Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg


The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Medalists

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
;Penalties
TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
33'11
442:20'00
2222
448:36'00
11'33
33'11
00'1:5644
11'33
3.53.5'0.50.5
445:0700

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
30'2:3148
1.50.5'3.53.5
4226
31'33
21'36
63'12
2223
841:26'03
7.540:5904
2.5222

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
3.50.5'3.57
4.53'15
748:47'02
748:31'02
31'36
5.53'15
2Bye
3DNA

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
53'14.5
5.51'35
7.52.52.54.5
30'7:2349.5
5'Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
83'15.5
83'16.5
61'37.5
3'Bye

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
3311

Final standings

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