Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Freestyle		Greco-Roman
	48 kg		48 kg
	52 kg		52 kg
	57 kg		57 kg
	62 kg		62 kg
	68 kg		68 kg
	74 kg		74 kg
	82 kg		82 kg
	90 kg		90 kg
	100 kg		100 kg
	+100 kg		+100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

1 Medalists
2 Tournament results
3 Final standings
4 References

Medalists

Gold	Gheorghe Berceanu Romania (ROU)
Silver	Rahim Aliabadi Iran (IRI)
Bronze	Stefan Angelov Bulgaria (BUL)

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

DNA — Did not appear
TPP — Total penalty points
MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
1 — Won by Points
2 — Draw
2.5 — Draw, Passivity
3 — Lost by Points
3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	4	Habib Dlimi (TUN)	8:19	Mohamed El-Malky (EGY)	0	0
0	0	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	6:54	Hızır Sarı (TUR)	4	4
4	4	Wayne Holmes (USA)	4:25	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	0	0
4	4	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	7:43	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0	0
4	4	Vladimir Zubkov (URS)	8:50	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
3	3	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan (MGL)		Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	1	1
1	1	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)		Bernard Szczepański (POL)	3	3
4	4	Mohieddin El-Sas (SYR)	6:43	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	0	0
3	3	Sotirios Ventas (GRE)		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Günther Maas (FRG)	3.5	3.5

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	4	Habib Dlimi (TUN)	6:58	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0	0
5	1	Hızır Sarı (TUR)		Wayne Holmes (USA)	3	7
4	4	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	1:08	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	0	4
0	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	8:09	Vladimir Zubkov (URS)	4	8
0.5	0.5	Stefan Angelov (BUL)		Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	3.5	4.5
1	0	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	3:56	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	4	4
7	4	Bernard Szczepański (POL)	1:32	Sotirios Ventas (GRE)	0	3
2	1	Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)		Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)	3	3.5
3.5		Günther Maas (FRG)		Bye
0		Mohamed El-Malky (EGY)		DNA
3		Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan (MGL)		DNA
4		Mohieddin El-Sas (SYR)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6.5	3	Günther Maas (FRG)		Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	1	1
9	4	Hızır Sarı (TUR)	5:55	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	0	4
7	3	Ferenc Seres (HUN)		Stefan Angelov (BUL)	1	1.5
0	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	7:53	Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	4	8.5
1	0	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	7:59	Sotirios Ventas (GRE)	4	7
7.5	3.5	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)	0.5	2.5
3.5		Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP			MPP	TPP
4	0.5	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	3.5	4.5
7	3	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	1
2.5	1	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	3	4
2.5		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)	Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6	3.5	Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)		Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0.5	5
7	3	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Stefan Angelov (BUL)	1	3.5
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0:00	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	4	8

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	3	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)		Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1
	4	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	2:00	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0	3
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0:00	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	4	8

Final standings

Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)
Stefan Angelov (BUL)
Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)
Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)
Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)

References

Official Report