Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 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

• 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

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

Final standings

1.  Wayne Wells (USA)
2.  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
3.  Adolf Seger (FRG)
4.  Yancho Pavlov (BUL)
5.  Daniel Robin (FRA),  Mansour Barzegar (IRI) and  Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)

References

External links

• Official Report

1. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
2. India at the 2020 Summer Olympics
3. Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg
4. Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg
5. India at the 2024 Summer Olympics
6. Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg
7. India at the 2016 Summer Olympics
8. Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 86 kg
9. Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg
10. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg
11. List of Olympic medalists in freestyle wrestling
12. Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
13. Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics
14. Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg
15. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg
16. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg
17. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg
18. Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
19. Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg
20. Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg