| | Event type
Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men
| Date | 31 July – 2 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA | |
| Participants | 12 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Two groups of competitors. Placement within each group decided by a series of matches with positive points awarded for each result, from 4.0 for victory by fall, to 0.0 for defeat by fall. When three wrestlers remained within a group, they wrestled a round-robin series to determine the top three placements within the group. The winners of each group then wrestled for 1st and 2nd place. Runners-up in each group wrestled for 3rd and 4th place. Third-place finishers within each group wrestled for 5th and 6th place.. | |
All the recent World and European champions were unable to compete in 1984 because of the Soviet-led boycott. This opened up the class to Turkey’s Erol Kemah, 1983 World silver medalist, and Japan’s Atsuji Miyahara, 1981 World silver medalist. Miyahara advanced to the final, but Kemah lost two matches in Group B and did not make the classification matches, eventually placing seventh. Miyahara met Mexican Daniel Aceves in the final, winning the gold medal on points, 9-4. Miyahara would return in 1988 at Seoul and win a silver medal in this class. The fifth-place finisher in Los Angeles was Norwegian Jon Rønningen, who would win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in this class in 1988 and 1992.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atsuji Miyahara |  JPN | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Daniel Aceves |  MEX | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Bang Dae-Du |  KOR | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Hu Richa |  CHN | – | – | |||
| 5 | Jon Rønningen |  NOR | – | – | |||
| 6 | Taisto Halonen |  FIN | – | – | |||
| 7 | Erol Kemah |  TUR | – | – | |||
| 8 | Mihai Cișmaș |  ROU | – | – | |||
| Jean-Pierre Chambellan |  FRA | Eliminated r2/3 Group A | 0,0 | ||||
| Anders Bükk |  SWE | Eliminated r2/3 Group A | 0,0 | ||||
| Iván Garcés |  ECU | Eliminated r2/3 Group B | 1,0 | ||||
| Mahmoud Fathalla |  EGY | Eliminated r2/3 Group B | 0,0 |
Group A - Round One (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | 4,0 | |||
| =1 | Jon Rønningen | NOR | 4,0 | |||
| 3 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | 3,0 | |||
| =4 | Jean-Pierre Chambellan | FRA | 0,0 | |||
| =4 | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU | 0,0 | |||
| =4 | Anders Bükk | SWE | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | passivity (3:52) | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU |
| Match #2 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | decision (12-0) (1:25) | Jean-Pierre Chambellan | FRA |
| Match #3 | Jon Rønningen | NOR | decision (12-0) (3:24) | Anders Bükk | SWE |
Group A - Round Two (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | 8,0 | |||
| 2 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | 7,0 | |||
| 3 | Jon Rønningen | NOR | 5,0 | |||
| 4 | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU | 3,0 | |||
| =5 | Jean-Pierre Chambellan | FRA | 0,0 | eliminated | ||
| =5 | Anders Bükk | SWE | 0,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | decision (12-0) (2:03) | Jean-Pierre Chambellan | FRA |
| Match #2 | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU | decision (5-3) | Jon Rønningen | NOR |
| Match #3 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | decision (13-0) (2:03) | Anders Bükk | SWE |
Group A - Round Three (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | 11,0 | |||
| 2 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | 10,0 | |||
| 3 | Jon Rønningen | NOR | 6,0 | |||
| 4 | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU | 4,0 |
| Match #1 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | decision (12-10) | Jon Rønningen | NOR |
| Match #2 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | decision (15-12) | Mihai Cișmaș | ROU |
Group A - Final (1 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | 3,0 | |||
| 2 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | 1,0 |
| Match #1 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | decision (15-11) | Bang Dae-Du | KOR |
Group B - Round One (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Hu Richa | CHN | 4,0 | |||
| =1 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | 4,0 | |||
| 3 | Erol Kemah | TUR | 3,0 | |||
| =4 | Iván Garcés | ECU | 0,0 | |||
| =4 | Mahmoud Fathalla | EGY | 0,0 | |||
| =4 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | decision (12-0) (3:22) | Iván Garcés | ECU |
| Match #2 | Hu Richa | CHN | decision (13-1) (2:56) | Mahmoud Fathalla | EGY |
| Match #3 | Erol Kemah | TUR | passivity (4:51) | Daniel Aceves | MEX |
Group B - Round Two (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hu Richa | CHN | 7,5 | |||
| 2 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | 7,0 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | 4,0 | |||
| 4 | Erol Kemah | TUR | 3,5 | |||
| 5 | Iván Garcés | ECU | 1,0 | eliminated | ||
| 6 | Mahmoud Fathalla | EGY | 0,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | passivity (4:50) | Mahmoud Fathalla | EGY |
| Match #2 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | decision (14-2) (2:22) | Iván Garcés | ECU |
| Match #3 | Hu Richa | CHN | decision (14-4) | Erol Kemah | TUR |
Group B - Round Three (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | 10,0 | |||
| 2 | Hu Richa | CHN | 8,5 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | 7,0 | |||
| 4 | Erol Kemah | TUR | 4,5 |
| Match #1 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | decision (9-2) | Erol Kemah | TUR |
| Match #2 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | decision (14-8) | Hu Richa | CHN |
Group B - Final (1 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | 6,0 | |||
| 2 | Hu Richa | CHN | 4,0 | |||
| 3 | Taisto Halonen | FIN | 2,0 |
| Match #1 | Hu Richa | CHN | decision (12-11) | Taisto Halonen | FIN |
| Match #2 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | decision (9-9) | Taisto Halonen | FIN |
| Match #3 | Daniel Aceves | MEX | Hu Richa | CHN |
Final Round (2 August 1984)
| Match 1/2 | Atsuji Miyahara | JPN | decision (9-4) | Daniel Aceves | MEX |
| Match 3/4 | Bang Dae-Du | KOR | decision (13-1) (3:46) | Hu Richa | CHN |
| Match 5/6 | Jon Rønningen | NOR | decision (14-0) (2:24) | Taisto Halonen | FIN |