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Western New York Wrestling

WNY Wrestling

1972-1973

Bulgaria

1972-1973

East Germany

1972-1973

Germany

1972-1973

Hungary

1972-1973

Italy

1972-1973

Mongolia

1972-1973

Poland

1972-1973

Soviet Union

1972-1973

Turkey

1972-1973

West Germany

1972-1973

Olympic Wrestling Championships

Messegelande

Munich, Germany

Aug 27, 1972 - Sep 9, 1972

U.S. Mat Medalists

The U.S. Olympic freestyle team enjoyed its most successful Olympics ever, winning six medals in all, three of them gold. SOURCE: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 1, 1972.

GALLERY

Men's Freestyle

Teams


                                                                  Participating Teams
                           
                                            Bulgaria [BUL]
                                                              Czechoslovakia [TCH]
                                                              East Germany [GDR]
                                                              Finland [FIN]
                                                              Germany [GER]
                                                              Greece [GRE]
                                                              Hungary [HUN]
                                                              Iran [IRI]
                                                              Italy [ITA]
                                                              Japan [JPN]
                                                              Mongolia [MGL]
                                                              North Korea [PRK]
                                                              Poland [POL]
                                                              Romania [ROU]
                                                              Soviet Union [URS]
                                                              Sweden [SWE]
                                                              Turkey [TUR]
                                                              United States of America [USA]
                                                              West Germany [FRG]
                                                              Yugoslavia [YUG]

Individuals


              
              
                                                                            Place Winners
                       
                      
                                    
                      
                                                                                                         48
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Roman Dmitriyev
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Ognyan Nikolov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ebrahim Javadi
                      (Iran)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         52
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Kiyomi Kato
                      (Japan)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Arsen Alakhverdiyev
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Kim Gwong-Hyong
                      (NK)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         57
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Hideaki Yanagida
                      (Japan)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Richard Sanders
                      (USA)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Laszlo Klinga
                      (Hungary)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         62
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Zagalav Abdulbekov
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Vehbi Akdag
                      (Turkey)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ivan Krastev
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         68
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Dan Gable
                      (USA)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Kikuo Wada
                      (Japan)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ruslan Ashuraliyev
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         74
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Wayne Wells
                      (USA)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Jan Karlsson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Adolf Seger
                      (WG)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         82
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Levan Tediashvili
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      John Peterson
                      (USA)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Vasile Iorga
                      (Romania)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         90
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ben Peterson
                      (USA)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Gennadi Strakhov
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Karoly Bajko
                      (Hungary)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                        100
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ivan Yarygin
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Khorloogiin Bayanmonkh
                      (Mongolia)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Jozsef Csatari
                      (Hungary)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                        UNL
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Aleksandr Medved
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Osman Duraliev
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Chris Taylor
                      (USA)

Men's Greco-Roman

Teams


                                                                  Participating Teams
                           
                                            Bulgaria [BUL]
                                                              Czechoslovakia [TCH]
                                                              East Germany [GDR]
                                                              Finland [FIN]
                                                              Germany [GER]
                                                              Greece [GRE]
                                                              Hungary [HUN]
                                                              Iran [IRI]
                                                              Italy [ITA]
                                                              Japan [JPN]
                                                              Mongolia [MGL]
                                                              North Korea [PRK]
                                                              Poland [POL]
                                                              Romania [ROU]
                                                              Soviet Union [URS]
                                                              Sweden [SWE]
                                                              Turkey [TUR]
                                                              United States of America [USA]
                                                              West Germany [FRG]
                                                              Yugoslavia [YUG]

Individuals


              
              
                                                                            Place Winners
                       
                      
                                    
                      
                                                                                                         48
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Gheorghe Berceanu
                      (Romania)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Rahim Aliabadi
                      (Iran)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Stefan Angelov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         52
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Petar Kirov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Koichiro Hirayama
                      (Japan)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Giuseppe Bognanni
                      (Italy)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         57
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Rustam Kazakov
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Hans-Jurgen Veil
                      (WG)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Risto Bjorlin
                      (Finland)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         62
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Georgi Markov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Heinz-Helmut Wehling
                      (EG)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Kazimierz Lipiei
                      (Poland)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         68
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Shamil Khisamutdinov
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Stoyan Apostolov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Gian Matteo Ranzi
                      (Italy)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         74
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Vitezslav Macha
                      (Czechoslovakia)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Petros Galaktopoulos
                      (Greece)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Jan Karlsson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         82
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Csaba Hegedus
                      (Hungary)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Anatoly Nazarenko
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Milan Nenadic
                      (Yugoslavia)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                         90
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Valery Rezantsev
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Josip Xorak
                      (Yugoslavia)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Czeslaw Kwiecinski
                      (Poland)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                        100
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Nicolae Martinescu
                      (Romania)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Nikolay Yakovenko
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Ferenc Kiss
                      (Hungary)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                                                                        UNL
                                                                      
