# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nicolae Martinescu Romania |
| Silver | Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Ferenc Kiss Hungary |

## 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 |
| 2 | 2 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) | | Pelle Svensson (SWE) | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Aimo Mäenpää (FIN) | | Tore Hem (NOR) | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Rudolf Lüscher (SUI) | | Hassan Bechara (LIB) | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 7:23 | Burke Deadrich (USA) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | | Lorenz Hecher (FRG) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) | | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | 3 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Makoto Saito (JPN) | | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | 0.5 | 0.5 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 2 | 0 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) | 5:48 | Aimo Mäenpää (FIN) | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | Pelle Svensson (SWE) | 0:42 | Tore Hem (NOR) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | Rudolf Lüscher (SUI) | 1:44 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Burke Deadrich (USA) | 1:23 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Lorenz Hecher (FRG) | 8:23 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | | Makoto Saito (JPN) | 3 | 6.5 |
| 0.5 | | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | | Bye | | |
| 2 | | Hassan Bechara (LIB) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 1.5 | 1 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Tore Hem (NOR) | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 4 | | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 3 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | 1 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 0 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) | 1:24 | Tore Hem (NOR) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 1:25 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 5.5 | | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 6.5 | 1 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) | | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | 3 | 5.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) | 8:35 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 0 | 1 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | 0:00 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) | 4 | 4 |

## Final standings

* Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
* Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
* Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
* Hristo Ignatov (BUL)
* Fredi Albrecht (GDR)
* Tore Hem (NOR)