# 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

| Gold | Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia |
| Silver | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece |
| Bronze | Jan Karlsson Sweden |

## 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

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Nestor González (ARG) | 2:20 | Mehmet Türüt (TUR) | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Werner Schröter (FRG) | | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | Miklós Hegedűs (HUN) | 8:36 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | | Marcel Vlad (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Gary Neist (USA) | | Momir Kecman (YUG) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | 1:56 | Constant Bens (BEL) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Viktor Igumenov (URS) | | Franz Berger (AUT) | 3 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Robert Blaser (SUI) | | Eero Tapio (FIN) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Klaus Pohl (GDR) | 5:07 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 0 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 2:31 | Nestor González (ARG) | 4 | 8 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | | Mehmet Türüt (TUR) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Werner Schröter (FRG) | | Miklós Hegedűs (HUN) | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | | Gary Neist (USA) | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | Marcel Vlad (ROU) | | Momir Kecman (YUG) | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | | Viktor Igumenov (URS) | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Constant Bens (BEL) | 1:26 | Franz Berger (AUT) | 0 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Robert Blaser (SUI) | 0:59 | Klaus Pohl (GDR) | 0 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | Eero Tapio (FIN) | | Daniel Robin (FRA) | 2 | 2 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | | Mehmet Türüt (TUR) | 3.5 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 3 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | | Werner Schröter (FRG) | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | 8:47 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 8:31 | Momir Kecman (YUG) | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | | Franz Berger (AUT) | 3 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 3 | Eero Tapio (FIN) | | Klaus Pohl (GDR) | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | | Daniel Robin (FRA) | | Bye | | |
| 3 | | Viktor Igumenov (URS) | | DNA | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 1 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 3 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Werner Schröter (FRG) | | Momir Kecman (YUG) | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 0 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | 7:23 | Eero Tapio (FIN) | 4 | 9.5 |
| 5 | | Klaus Pohl (GDR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 3 | Klaus Pohl (GDR) | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 1 | 5.5 |
| 8 | 3 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 1 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | Momir Kecman (YUG) | 3 | 7.5 |
| 3 | | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 1 | 1 |

## Final standings

* Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
* Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)
* Jan Karlsson (SWE)
* Ivan Kolev (BUL)
* Momir Kecman (YUG)
* Daniel Robin (FRA)
* Klaus Pohl (GDR)