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Men's freestyle 74 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Men's freestyle 74 kg; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	27–31 August
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Wayne Wells United States
Silver	Jan Karlsson Sweden
Bronze	Adolf Seger West Germany

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	Toshitada Yoshida (JPN)	7:31	Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	4	4
0	0	Adolf Seger (FRG)	8:23	Alfred Wurr (CAN)	4	4
1	1	Yuri Gusov (URS)		Ludovic Ambruș (ROU)	3	3
3	3	Bruce Akers (AUS)		Mukhtiar Singh (IND)	1	1
3	3	Daniel Robin (FRA)		Yancho Pavlov (BUL)	1	1
4	4	Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB)	5:06	Robert Blaser (SUI)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Bruno Hartmann (AUT)		Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	0.5	0.5
0	0	Wayne Wells (USA)	5:59	Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR)	4	4
3	3	Tony Shacklady (GBR)		Miroslav Musil (TCH)	1	1
4	4	Nestor González (ARG)	5:07	Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)	0	0
0	0	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	2:28	Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG)	4	4
3	3	Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK)		Miklós Urbanovics (HUN)	1	1
0		Mansour Barzegar (IRI)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
0.5	0.5	Mansour Barzegar (IRI)		Toshitada Yoshida (JPN)	3.5	7.5
8	4	Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	2:55	Adolf Seger (FRG)	0	0
8	4	Alfred Wurr (CAN)	3:51	Yuri Gusov (URS)	0	1
3.5	0.5	Ludovic Ambruș (ROU)		Bruce Akers (AUS)	3.5	6.5
5	4	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)	2:24	Daniel Robin (FRA)	0	3
1	0	Yancho Pavlov (BUL)	2:02	Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB)	4	8
1	1	Robert Blaser (SUI)		Bruno Hartmann (AUT)	3	6.5
4.5	4	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	8:25	Wayne Wells (USA)	0	0
5	1	Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR)		Tony Shacklady (GBR)	3	6
1	0	Miroslav Musil (TCH)	4:46	Nestor González (ARG)	4	8
1	1	Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)		Jan Karlsson (SWE)	3	3
6	2	Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG)		Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK)	2	5
1		Miklós Urbanovics (HUN)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3.5	2.5	Miklós Urbanovics (HUN)		Mansour Barzegar (IRI)	2.5	3
1	1	Adolf Seger (FRG)		Yuri Gusov (URS)	3	4
3.5	0	Ludovic Ambruș (ROU)	2:27	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)	4	9
3	0	Daniel Robin (FRA)	4:17	Robert Blaser (SUI)	4	5
2	1	Yancho Pavlov (BUL)		Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	3	7.5
0	0	Wayne Wells (USA)	1:24	Miroslav Musil (TCH)	4	5
9	4	Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR)	8:18	Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)	0	1
3	0	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	3:49	Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK)	4	9

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6.5	3	Miklós Urbanovics (HUN)		Adolf Seger (FRG)	1	2
3	0	Mansour Barzegar (IRI)	6:18	Yuri Gusov (URS)	4	8
6.5	3	Ludovic Ambruș (ROU)		Daniel Robin (FRA)	1	4
2.5	0.5	Yancho Pavlov (BUL)		Robert Blaser (SUI)	3.5	8.5
1	1	Wayne Wells (USA)		Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)	3	4
9	4	Miroslav Musil (TCH)	5:36	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	0	3

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7	4	Mansour Barzegar (IRI)	5:18	Adolf Seger (FRG)	0	2
7	3	Daniel Robin (FRA)		Wayne Wells (USA)	1	2
3.5	1	Yancho Pavlov (BUL)		Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)	3	7
3		Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Bye