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Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 August 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

This was the first time this class was held at the Olympics, but there had been World and European Championships since 1969. All three Worlds prior to München were won by Iranian Ibrahim Javadi, who came in as the favorite. After four rounds Javadi was left along with Soviet Roman Dmitriyev, the 1969 European Champion, and Bulgaria’s Ognyan Nikolov, bronze medalist at the 1971 Worlds. Going into the final matches Dmitriyev was leading on bad points, and that proved decisive as the three wrestlers posted 1-1 marks against each other and tied with 4 bad points in the final round, giving Dmitriyev the gold medal. Nikolov won the silver medal based on his victory over Javadi on points.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	–	–	Bronze
4	Sefer Baygın	TUR	–	–
5	Ion Arapu	ROU	–	–
6	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	–	–
AC	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	Eliminated r3/5	6,0
AC	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	Eliminated r3/5	6,0
AC	Rolf Lacour	FRG	Eliminated r3/5	7,0
AC	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	Eliminated r3/5	7,0
AC	Attila Laták	HUN	Eliminated r3/5	8,5
AC	Adkar Maruti	IND	Eliminated r2/5	7,0
AC	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	Eliminated r2/5	7,0
AC	Gad Zobari	ISR	Eliminated r2/5	7,5

Round One (27 August 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	0,0
2	Attila Laták	HUN	0,5
=3	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	1,0
=3	Rolf Lacour	FRG	1,0
=3	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	1,0
=6	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2,0
=6	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2,0
=6	Sefer Baygın	TUR	2,0
=6	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	2,0
=10	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	3,0
=10	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	3,0
=10	Ion Arapu	ROU	3,0
13	Gad Zobari	ISR	3,5
14	Adkar Maruti	IND	4,0

Match #1	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	draw	Sefer Baygın	TUR
Match #2	Attila Laták	HUN	decision	Gad Zobari	ISR
Match #3	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	draw	Sergio Gonzalez	USA
Match #4	Rolf Lacour	FRG	decision	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL
Match #5	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	decision	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK
Match #6	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	decision	Ion Arapu	ROU
Match #7	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	fall (8:14)	Adkar Maruti	IND

Round Two (28 August 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1,0
=2	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2,0
=2	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2,0
=2	Sefer Baygın	TUR	2,0
5	Rolf Lacour	FRG	3,0
=6	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	4,0
=6	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	4,0
=6	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	4,0
=6	Ion Arapu	ROU	4,0
=6	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	4,0
11	Attila Laták	HUN	4,5
=12	Adkar Maruti	IND	7,0	eliminated
=12	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	7,0	eliminated
14	Gad Zobari	ISR	7,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	fall (3:50)	Gad Zobari	ISR
Match #2	Sefer Baygın	TUR	fall (0:45)	Attila Laták	HUN
Match #3	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	fall (4:09)	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL
Match #4	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	draw	Rolf Lacour	FRG
Match #5	Ion Arapu	ROU	decision	Jürgen Möbius	GDR
Match #6	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	decision	Adkar Maruti	IND
Match #7	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	decision	Masahiko Umeda	JPN

Round Three (29 August 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1,0
2	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2,0
3	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2,5
4	Ion Arapu	ROU	4,0
5	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	5,0
6	Sefer Baygın	TUR	5,5
=7	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	6,0	eliminated
=7	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	6,0	eliminated
=9	Rolf Lacour	FRG	7,0	eliminated
=9	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	7,0	eliminated
11	Attila Laták	HUN	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	fall (0:50)	Attila Laták	HUN
Match #2	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	decision	Sefer Baygın	TUR
Match #3	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	draw	Jürgen Möbius	GDR
Match #4	Ion Arapu	ROU	fall (8:18)	Rolf Lacour	FRG
Match #5	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	decision	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK
Match #6	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	bye

Round Four (30 August 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	2,0
2	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	3,5
3	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	5,0
4	Sefer Baygın	TUR	6,5	eliminated
5	Ion Arapu	ROU	7,0	eliminated
6	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	decision	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL
Match #2	Sefer Baygın	TUR	decision	Ion Arapu	ROU
Match #3	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	decision	Masahiko Umeda	JPN

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	decision	Roman Dmitriyev	URS
Match #2	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	decision	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI
Match #3	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	decision	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL