# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Gian-Matteo Ranzi Italy |

## 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 | Veikko Lavonen (FIN) | | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) | | Sotirios Nakos (GRE) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 5:58 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | 6:29 | Mohamed Gaber (EGY) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) | 8:26 | Josef Brötzner (AUT) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Robert Buzzard (USA) | 7:19 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Heinz Rhyn (SUI) | 7:37 | Ole Sorensen (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) | 6:47 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Antal Steer (HUN) | 4:00 | Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) | | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 5:32 | Veikko Lavonen (FIN) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | 2:32 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Sotirios Nakos (GRE) | 8:38 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | 5:07 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) | 5:32 | Robert Buzzard (USA) | 4 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Josef Brötzner (AUT) | | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Heinz Rhyn (SUI) | 7:45 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Ole Sorensen (CAN) | 1:00 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Antal Steer (HUN) | | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | 1 | 3.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) | 5:17 | Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) | 0 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 0 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 5:05 | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | | Gaber Mohamed (EGY) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 8:31 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) | 2:26 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) | 3 | 3 |
| 0.5 | 0 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 8:15 | Heinz Rhyn (SUI) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) | | Antal Steer (HUN) | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | 6:50 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | 0 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 4:08 | Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) | 2:56 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 8:10 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) | | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) | 8:28 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Antal Steer (HUN) | | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 2 | 4.5 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 3 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | 1 | 2 |
| 2.5 | 1 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) | 3 | 6 |
| 4.5 | | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | Bye | | |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 7.5 | 3 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | 1 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 0.5 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 3.5 | 6 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) | | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | 1 | 1 |

## Final standings

* Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
* Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)
* Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)
* Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
* Takashi Tanoue (JPN)
* Antal Steer (HUN) and Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR)