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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Date8 – 10 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationAnaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Participants17 from 17 countries
FormatTwo 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.

The top wrestler in this class world-wide was Bulgarian Valentin Yordanov, but he was not in Los Angeles due to the Eastern Bloc boycott. Yordanov succeeded Japan’s Yuji Takada, the 1976 Olympic champion and multiple World Champion, who had been forced to miss the 1980 Olympics because of the American-led boycott. Takada was back in 1984, as was Yugoslav Macedonian Šaban Trstena, who had won the 1984 European title. Trstena and Takada met in the final of Group B, with Trstena winning a decision on criteria. This gave him the gold medal, because the winner of Group A, Korean Kim Jong-Gyu, was injured winning his final match against West German Fritz Niebler, and could not compete in the gold medal match. Takada won bronze by defeating Canadian Ray Takahashi, 12-0, winning his second Olympic medal eight years after his first. Through 2012, Trstena is the youngest ever male wrestling gold medalist.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCRound EliminatedCP
1277Šaban TrstenaYUG––Gold
2152Kim Jong-GyuKOR––Silver
3146Yuji TakadaJPN––Bronze
425Ray TakahashiCAN––
5243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR––
6118Mahabir SinghIND––
786Fritz NieblerFRG––
831Liang DejinCHN––
AC40Iván GarcésECUeliminated r3/5 Group A5.0
AC175Jesmond GiordimainaMLTeliminated r3/5 Group A3.5
AC69Thierry BourdinFRAeliminated r2/5 Group A1.5
AC232Lou Wie-KiTPEeliminated r2/5 Group A0.5
AC260Joe GonzalesUSAeliminated r3/3 Group B5.0
AC100Gary MooresGBReliminated r3/3 Group B4.0
AC42Farag Abdulmun'imEGYeliminated r2/3 Group B0.0
AC173Bernardo OlveraMEXeliminated r2/3 Group B0.0
AC211Talla DiawSENeliminated r2/3 Group B0.0
DNS55Reijo HaaparantaFIN––
DNS202Mihai CișmașROU––

Group A - Round One

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCP
=140Iván GarcésECU4.0
=1152Kim Jong-GyuKOR4.0
3243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR3.5
425Ray TakahashiCAN3.0
586Fritz NieblerFRG1.0
669Thierry BourdinFRA0.5
=731Liang DejinCHN0.0
=7175Jesmond GiordimainaMLT0.0
=7232Lou Wie-KiTPE0.0
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugIván GarcésECUDecision (14-2) (3:36)Lou Wie-KiTPE
Match #208 AugKim Jong-GyuKORDecision (12-0) (1:41)Jesmond GiordimainaMLT
Match #308 AugAslan SeyhanlıTURDecision (14-4)Thierry BourdinFRA
Match #408 AugRay TakahashiCANDecision (13-11)Fritz NieblerFRG
Match #508 AugLiang DejinCHN

Group A - Round Two

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCPEvent Status
1152Kim Jong-GyuKOR7.0–
240Iván GarcésECU5.0–
3243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR4.5–
486Fritz NieblerFRG4.0–
5175Jesmond GiordimainaMLT3.5–
=625Ray TakahashiCAN3.0–
=631Liang DejinCHN3.0–
869Thierry BourdinFRA1.5eliminated
9232Lou Wie-KiTPE0.5eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugLiang DejinCHNDecision (16-11)Iván GarcésECU
Match #208 AugJesmond GiordimainaMLTDecision (11-3)Lou Wie-KiTPE
Match #308 AugKim Jong-GyuKORCriteria (6:00)Aslan SeyhanlıTUR
Match #408 AugFritz NieblerFRGDecision (5-4)Thierry BourdinFRA
Match #508 AugRay TakahashiCAN

