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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kg), Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	20 from 20 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, and those events had been dominated by Romanian Gheorghe Berceanu, losing only the 1971 Worlds to Soviet Vladimir Zubkov. Zubkov lost his first two matches by falls, the second to Berceanu, and was quickly out of the tournament. Berceanu was unstoppable, winning all his matches with no significant challenges, and winning the gold medal. Silver went to Iranian Rahim Aliabadi, who had been runner-up to Berceanu at the 1969 Worlds, while bronze was won by Bulgaria’s Stefan Angelov, who had been second to Berceanu earlier in the year at the 1972 Europeans. Berceanu and Angelov would return to the 1976 Olympics, winning silver and bronze, respectively.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	–	–	Gold
2	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	–	–	Silver
3	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	–	–
5	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	–	–
6	188	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	–	–
AC	96	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	eliminated r4/6	7.0
AC	118	Günter Maas	FRG	eliminated r3/6	6.5
AC	135	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	156	Ferenc Seres	HUN	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	229	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	eliminated r3/6	7.5
AC	332	Lennart Svensson	SWE	eliminated r3/6	8.5
AC	357	Hızır Sarı	TUR	eliminated r3/6	9.0
AC	280	Bernard Szczepański	POL	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	393	Wayne Holmes	USA	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	347	Habib Dlimi	TUN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	383	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	70	Mohamed El-Malky	EGY	withdrew r2/6	0.0
AC	234	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	MGL	withdrew r2/6	3.0
AC	336	Mohieddin El-Sas	SYR	withdrew r2/6	4.0
DNS	84	Michel Grangier	FRA	–	–
DNS	138	Samuel Gonzales	GUA	–	–
DNS	54	Gwak Gwang-Ung	KOR	–	–
DNS	141	Bert Kops, Sr.	NED	–	–
DNS	264	Enrique Toya	PHI	–	–

Round One

Date	5 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	0.0	–
=1	70	Mohamed El-Malky	EGY	0.0	withdrew
=1	96	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	0.0	–
=1	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	0.0	–
=1	229	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	0.0	–
=1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0.0	–
7	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	0.5	–
=8	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	1.0	–
=8	188	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1.0	–
=8	332	Lennart Svensson	SWE	1.0	–
=11	135	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	3.0	–
=11	234	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	MGL	3.0	withdrew
=11	280	Bernard Szczepański	POL	3.0	–
14	118	Günter Maas	FRG	3.5	–
=15	156	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4.0	–
=15	336	Mohieddin El-Sas	SYR	4.0	withdrew
=15	347	Habib Dlimi	TUN	4.0	–
=15	357	Hızır Sarı	TUR	4.0	–
=15	383	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	4.0	–
=15	393	Wayne Holmes	USA	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep	Mohamed El-Malky	EGY	Fall (8:19)	Habib Dlimi	TUN
Match #2	05 Sep	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	Fall (6:54)	Hızır Sarı	TUR
Match #3	05 Sep	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	Fall (4:25)	Wayne Holmes	USA
Match #4	05 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	Fall (7:43)	Ferenc Seres	HUN
Match #5	05 Sep	Stefan Angelov	BUL	Fall (8:50)	Vladimir Zubkov	URS
Match #6	05 Sep	Lennart Svensson	SWE	Decision	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	MGL
Match #7	05 Sep	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	Decision	Bernard Szczepański	POL
Match #8	05 Sep	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	Fall (6:43)	Mohieddin El-Sas	SYR
Match #9	05 Sep	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	Decision	Sotiris Ventas	GRE
Match #10	05 Sep	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	Decision	Günter Maas	FRG

Round Two

Date	7 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	0.0	–
=1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0.0	–
3	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	0.5	–
4	188	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1.0	–
5	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2.0	–
6	135	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	3.0	–
=7	118	Günter Maas	FRG	3.5	–
=7	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	3.5	–
=9	96	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	4.0	–
=9	156	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4.0	–
=9	229	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	4.0	–
12	332	Lennart Svensson	SWE	4.5	–
13	357	Hızır Sarı	TUR	5.0	–
=14	280	Bernard Szczepański	POL	7.0	eliminated
=14	393	Wayne Holmes	USA	7.0	eliminated
=16	347	Habib Dlimi	TUN	8.0	eliminated
=16	383	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	Fall (6:58)	Habib Dlimi	TUN
Match #2	07 Sep	Hızır Sarı	TUR	Decision	Wayne Holmes	USA
Match #3	07 Sep	Ferenc Seres	HUN	Fall (1:08)	Bernd Drechsel	GDR
Match #4	07 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	Fall (8:09)	Vladimir Zubkov	URS
Match #5	07 Sep	Stefan Angelov	BUL	Decision	Lennart Svensson	SWE
Match #6	07 Sep	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	Fall (3:56)	Alfredo Olvera	MEX
Match #7	07 Sep	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	Fall (1:32)	Bernard Szczepański	POL
Match #8	07 Sep	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	Decision	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN
Match #9	07 Sep	Günter Maas	FRG

Round Three

Date	8 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0.0	–
=2	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	1.0	–
=2	188	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1.0	–
4	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	1.5	–
5	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2.5	–
6	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	3.5	–
7	96	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	4.0	–
8	118	Günter Maas	FRG	6.5	eliminated
=9	135	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	7.0	eliminated
=9	156	Ferenc Seres	HUN	7.0	eliminated
11	229	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	7.5	eliminated
12	332	Lennart Svensson	SWE	8.5	eliminated
13	357	Hızır Sarı	TUR	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	Decision	Günter Maas	FRG
Match #2	08 Sep	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	Fall (5:55)	Hızır Sarı	TUR
Match #3	08 Sep	Stefan Angelov	BUL	Decision	Ferenc Seres	HUN
Match #4	08 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	Fall (7:53)	Lennart Svensson	SWE
Match #5	08 Sep	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	Fall (7:59)	Sotiris Ventas	GRE
Match #6	08 Sep	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	Decision	Alfredo Olvera	MEX
Match #7	08 Sep	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN

Round Four

Date	9 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	1.0	–
=2	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	2.5	–
=2	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2.5	–
=4	188	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	4.0	–
=4	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	4.0	–
6	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	4.5	–
7	96	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	Decision	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI
Match #2	09 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	Decision	Bernd Drechsel	GDR
Match #3	09 Sep	Stefan Angelov	BUL	Decision	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA
Match #4	09 Sep	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN

Round Five

Date	9 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	296	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	1.0	–
2	22	Stefan Angelov	BUL	3.5	–
3	169	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	5.0	–
4	73	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	6.0	eliminated
5	199	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	Decision	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN
Match #2	09 Sep	Stefan Angelov	BUL	Decision	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN
Match #3	09 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	Decision	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI
Match #2	10 Sep	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	Fall (2:00)	Stefan Angelov	BUL