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Men's Greco-Roman 100 kgat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Messe München Dates 6–10 September Competitors 14 from 14 nations
The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[ 1]
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
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Nicolae Martinescu (ROU )
Nikolai Yakovenko (URS )
Ferenc Kiss (HUN )
Hristo Ignatov (BUL )
Fredi Albrecht (GDR )
Tore Hem (NOR )
1912–1928: +82.5 kg
1932–1960: +87 kg
1964–1968: +97 kg
1972–1996: 100 kg
2000: 97 kg
2004–2012: 96 kg
2016: 98 kg
2020–present: 97 kg