# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Vehbi Akdağ Turkey |
| Bronze | Ivan Krastev Bulgaria |

## 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 |
| 0 | 0 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 2:52 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | | Patrick Bolger (CAN) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 4 | László Szabó (HUN) | 7:00 | Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) | 0:24 | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Orlando Gonçalves (POR) | 2:35 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) | | Satpal Singh (IND) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | | Vicente Martínez (MEX) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Joseph Burge (GUA) | 2:56 | Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) | 4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | | Stanislav Tůma (TCH) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | José Ramos (CUB) | | Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) | 3 | 3 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | | Ahmad Djan (AFG) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Gene Davis (USA) | 7:36 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Jakob Tanner (SUI) | | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | 0.5 | 0.5 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 2:09 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 7:34 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) | 0 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 0 | László Szabó (HUN) | 1:18 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) | | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Orlando Gonçalves (POR) | 5:27 | Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 7:26 | Satpal Singh (IND) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | | Joseph Burge (GUA) | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Vicente Martínez (MEX) | | Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) | 1 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | | José Ramos (CUB) | 3 | 4 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Stanislav Tůma (TCH) | | Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0.5 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | | Gene Davis (USA) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 1 | Ahmad Djan (AFG) | | Jakob Tanner (SUI) | 3 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 2:19 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | 0 | 0.5 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 8:45 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) | 4 | 4.5 |
| 7 | 3 | László Szabó (HUN) | | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) | | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Zdzisław Stolarski (POL) | | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | Satpal Singh (IND) | | Joseph Burge (GUA) | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Panagiotis Koutsoupakis (GRE) | | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | 0.5 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | José Ramos (CUB) | 4:12 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) | | Ahmad Djan (AFG) | 3 | 7.5 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Gene Davis (USA) | 3:25 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | 0 | 0.5 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Petre Coman (ROU) | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3.5 | Patrick Bolger (CAN) | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Joseph Burge (GUA) | Gerhard Weisenberger (FRG) | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | 1 | 1.5 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 3 | Petre Coman (ROU) | | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 8:43 | Joseph Burge (GUA) | 4 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 3 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | 1 | 5 |
| 1.5 | | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 2 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 2 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 3 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) | 1 | 6 |
| 5.5 | | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) | DNA | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| | 2 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS) | 2:57 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ivan Krastev (BUL) | | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 1 | 5 |

## Final standings

* Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
* Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)
* Ivan Krastev (BUL)
* Kiyoshi Abe (JPN)
* Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)
* Petre Coman (ROU)
* Joseph Burge (GUA)