# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany |
| Bronze | Risto Björlin Finland |

## 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 |
| 1 | 1 | Luís Grilo (POR) | | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Juan Velarde (PER) | 1:51 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | 6:44 | Alfredo López (MEX) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 2:06 | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) | 2:59 | Firouz Alizadeh (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Karlo Čović (YUG) | | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Alam Mir (AFG) | | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) | | Józef Lipień (POL) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Ernst Hack (AUT) | | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY) | 0:00 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Jan Neckář (TCH) | 8:46 | Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR) | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Ali Lachkar (MAR) | | Fawzi Salloum (SYR) | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | 2:48 | Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | David Hazewinkel (USA) | | An Chun-Young (KOR) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Harald Hervig (NOR) | 0:53 | János Varga (HUN) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 0 | Luís Grilo (POR) | 7:17 | Juan Velarde (PER) | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | 4:38 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) | 1:43 | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | Karlo Čović (YUG) | 8:09 | Alam Mir (AFG) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) | | Ernst Hack (AUT) | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 1:17 | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | | Jan Neckář (TCH) | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR) | | Ali Lachkar (MAR) | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | | David Hazewinkel (USA) | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN) | 2:23 | Harald Hervig (NOR) | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | An Chun-Young (KOR) | 0:00 | János Varga (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Alfredo López (MEX) | | DNA | | |
| 4 | | Firouz Alizadeh (IRI) | | DNA | | |
| 4 | | Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY) | | DNA | | |
| 2 | | Fawzi Salloum (SYR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 4 | Luís Grilo (POR) | 2:31 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 2.5 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | Karlo Čović (YUG) | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) | 3 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 8:39 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 4 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) | | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 0.5 | Jan Neckář (TCH) | | Ali Lachkar (MAR) | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | | An Chun-Young (KOR) | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | | János Varga (HUN) | | Bye | | |
| 4 | | Harald Hervig (NOR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | János Varga (HUN) | | Luís Grilo (POR) | 3.5 | 8.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 8:53 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | 4 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) | 3 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | | Józef Lipień (POL) | 3 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 4:36 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | 4 | 9.5 |
| 9.5 | 4 | Jan Neckář (TCH) | 1:21 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | 0 | 2 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 4.5 | 4 | János Varga (HUN) | 8:35 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | 1 | 5 |
| 8.5 | 3 | Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN) | | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2 | | Risto Björlin (FIN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 3 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | János Varga (HUN) | 1 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | 1 | 6 |
| 4.5 | | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | Bye | | |

### Round 7

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 0.5 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | | János Varga (HUN) | 3.5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 1 | 4 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Rustam Kazakov (URS) | 2:58 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 4 | 4 |

## Final standings

* Rustam Kazakov (URS)
* Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)
* Risto Björlin (FIN)
* János Varga (HUN)
* Hristo Traikov (BUL)
* Ion Baciu (ROU)
* Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)