                      
                        ➊                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Anatoly Roshchin
                      (SU)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                ➋                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                      
                      Aleksandar Tomov
                      (Bulgaria)
                      
                  
                                                                    
                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
                                                                        ➌                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                      
                      Victor Dolipschi
                      (Romania)

HISTORY

9 Known Events

2024:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

2021:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

2016:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

2012:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

2008:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

1996:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

1972:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

1920:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

1904:

Olympic Wrestling Championships

Czechoslovakia

1972-1973

Finland

1972-1973

Greece

1972-1973

Iran

1972-1973

Japan

1972-1973

North Korea

1972-1973

Romania

1972-1973

Sweden

1972-1973

United States of America

1972-1973

USA

48	➊	Roman Dmitriyev (SU)
	➋	Ognyan Nikolov (Bulgaria)
	➌	Ebrahim Javadi (Iran)
52	➊	Kiyomi Kato (Japan)
	➋	Arsen Alakhverdiyev (SU)
	➌	Kim Gwong-Hyong (NK)
57	➊	Hideaki Yanagida (Japan)
	➋	Richard Sanders (USA)
	➌	Laszlo Klinga (Hungary)
62	➊	Zagalav Abdulbekov (SU)
	➋	Vehbi Akdag (Turkey)
	➌	Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria)
68	➊	Dan Gable (USA)
	➋	Kikuo Wada (Japan)
	➌	Ruslan Ashuraliyev (SU)
74	➊	Wayne Wells (USA)
	➋	Jan Karlsson (Sweden)
	➌	Adolf Seger (WG)
82	➊	Levan Tediashvili (SU)
	➋	John Peterson (USA)
	➌	Vasile Iorga (Romania)
90	➊	Ben Peterson (USA)
	➋	Gennadi Strakhov (SU)
	➌	Karoly Bajko (Hungary)
100	➊	Ivan Yarygin (SU)
	➋	Khorloogiin Bayanmonkh (Mongolia)
	➌	Jozsef Csatari (Hungary)
UNL	➊	Aleksandr Medved (SU)
	➋	Osman Duraliev (Bulgaria)
	➌	Chris Taylor (USA)

48	➊	Gheorghe Berceanu (Romania)
	➋	Rahim Aliabadi (Iran)
	➌	Stefan Angelov (Bulgaria)
52	➊	Petar Kirov (Bulgaria)
	➋	Koichiro Hirayama (Japan)
	➌	Giuseppe Bognanni (Italy)
57	➊	Rustam Kazakov (SU)
	➋	Hans-Jurgen Veil (WG)
	➌	Risto Bjorlin (Finland)
62	➊	Georgi Markov (Bulgaria)
	➋	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (EG)
	➌	Kazimierz Lipiei (Poland)
68	➊	Shamil Khisamutdinov (SU)
	➋	Stoyan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
	➌	Gian Matteo Ranzi (Italy)
74	➊	Vitezslav Macha (Czechoslovakia)
	➋	Petros Galaktopoulos (Greece)
	➌	Jan Karlsson (Sweden)
82	➊	Csaba Hegedus (Hungary)
	➋	Anatoly Nazarenko (SU)
	➌	Milan Nenadic (Yugoslavia)
90	➊	Valery Rezantsev (SU)
	➋	Josip Xorak (Yugoslavia)
	➌	Czeslaw Kwiecinski (Poland)
100	➊	Nicolae Martinescu (Romania)
	➋	Nikolay Yakovenko (SU)
	➌	Ferenc Kiss (Hungary)
UNL	➊	Anatoly Roshchin (SU)
	➋	Aleksandar Tomov (Bulgaria)
	➌	Victor Dolipschi (Romania)

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

Olympic Wrestling Championships

Messegelande

The U.S. Olympic freestyle team enjoyed its most successful Olympics ever, winning six medals in all, three of them gold. SOURCE: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 1, 1972.

GALLERY

Men's Freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

HISTORY

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

1972-1973

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