# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Hideaki Yanagida Japan |
| Silver | Richard Sanders United States |
| Bronze | László Klinga Hungary |

## 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 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | 1 | 1 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) | | Juan Velarde (PER) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Moises López (MEX) | | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) | | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | László Klinga (HUN) | 1:22 | Arturo Tanaquin (PHI) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Kazım Yıldırım (TUR) | | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | | An Jea-Won (KOR) | 3 | 3 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | | Ernst Hack (AUT) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) | 5:15 | Richard Sanders (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Hsu Chin-hsiung (ROC) | 4:16 | Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | | Luis Fuentes (GUA) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Raymond Barry (AUS) | 8:37 | Prem Nath (IND) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) | | Allah Ditta (PAK) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) | 5:47 | Risto Darlev (YUG) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | 5:10 | Juan Velarde (PER) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Moises López (MEX) | 8:21 | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | László Klinga (HUN) | | Kazım Yıldırım (TUR) | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Arturo Tanaquin (PHI) | 0:57 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | 0.5 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | An Jea-Won (KOR) | | Ernst Hack (AUT) | 3.5 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) | 3:49 | Hsu Chin-Hsiung (ROC) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) | 5:34 | Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | 4:34 | Raymond Barry (AUS) | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Luis Fuentes (GUA) | | Prem Nath (IND) | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) | | Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | Allah Ditta (PAK) | | Risto Darlev (YUG) | 1 | 5 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 0 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | 8:30 | Moises López (MEX) | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | 1:25 | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) | | László Klinga (HUN) | 2 | 2.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) | 1:35 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 0 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | 1:16 | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) | 4 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 4 | An Jea-Won (KOR) | 1:20 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) | 1:32 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicolae Dumitru (ROU) | | Jorge Ramos (CUB) | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Prem Nath (IND) | 6:39 | Ghulam Sideeq (AFG) | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | | Risto Darlev (YUG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Risto Darlev (YUG) | 5:01 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | 0 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | | Megdiin Khoilogdorj (MGL) | 3 | 8 |
| 9.5 | 4 | Ivan Kuleshov (URS) | 3:24 | László Klinga (HUN) | 0 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 1:23 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | | Richard Sanders (USA) | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG) | 4:33 | Prem Nath (IND) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Jorge Ramos (CUB) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 3 | Jorge Ramos (CUB) | | Horst Mayer (GDR) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | | László Klinga (HUN) | 1 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | Richard Sanders (USA) | 1:23 | Prem Nath (IND) | 4 | 5 |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 7.5 | 3 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | László Klinga (HUN) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 3 | Ramezan Kheder (IRI) | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | Richard Sanders (USA) | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | Prem Nath (IND) | Bye | | |

### Round 7

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Prem Nath (IND) | 5:10 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | 0 | 4 |
| 8.5 | 4 | László Klinga (HUN) | 6:38 | Richard Sanders (USA) | 0 | 4 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) | | Richard Sanders (USA) | 3 | 3 |

## Final standings

* Hideaki Yanagida (JPN)
* Richard Sanders (USA)
* László Klinga (HUN)
* Prem Premnath (IND)
* Ivan Shavov (BUL)
* Horst Mayer (GDR)
* Ramezan Kheder (IRI)
* Jorge Ramos (CUB)