# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Csaba Hegedűs Hungary |
| Silver | Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia |

## 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 |
| 4 | 4 | Dasrangiin Myagmar (MGL) | 6:53 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Matti Laakso (FIN) | | Harald Barlie (NOR) | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | Ion Gabor (ROU) | 4:02 | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 8:09 | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | | John Pedersen (DEN) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Frank Hartmann (GDR) | | Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Reinhold Hucker (FRG) | | Jan Kårström (SWE) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | | J Robinson (USA) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Ali Yağmur (TUR) | 2:47 | Jesús Blanco (ARG) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Dasran Myagmarjav (MGL) | 2:14 | Matti Laakso (FIN) | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | | Harald Barlie (NOR) | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Ion Gabor (ROU) | | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | 5:17 | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | 3:29 | Frank Hartmann (GDR) | 0 | 3 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | John Pedersen (DEN) | | Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Reinhold Hucker (FRG) | 5:08 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Jan Kårström (SWE) | | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | | Ali Yağmur (TUR) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | J Robinson (USA) | 8:49 | Jesús Blanco (ARG) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 2 | 0 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 2:09 | Matti Laakso (FIN) | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Harald Barlie (NOR) | | Ion Gabor (ROU) | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 7:16 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | Frank Hartmann (GDR) | | Jan Kårström (SWE) | 2 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 3 | Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) | | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 0:00 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | J Robinson (USA) | 2:40 | Ali Yağmur (TUR) | 0 | 3 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 2 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | | Ion Gabor (ROU) | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | | Frank Hartmann (GDR) | 1 | 6 |
| 7.5 | 3 | Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) | | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | 1:48 | Ali Yağmur (TUR) | 4 | 7 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 3 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | Ion Gabor (ROU) | 8:35 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | Anatoly Nazarenko (URS) | 0:00 | Milan Nenadić (YUG) | 4 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Csaba Hegedűs (HUN)
* Anatoly Nazarenko (URS)
* Milan Nenadić (YUG)
* Miroslav Janota (TCH)
* Ion Gabor (ROU)
* Frank Hartmann (GDR)