title: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg
  
  The Men's Freestyle 82 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | John Peterson United States |
  | Bronze | Vasile Iorga Romania |
  
  ## 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 | Harish Chander (IND) | 7:08 | David Aspin (NZL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 2 | 2 | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) | | Ali Hagilou (IRI) | 2 | 2 |
  | 1 | 1 | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | | Jesús Blanco (ARG) | 3 | 3 |
  | 3 | 3 | André Bouchoule (FRA) | | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
  | 4 | 4 | Constant Bens (BEL) | 0:52 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Richard Barraclough (GBR) | 1:49 | John Peterson (USA) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) | 8:41 | Lupe Lara (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) | 3:41 | Kurt Elmgren (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
  | 3.5 | 3.5 | Ibrahim Diop (SEN) | | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
  | 3 | 3 | Hayri Polat (TUR) | | Tömöriin Artag (MGL) | 1 | 1 |
  | 1 | 1 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | | István Kovács (HUN) | 3 | 3 |
  | 1 | 1 | Ivan Iliev (BUL) | | Taras Hryb (CAN) | 3 | 3 |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | 4 | Harish Chander (IND) | 8:55 | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | 3 | David Aspin (NZL) | | Ali Hajiloo (IRI) | 1 | 3 |
  | 2 | 1 | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 3 | 6 |
  | 7 | 4 | Jesús Blanco (ARG) | 5:10 | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | 0 | 1 |
  | 7.5 | 3.5 | Constant Bens (BEL) | | Richard Barraclough (GBR) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
  | 3 | 3 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | | John Peterson (USA) | 1 | 1 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) | 5:58 | Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) | 4 | 8 |
  | 7 | 3 | Lupe Lara (CUB) | | Kurt Elmgren (SWE) | 1 | 1 |
  | 7.5 | 4 | Ibrahim Diop (SEN) | 5:58 | Hayri Polat (TUR) | 0 | 3 |
  | 1.5 | 1 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | | Tömöriin Artag (MGL) | 3 | 4 |
  | 1 | 0 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 5:42 | Ivan Iliev (BUL) | 4 | 5 |
  | 4 | 1 | István Kovács (HUN) | | Taras Hryb (CAN) | 3 | 6 |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | 1 | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) | | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | 3 | 5 |
  | 7 | 4 | Ali Hajiloo (IRI) | 7:10 | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | 0 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | 2:22 | Richard Barraclough (GBR) | 4 | 8.5 |
  | 1 | 0 | John Peterson (USA) | 6:35 | Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 5 | 4 | Kurt Elmgren (SWE) | 8:44 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 0 | 1.5 |
  | 6 | 3 | Hayri Polat (TUR) | | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | 1 | Tömöriin Artag (MGL) | | István Kovács (HUN) | 3 | 7 |
  | 5 | | Ivan Iliev (BUL) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | 3 | Ivan Iliev (BUL) | | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) | 1 | 4 |
  | 9 | 4 | Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) | 7:31 | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | 1 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | | Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) | 3 | 7 |
  | 4 | 3 | John Peterson (USA) | | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 1 | 2.5 |
  | 6 | 1 | Kurt Elmgren (SWE) | | Tömöriin Artag (MGL) | 3 | 8 |
  | 2 | | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 2 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) | 2 | 6 |
  | 4 | 3 | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | John Peterson (USA) | 1 | 5 |
  | 7 | 3 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 1 | 3.5 |
  
  ### Round 6
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | 3 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | | John Peterson (USA) | 1 | 6 |
  | 7 | 3 | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 1 | 4.5 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Levan Tediashvili (URS)
  * John Peterson (USA)
  * Vasile Iorga (ROU)
  * Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
  * Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)
  * Peter Neumair (FRG)
  