Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +100 kg

The men's freestyle +100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

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
Chris Taylor was controversially defeated by two-time defending gold medalist Alexander Medved. It appeared Medved was stalling but the referee awarded a point to the Soviet, charging Taylor with a lack of action. Later admitting that he felt sorry for Medved because of Taylor's size, the referee was dismissed from the Olympic tournament and banned from international officiating. In the Greco-Roman competition Taylor was unexpectedly suplexed and pinned by a much lighter Wilfried Dietrich, whom he defeated a week before in the freestyle contest.

Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).