Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg


The Men's Greco-Roman 82 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
446:53'00
2222
00'4:0244
448:09'00
11'33
33'11
33'11
33'11
11'33
002:4744

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
842:14'02
2224
11'37
845:17'00
543:29'03
6.53.5'0.51.5
745:08'03
43'12
21'33
308:4948

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
20'2:0946
6223
00'7:1649
5226
4.53'14
20'0:0046
742:4003

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
4225
33'16
7.53'13
401:4847

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
73'14
948:35'04
3Bye

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
3'1
21'3
300:0047

Final standings

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