDR
Match #2	10 Sep	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	Fall (5:30)	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR
Match #3	10 Sep	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (1:25)	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	👁 Image POL
Match #4	10 Sep	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN

Round Five

Date	10 September 1972

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	369	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
2	303	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	5.5	–
3	148	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	6.5	eliminated
4	27	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU
Match #2	10 Sep	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (2:20)	Hristo Ignatov	👁 Image BUL

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep 19:00	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/127190