# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Georgi Markov Bulgaria |
| Silver | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany |
| Bronze | Kazimierz Lipień Poland |

## 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 | Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | 1:41 | Slavko Koletić (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | 8:34 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | László Réczi (HUN) | | Jakob Tanner (SUI) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 4:21 | Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Jemal Megrelishvili (URS) | 4:52 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) | 1:34 | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 8:24 | Harry Van Landeghem (BEL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Martti Laakso (FIN) | 6:35 | Juan Hernández (GUA) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | | Ion Păun (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Ion Păun (ROU) | | Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Slavko Koletić (YUG) | 7:08 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | | László Réczi (HUN) | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Jakob Tanner (SUI) | 7:57 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Djemal Megrelishvili (URS) | 1:48 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 4:03 | Martti Laakso (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Harry van Landeghem (BEL) | | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Juan Hernández (GUA) | 1:30 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 2 | 1 | Ion Păun (ROU) | | Slavko Koletić (YUG) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 5:37 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | László Réczi (HUN) | | Djemal Megrelishvili (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 1:22 | Harry van Landeghem (BEL) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Martti Laakso (FIN) | | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | 2 | 3.5 |
| 3 | | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 5.5 | 2.5 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | Ion Păun (ROU) | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | Slavko Koletić (YUG) | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | Djemal Megrelishvili (URS) | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Georgi Markov (BUL) | Martti Laakso (FIN) | 3 | 5 |
| 3.5 | | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 4.5 | 1 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | | Ion Păun (ROU) | 3 | 7.5 |
| 5.5 | 0 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 7:00 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 4 | 5.5 |
| 8 | 3 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Djemal Megrelishvili (URS) | | Martti Laakso (FIN) | 3 | 8 |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 7.5 | 3 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 1 | 6.5 |
| 6.5 | 1 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | Djemal Megrelishvili (URS) | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | | Georgi Markov (BUL) | Bye | | |

## Final standings

* Georgi Markov (BUL)
* Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
* Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
* Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
* Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)
* Ion Păun (ROU)
* Martti Laakso (FIN) and Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)