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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	8 – 10 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Participants	17 from 17 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..

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.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	–	–	Gold
2	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	–	–	Silver
3	Yuji Takada	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	Ray Takahashi	CAN	–	–
5	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	–	–
6	Mahabir Singh	IND	–	–
7	Fritz Niebler	FRG	–	–
8	Liang Dejin	CHN	–	–
AC	Iván Garcés	ECU	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	5,0
AC	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	3,5
AC	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	1,5
AC	Lou Wie-Ki	TPE	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	0,5
AC	Joe Gonzales	USA	Eliminated r3/3 Group B	5,0
AC	Gary Moores	GBR	Eliminated r3/3 Group B	4,0
AC	Farag Abdulmun'im	EGY	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	0,0
AC	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	0,0
AC	Talla Diaw	SEN	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Iván Garcés	ECU	4,0
=1	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	4,0
3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	3,5
4	Ray Takahashi	CAN	3,0
5	Fritz Niebler	FRG	1,0
6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	0,5
=7	Liang Dejin	CHN	0,0
=7	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	0,0
=7	Lou Wie-Ki	TPE	0,0

Match #1	Iván Garcés	ECU	decision (14-2) (3:36)	Lou Wie-Ki	TPE
Match #2	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	decision (12-0) (1:41)	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (14-4)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA
Match #4	Ray Takahashi	CAN	decision (13-11)	Fritz Niebler	FRG
Match #5	Liang Dejin	CHN	bye

Group A - Round Two (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	7,0
2	Iván Garcés	ECU	5,0
3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	4,5
4	Fritz Niebler	FRG	4,0
5	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	3,5
=6	Ray Takahashi	CAN	3,0
=6	Liang Dejin	CHN	3,0
8	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	1,5	eliminated
9	Lou Wie-Ki	TPE	0,5	eliminated

Match #1	Liang Dejin	CHN	decision (16-11)	Iván Garcés	ECU
Match #2	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	decision (11-3)	Lou Wie-Ki	TPE
Match #3	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	criteria (6:00)	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR
Match #4	Fritz Niebler	FRG	decision (5-4)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA
Match #5	Ray Takahashi	CAN	bye

Group A - Round Three (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	11,0
2	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	8,5
3	Ray Takahashi	CAN	6,0
4	Iván Garcés	ECU	5,0	eliminated
=5	Liang Dejin	CHN	4,0
=5	Fritz Niebler	FRG	4,0
7	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	3,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ray Takahashi	CAN	decision (7-3)	Liang Dejin	CHN
Match #2	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	fall (1:18)	Iván Garcés	ECU
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (13-0) (4:55)	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT
Match #4	Fritz Niebler	FRG	bye

Group A - Round Four (9 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	14,0
2	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	8,5
3	Fritz Niebler	FRG	7,5
4	Ray Takahashi	CAN	7,0
5	Liang Dejin	CHN	4,0

Match #1	Fritz Niebler	FRG	decision (11-0)	Liang Dejin	CHN
Match #2	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	decision (15-10)	Ray Takahashi	CAN
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	bye

Group A - Final (9 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	17,0
2	Ray Takahashi	CAN	10,0
3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	9,5
4	Fritz Niebler	FRG	8,5

Match #1	Ray Takahashi	CAN	criteria (6:00)	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR
Match #2	Kim Jong-Gyu	KOR	decision (13-6)	Fritz Niebler	FRG

Group B - Round One (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Gary Moores	GBR	4,0
=1	Mahabir Singh	IND	4,0
=1	Yuji Takada	JPN	4,0
4	Šaban Trstena	YUG	3,0
5	Joe Gonzales	USA	1,0
=6	Farag Abdulmun'im	EGY	0,0
=6	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	0,0
=6	Talla Diaw	SEN	0,0

Match #1	Gary Moores	GBR	fall (2:04)	Farag Abdulmun'im	EGY
Match #2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (6-3)	Joe Gonzales	USA
Match #3	Mahabir Singh	IND	decision (12-0) (2:39)	Bernardo Olvera	MEX
Match #4	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:27)	Talla Diaw	SEN

Group B - Round Two (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Mahabir Singh	IND	8,0
=1	Yuji Takada	JPN	8,0
3	Šaban Trstena	YUG	7,0
4	Joe Gonzales	USA	5,0
5	Gary Moores	GBR	4,0
=6	Farag Abdulmun'im	EGY	0,0	eliminated
=6	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	0,0	eliminated
=6	Talla Diaw	SEN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Joe Gonzales	USA	fall (2:14)	Gary Moores	GBR
Match #2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	fall (2:14)	Farag Abdulmun'im	EGY
Match #3	Yuji Takada	JPN	decision (12-0) (3:58)	Bernardo Olvera	MEX
Match #4	Mahabir Singh	IND	fall (5:09)	Talla Diaw	SEN

Group B - Round Three (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mahabir Singh	IND	12,0
2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	11,0
3	Yuji Takada	JPN	8,0
4	Joe Gonzales	USA	5,0	eliminated
5	Gary Moores	GBR	4,0	eliminated

Match #1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	fall (1:59)	Gary Moores	GBR
Match #2	Mahabir Singh	IND	fall (0:58)	Joe Gonzales	USA
Match #3	Yuji Takada	JPN	bye

Group B - Final (9 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	7,0
2	Yuji Takada	JPN	5,0
3	Mahabir Singh	IND	0,0

Match #1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	criteria (6:00)	Yuji Takada	JPN
Match #2	Yuji Takada	JPN	decision (14-2) (2:51)	Mahabir Singh	IND
Match #3	Šaban Trstena	YUG	fall (1:13)	Mahabir Singh	IND

Final Round (10 August 1984)

Match 1/2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	walkover
Match 3/4	Yuji Takada	JPN	decision (12-0) (4:34)	Ray Takahashi	CAN
Match 5/6	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (14-5)	Mahabir Singh	IND