Afghanistan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan
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competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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in Munich

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, West Germany

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from August 26, 1972 to September 11, 1972. They sent eight athletes who all competed in wrestling.

Athlete	Sport	Event
Mohammad Arref	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Flyweight, Freestyle
Ghulam Dastagir	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Middleweight, Freestyle
Ahmad Djan	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle
Djan-Aka Djan	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Lightweight, Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Mohammad Ebrahimi	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Featherweight, Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Alam Mir	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Shakar Khan Shakar	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Welterweight, Freestyle
Ghulam Sideer	Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Welterweight, Freestyle

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