title: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg
text: # 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)
  