Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg
The Men's Freestyle 52 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
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 |
2 |
2 |
Baju Baev (BUL) |
|
Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
2 |
2 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
|
Miguel Alonso (CUB) |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
3 |
Mohammad Arref (AFG) |
|
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
5:57 |
Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Wanelge Castillo (PAN) |
8:57 |
Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
2:14 |
Javier León (PER) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
James Carr (USA) |
4:57 |
Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
|
Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
Willi Bock (GDR) |
1:56 |
Henrik Gál (HUN) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Mario Sabatini (FRG) |
|
Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
|
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
Pedro Piñeda (GUA) |
|
John Kinsella (AUS) |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Round 2
TPP |
MPP |
|
Time |
|
MPP |
TPP |
6 |
4 |
Baju Baev (BUL) |
8:35 |
Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
4 |
4.5 |
3 |
1 |
Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
|
Miguel Alonso (CUB) |
3 |
6.5 |
7 |
4 |
Mohammad Arref (AFG) |
2:01 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
|
Wanelge Castillo (PAN) |
3.5 |
7.5 |
3 |
3 |
Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
|
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
Javier León (PER) |
5:56 |
James Carr (USA) |
0 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
4:01 |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
1:54 |
Willi Bock (GDR) |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Henrik Gál (HUN) |
7:41 |
Mario Sabatini (FRG) |
4 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
7:47 |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
4:16 |
Pedro Piñeda (GUA) |
4 |
7.5 |
0.5 |
|
John Kinsella (AUS) |
|
Bye |
|
|
4 |
|
Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) |
|
DNA |
|
|
Round 3
TPP |
MPP |
|
Time |
|
MPP |
TPP |
3.5 |
3 |
John Kinsella (AUS) |
|
Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
1 |
4 |
7.5 |
3 |
Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
|
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
1 |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
2:55 |
Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
4 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
3:35 |
James Carr (USA) |
4 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
|
Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
7:07 |
Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
4 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
Henrik Gál (HUN) |
|
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Round 4
TPP |
MPP |
|
Time |
|
MPP |
TPP |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
|
John Kinsella (AUS) |
3.5 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
7:43 |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
0 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
|
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
3.5 |
4.5 |
1 |
0 |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3:17 |
Henrik Gál (HUN) |
4 |
7 |
7.5 |
3.5 |
Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
|
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
0.5 |
4.5 |
Round 5
TPP |
MPP |
|
Time |
|
MPP |
TPP |
3.5 |
2 |
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
|
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
2 |
4.5 |
1.5 |
1 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
|
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3 |
4 |
7.5 |
3 |
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
|
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
1 |
5.5 |
Round 6
TPP |
MPP |
|
Time |
|
MPP |
TPP |
7.5 |
4 |
Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
1:35 |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
0 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
1 |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
|
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3 |
7 |
5.5 |
|
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings
- Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
- Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)
- Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)
- Sudesh Kumar (IND)
- Petru Ciarnău (ROU)
- Gordon Bertie (CAN)
References