Group A - Round Three

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCPEvent Status
1152Kim Jong-GyuKOR11.0–
2243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR8.5–
325Ray TakahashiCAN6.0–
440Iván GarcésECU5.0eliminated
=531Liang DejinCHN4.0–
=586Fritz NieblerFRG4.0–
7175Jesmond GiordimainaMLT3.5eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugRay TakahashiCANDecision (7-3)Liang DejinCHN
Match #208 AugKim Jong-GyuKORFall (1:18)Iván GarcésECU
Match #308 AugAslan SeyhanlıTURDecision (13-0) (4:55)Jesmond GiordimainaMLT
Match #408 AugFritz NieblerFRG

Group A - Round Four

Date9 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCP
1152Kim Jong-GyuKOR14.0
2243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR8.5
386Fritz NieblerFRG7.5
425Ray TakahashiCAN7.0
531Liang DejinCHN4.0
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #109 AugFritz NieblerFRGDecision (11-0)Liang DejinCHN
Match #209 AugKim Jong-GyuKORDecision (15-10)Ray TakahashiCAN
Match #309 AugAslan SeyhanlıTUR

Group A - Final

Date9 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCP
1152Kim Jong-GyuKOR17.0
225Ray TakahashiCAN10.0
3243Aslan SeyhanlıTUR9.5
486Fritz NieblerFRG8.5
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #109 AugRay TakahashiCANCriteria (6:00)Aslan SeyhanlıTUR
Match #209 AugKim Jong-GyuKORDecision (13-6)Fritz NieblerFRG

Group B - Round One

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCP
=1100Gary MooresGBR4.0
=1118Mahabir SinghIND4.0
=1146Yuji TakadaJPN4.0
4277Šaban TrstenaYUG3.0
5260Joe GonzalesUSA1.0
=642Farag Abdulmun'imEGY0.0
=6173Bernardo OlveraMEX0.0
=6211Talla DiawSEN0.0
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugGary MooresGBRFall (2:04)Farag Abdulmun'imEGY
Match #208 AugŠaban TrstenaYUGDecision (6-3)Joe GonzalesUSA
Match #308 AugMahabir SinghINDDecision (12-0) (2:39)Bernardo OlveraMEX
Match #408 AugYuji TakadaJPNFall (1:27)Talla DiawSEN

Group B - Round Two

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCPEvent Status
=1118Mahabir SinghIND8.0–
=1146Yuji TakadaJPN8.0–
3277Šaban TrstenaYUG7.0–
4260Joe GonzalesUSA5.0–
5100Gary MooresGBR4.0–
=642Farag Abdulmun'imEGY0.0eliminated
=6173Bernardo OlveraMEX0.0eliminated
=6211Talla DiawSEN0.0eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugJoe GonzalesUSAFall (2:14)Gary MooresGBR
Match #208 AugŠaban TrstenaYUGFall (2:14)Farag Abdulmun'imEGY
Match #308 AugYuji TakadaJPNDecision (12-0) (3:58)Bernardo OlveraMEX
Match #408 AugMahabir SinghINDFall (5:09)Talla DiawSEN

Group B - Round Three

Date8 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCPEvent Status
1118Mahabir SinghIND12.0–
2277Šaban TrstenaYUG11.0–
3146Yuji TakadaJPN8.0–
4260Joe GonzalesUSA5.0eliminated
5100Gary MooresGBR4.0eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugŠaban TrstenaYUGFall (1:59)Gary MooresGBR
Match #208 AugMahabir SinghINDFall (0:58)Joe GonzalesUSA
Match #308 AugYuji TakadaJPN

Group B - Final

Date9 August 1984
Pos NumberCompetitorNOCCP
1277Šaban TrstenaYUG7.0
2146Yuji TakadaJPN5.0
3118Mahabir SinghIND0.0
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #109 AugŠaban TrstenaYUGCriteria (6:00)Yuji TakadaJPN
Match #209 AugYuji TakadaJPNDecision (14-2) (2:51)Mahabir SinghIND
Match #309 AugŠaban TrstenaYUGFall (1:13)Mahabir SinghIND

Final Round

Date10 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/210 AugŠaban TrstenaYUG
Match 3/410 AugYuji TakadaJPNDecision (12-0) (4:34)Ray TakahashiCAN
Match 5/610 AugAslan SeyhanlıTURDecision (14-5)Mahabir SinghIND