# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union |
| Silver | Josip Čorak Yugoslavia |
| Bronze | Czesław Kwieciński Poland |

## 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 | Roland Andersson (SWE) | | Wayne Baughman (USA) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Håkon Øverby (NOR) | 7:42 | Günter Kowalewski (FRG) | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) | | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | Kimuchi Tani (JPN) | | Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Barend Kops (NED) | 0:00 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Lothar Metz (GDR) | | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | | József Pércsi (HUN) | 1 | 1 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 4 | Roland Andersson (SWE) | 7:03 | Håkon Øverby (NOR) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | Wayne Baughman (USA) | 8:03 | Günter Kowalewski (FRG) | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) | 0:52 | Kimuchi Tani (JPN) | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 2:59 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | | Lothar Metz (GDR) | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | | József Pércsi (HUN) | | Bye | | |
| 4 | | Barend Kops (NED) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | József Pércsi (HUN) | | Wayne Baughman (USA) | 3.5 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Håkon Øverby (NOR) | | Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Günter Kowalewski (FRG) | 0:00 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | Kimuchi Tani (JPN) | 1:58 | Lothar Metz (GDR) | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 2 | 5 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 2.5 | 1 | József Pércsi (HUN) | | Håkon Øverby (NOR) | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) | 7:36 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 1:24 | Kimuchi Tani (JPN) | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 2:04 | József Pércsi (HUN) | 4 | 6.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Håkon Øverby (NOR) | 1:39 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Josip Čorak (YUG) | | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| | 2 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Josip Čorak (YUG) | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 1 | |
| 5 | 3 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 1 | 2 |

## Final standings

* Valery Rezantsev (URS)
* Josip Čorak (YUG)
* Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
* József Pércsi (HUN)
* Håkon Øverby (NOR)
* Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)