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Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 31 August 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants14 from 14 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

This was the first time this class was held at the Olympics, but there had been World and European Championships since 1969. All three Worlds prior to München were won by Iranian Ibrahim Javadi, who came in as the favorite. After four rounds Javadi was left along with Soviet Roman Dmitriyev, the 1969 European Champion, and Bulgaria’s Ognyan Nikolov, bronze medalist at the 1971 Worlds. Going into the final matches Dmitriyev was leading on bad points, and that proved decisive as the three wrestlers posted 1-1 marks against each other and tied with 4 bad points in the final round, giving Dmitriyev the gold medal. Nikolov won the silver medal based on his victory over Javadi on points.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Roman DmitriyevURSGold
2Ognyan NikolovBULSilver
3Ibrahim JavadiIRIBronze
4Sefer BaygınTUR
5Ion ArapuROU
6Masahiko UmedaJPN
ACJürgen MöbiusGDREliminated r3/56,0
ACSergio GonzalezUSAEliminated r3/56,0
ACRolf LacourFRGEliminated r3/57,0
ACJang Dok-RyongPRKEliminated r3/57,0
ACAttila LatákHUNEliminated r3/58,5
ACAdkar MarutiINDEliminated r2/57,0
ACBazarragchaagiin JamsranMGLEliminated r2/57,0
ACGad ZobariISREliminated r2/57,5

Round One (27 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Roman DmitriyevURS0,0
2Attila LatákHUN0,5
=3Jürgen MöbiusGDR1,0
=3Rolf LacourFRG1,0
=3Masahiko UmedaJPN1,0
=6Ognyan NikolovBUL2,0
=6Ibrahim JavadiIRI2,0
=6Sefer BaygınTUR2,0
=6Sergio GonzalezUSA2,0
=10Bazarragchaagiin JamsranMGL3,0
=10Jang Dok-RyongPRK3,0
=10Ion ArapuROU3,0
13Gad ZobariISR3,5
14Adkar MarutiIND4,0

Match #1 Ognyan NikolovBUL
draw
Sefer BaygınTUR
Match #2 Attila LatákHUN
decision
Gad ZobariISR
Match #3 Ibrahim JavadiIRI
draw
Sergio GonzalezUSA
Match #4 Rolf LacourFRG
decision
Bazarragchaagiin JamsranMGL
Match #5 Jürgen MöbiusGDR
decision
Jang Dok-RyongPRK
Match #6 Masahiko UmedaJPN
decision
Ion ArapuROU
Match #7 Roman DmitriyevURS
fall (8:14)
Adkar MarutiIND

Round Two (28 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Roman DmitriyevURS1,0
=2Ognyan NikolovBUL2,0
=2Ibrahim JavadiIRI2,0
=2Sefer BaygınTUR2,0
5Rolf LacourFRG3,0
=6Jürgen MöbiusGDR4,0
=6Masahiko UmedaJPN4,0
=6Jang Dok-RyongPRK4,0
=6Ion ArapuROU4,0
=6Sergio GonzalezUSA4,0
11Attila LatákHUN4,5
=12Adkar MarutiIND7,0eliminated
=12Bazarragchaagiin JamsranMGL7,0eliminated
14Gad ZobariISR7,5eliminated

Match #1 Ognyan NikolovBUL
fall (3:50)
Gad ZobariISR
Match #2 Sefer BaygınTUR
fall (0:45)
Attila LatákHUN
Match #3 Ibrahim JavadiIRI
fall (4:09)
Bazarragchaagiin JamsranMGL
Match #4 Sergio GonzalezUSA
draw
Rolf LacourFRG
Match #5 Ion ArapuROU
decision
Jürgen MöbiusGDR
Match #6 Jang Dok-RyongPRK
decision
Adkar MarutiIND
Match #7 Roman DmitriyevURS
decision
Masahiko UmedaJPN

Round Three (29 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Roman DmitriyevURS1,0
2Ognyan NikolovBUL2,0
3Ibrahim JavadiIRI2,5
4Ion ArapuROU4,0
5Masahiko UmedaJPN5,0
6Sefer BaygınTUR5,5
=7Jürgen MöbiusGDR6,0eliminated
=7Sergio GonzalezUSA6,0eliminated
=9Rolf LacourFRG7,0eliminated
=9Jang Dok-RyongPRK7,0eliminated
11Attila LatákHUN8,5eliminated

Match #1 Ognyan NikolovBUL
fall (0:50)
Attila LatákHUN
Match #2 Ibrahim JavadiIRI
decision
Sefer BaygınTUR
Match #3 Sergio GonzalezUSA
draw
Jürgen MöbiusGDR
Match #4 Ion ArapuROU
fall (8:18)
Rolf LacourFRG
Match #5 Masahiko UmedaJPN
decision
Jang Dok-RyongPRK
Match #6 Roman DmitriyevURS bye

Round Four (30 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Roman DmitriyevURS2,0
2Ibrahim JavadiIRI3,5
3Ognyan NikolovBUL5,0
4Sefer BaygınTUR6,5eliminated
5Ion ArapuROU7,0eliminated
6Masahiko UmedaJPN8,0eliminated

Match #1 Roman DmitriyevURS
decision
Ognyan NikolovBUL
Match #2 Sefer BaygınTUR
decision
Ion ArapuROU
Match #3 Ibrahim JavadiIRI
decision
Masahiko UmedaJPN

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Ibrahim JavadiIRI
decision
Roman DmitriyevURS
Match #2 Ognyan NikolovBUL
decision
Ibrahim JavadiIRI
Match #3 Roman DmitriyevURS
decision
Ognyan NikolovBUL