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Wrestling at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle Round Five

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Wrestling-Judo Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 14), München
Date Started: August 30, 1972
Date Finished: August 30, 1972

Gold: USA Ben Peterson
Silver: URS Gennady Strakhov
Bronze: HUN Károly Bajkó

Round Five

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Gennady Strakhov 27 Soviet Union URS 3,0
2 Károly Bajkó 28 Hungary HUN 3,5
3 Ben Peterson 22 United States USA 4,0
4 Rusi Petrov 28 Bulgaria BUL 4,5
5T Bárbaro Morgan 20 Cuba CUB 7,0 eliminated
5T Reza Khorrami 26 Iran IRI 7,0 eliminated
7 Günter Spindler 23 East Germany GDR 8,0 eliminated

Round Five

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1972-08-30 Khorrami (IRI) , Bajkó (HUN) draw
Match #2 1972-08-30 Peterson (USA) fall (5:24), Morgan (CUB)
Match #3 1972-08-30 Strakhov (URS) decision, Spindler (GDR)
Match #4 1972-08-30 Petrov (BUL)