Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 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 Freestyle 48 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Tournament results 2.1 Round 1 2.2 Round 2 2.3 Round 3 2.4 Round 4 2.5 Final 3 Final standings 4 References

Medalists

Gold	Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze	Ebrahim Javadi Iran (IRI)

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	Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)		Sefer Baygin (TUR)	2	2
3.5	3.5	Gad Tsobari (ISR)		Attila Laták (HUN)	0.5	0.5
2	2	Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)		Sergio Gonzalez (USA)	2	2
3	3	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran (MGL)		Rolf Lacour (FRG)	1	1
1	1	Jürgen Möbius (GDR)		Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)	3	3
3	3	Ion Arapu (ROU)		Masahiko Umeda (JPN)	1	1
4	4	Adkar Maruti (IND)	8:14	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	0	Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)	3:50	Gad Tsobari (ISR)	4	7.5
2	0	Sefer Baygin (TUR)	0:45	Attila Laták (HUN)	4	4.5
2	0	Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)	4:09	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran (MGL)	4	7
4	2	Sergio Gonzalez (USA)		Rolf Lacour (FRG)	2	3
4	3	Jürgen Möbius (GDR)		Ion Arapu (ROU)	1	4
4	1	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)		Adkar Maruti (IND)	3	7
4	3	Masahiko Umeda (JPN)		Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	1	1

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	0	Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)	0:50	Attila Laták (HUN)	4	8.5
5.5	3.5	Sefer Baygin (TUR)		Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)	0.5	2.5
6	2	Sergio Gonzalez (USA)		Jürgen Möbius (GDR)	2	6
7	4	Rolf Lacour (FRG)	8:18	Ion Arapu (ROU)	0	4
7	3	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)		Masahiko Umeda (JPN)	1	5
1		Roman Dmitriyev (URS)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	1	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)		Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)	3	5
6.5	1	Sefer Baygin (TUR)		Ion Arapu (ROU)	3	7
3.5	1	Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)		Masahiko Umeda (JPN)	3	8

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	1	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)		Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)	3
4	3	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)		Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)	1
4	1	Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)		Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)	3	4

Final standings

1.  Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
2.  Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)
3.  Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)
4.  Sefer Baygin (TUR)
5.  Ion Arapu (ROU)
6.  Masahiko Umeda (JPN)

References

• Official Report