# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +100 kg

The men's freestyle +100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union |
| Silver | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Chris Taylor United States |

## 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

Chris Taylor was controversially defeated by two-time defending gold medalist Alexander Medved. It appeared Medved was stalling but the referee awarded a point to the Soviet, charging Taylor with a lack of action. Later admitting that he felt sorry for Medved because of Taylor's size, the referee was dismissed from the Olympic tournament and banned from international officiating. In the Greco-Roman competition Taylor was unexpectedly suplexed and pinned by a much lighter Wilfried Dietrich, whom he defeated a week before in the freestyle contest.
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Stanisław Makowiecki (POL) | | Yorihide Isogai (JPN) | 3 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Miguel Zambrano (PER) | | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Chris Taylor (USA) | | Alexander Medved (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Gıyasettin Yılmaz (TUR) | 1:17 | Oldřich Vlasák (TCH) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) | 5:22 | István Maróthy (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | | Peter Germer (GDR) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | | Ştefan Stîngu (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Ştefan Stîngu (ROU) | | Stanisław Makowiecki (POL) | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Yorihide Isogai (JPN) | | Miguel Zambrano (PER) | 3 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI) | | Chris Taylor (USA) | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Alexander Medved (URS) | 8:59 | Gıyasettin Yılmaz (TUR) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Oldřich Vlasák (TCH) | 6:54 | Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | István Maróthy (HUN) | 4:56 | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Peter Germer (GDR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 2 | Peter Germer (GDR) | | Ştefan Stîngu (ROU) | 2 | 4.5 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Stanisław Makowiecki (POL) | 2:35 | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI) | 0 | 3.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Yorihide Isogai (JPN) | 1:45 | Chris Taylor (USA) | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Alexander Medved (URS) | | Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Gıyasettin Yılmaz (TUR) | 2:31 | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | 0 | 1 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 3 | Peter Germer (GDR) | | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Ştefan Stîngu (ROU) | 1:26 | Alexander Medved (URS) | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | Chris Taylor (USA) | | Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 3 | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | | Chris Taylor (USA) | 1 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI) | 4:01 | Alexander Medved (URS) | 0 | 2 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Osman Duraliev (BUL) | | Alexander Medved (URS) | 1 | 1 |

## Final standings

* Alexander Medved (URS)
* Osman Duraliev (BUL)
* Chris Taylor (USA)
* Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)
* Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)
* Peter Germer (GDR)