Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg


The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Medalists

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
;Penalties
TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
00'5:5044
00'0:5344
442:11'00
11'33
00'1:5944
0.50.5'3.53.5
11'33
441:42'00
11'33
443:41'00
11'33
0'Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
33'11
73'11
40'1:3848
448:09'01
41'33
842:45'00.5
6.53'12
63'15
33'12
5226
11'34
3Bye

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
63'12
1.50.5'3.57.5
7.53.5'0.54.5
3222.5
20'1:0049
3.50.5'3.58.5
5.53.5'0.51.5
4Bye
3DNA
3DNA

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
848:25'03
53'14
8.541:52'02.5
31'38.5
4.5134.5

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
5227
40'5:2447
30.5'3.58
4.5Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
8.542:41'04
83'14

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
2222

The tie was broken by comparing the finalists' falls records. Peterson had 3, while Strakhov had 2.

Final standings

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