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Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kg), 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 (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	367	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	–	–	Gold
2	34	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	179	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	–	–	Bronze
4	351	Sefer Baygın	TUR	–	–
5	294	Ion Arapu	ROU	–	–
6	209	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	–	–
AC	102	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	eliminated r3/5	6.0
AC	390	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	eliminated r3/5	6.0
AC	117	Rolf Lacour	FRG	eliminated r3/5	7.0
AC	288	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	eliminated r3/5	7.0
AC	151	Attila Laták	HUN	eliminated r3/5	8.5
AC	164	Adkar Maruti	IND	eliminated r2/5	7.0
AC	236	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	eliminated r2/5	7.0
AC	185	Gad Zobari	ISR	eliminated r2/5	7.5
DNS	55	Miguel Alonso	CUB	–	–
DNS	138	Samuel Gonzales	GUA	–	–
DNS	229	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	–	–
DNS	264	Enrique Toya	PHI	–	–
DNS	267	Zygmunt Dmowski	POL	–	–
DNS	347	Habib Dlimi	TUN	–	–

Round One

Date	27 August 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	367	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	0.0
2	151	Attila Laták	HUN	0.5
=3	102	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	1.0
=3	117	Rolf Lacour	FRG	1.0
=3	209	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	1.0
=6	34	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2.0
=6	179	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2.0
=6	351	Sefer Baygın	TUR	2.0
=6	390	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	2.0
=10	236	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	3.0
=10	288	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	3.0
=10	294	Ion Arapu	ROU	3.0
13	185	Gad Zobari	ISR	3.5
14	164	Adkar Maruti	IND	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	Draw	Sefer Baygın	TUR
Match #2	27 Aug	Attila Laták	HUN	Decision	Gad Zobari	ISR
Match #3	27 Aug	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	Draw	Sergio Gonzalez	USA
Match #4	27 Aug	Rolf Lacour	FRG	Decision	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL
Match #5	27 Aug	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	Decision	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK
Match #6	27 Aug	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	Decision	Ion Arapu	ROU
Match #7	27 Aug	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	Fall (8:14)	Adkar Maruti	IND

Round Two

Date	28 August 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	367	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1.0	–
=2	34	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2.0	–
=2	179	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2.0	–
=2	351	Sefer Baygın	TUR	2.0	–
5	117	Rolf Lacour	FRG	3.0	–
=6	102	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	4.0	–
=6	209	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	4.0	–
=6	288	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	4.0	–
=6	294	Ion Arapu	ROU	4.0	–
=6	390	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	4.0	–
11	151	Attila Laták	HUN	4.5	–
=12	164	Adkar Maruti	IND	7.0	eliminated
=12	236	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL	7.0	eliminated
14	185	Gad Zobari	ISR	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	Fall (3:50)	Gad Zobari	ISR
Match #2	28 Aug	Sefer Baygın	TUR	Fall (0:45)	Attila Laták	HUN
Match #3	28 Aug	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	Fall (4:09)	Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran	MGL
Match #4	28 Aug	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	Draw	Rolf Lacour	FRG
Match #5	28 Aug	Ion Arapu	ROU	Decision	Jürgen Möbius	GDR
Match #6	28 Aug	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	Decision	Adkar Maruti	IND
Match #7	28 Aug	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	Decision	Masahiko Umeda	JPN

Round Three

Date	29 August 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	367	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1.0	–
2	34	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	2.0	–
3	179	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	2.5	–
4	294	Ion Arapu	ROU	4.0	–
5	209	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	5.0	–
6	351	Sefer Baygın	TUR	5.5	–
=7	102	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	6.0	eliminated
=7	390	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	6.0	eliminated
=9	117	Rolf Lacour	FRG	7.0	eliminated
=9	288	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK	7.0	eliminated
11	151	Attila Laták	HUN	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	Fall (0:50)	Attila Laták	HUN
Match #2	29 Aug	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	Decision	Sefer Baygın	TUR
Match #3	29 Aug	Sergio Gonzalez	USA	Draw	Jürgen Möbius	GDR
Match #4	29 Aug	Ion Arapu	ROU	Fall (8:18)	Rolf Lacour	FRG
Match #5	29 Aug	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	Decision	Jang Dok-Ryong	PRK
Match #6	29 Aug	Roman Dmitriyev	URS

Round Four

Date	30 August 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	367	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	2.0	–
2	179	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	3.5	–
3	34	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	5.0	–
4	351	Sefer Baygın	TUR	6.5	eliminated
5	294	Ion Arapu	ROU	7.0	eliminated
6	209	Masahiko Umeda	JPN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	Decision	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL
Match #2	30 Aug	Sefer Baygın	TUR	Decision	Ion Arapu	ROU
Match #3	30 Aug	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	Decision	Masahiko Umeda	JPN

Final Round

Date	31 August 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI	Decision	Roman Dmitriyev	URS
Match #2	31 Aug	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL	Decision	Ibrahim Javadi	IRI
Match #3	31 Aug	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	Decision	Ognyan Nikolov	BUL