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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kilograms), 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. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

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	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	–	–	Gold
2	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	–	–	Silver
3	Stefan Angelov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	–	–
5	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	–	–
6	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	–	–
AC	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	Eliminated r4/6	7,0
AC	Günter Maas	FRG	Eliminated r3/6	6,5
AC	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Ferenc Seres	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	Eliminated r3/6	7,5
AC	Lennart Svensson	SWE	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	Hızır Sarı	TUR	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Bernard Szczepański	POL	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Wayne Holmes	USA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Habib Dlimi	TUN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Mohamed El-Malky	EGY	Withdrew r2/6	0,0
AC	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	MGL	Withdrew r2/6	3,0
AC	Mohieddin El-Sas	SYR	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (5 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Stefan Angelov	BUL	0,0
=1	Mohamed El-Malky	EGY	0,0	withdrew
=1	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	0,0
=1	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	0,0
=1	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	0,0
=1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0,0
7	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	0,5
=8	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	1,0
=8	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1,0
=8	Lennart Svensson	SWE	1,0
=11	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	3,0
=11	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan	MGL	3,0	withdrew
=11	Bernard Szczepański	POL	3,0
14	Günter Maas	FRG	3,5
=15	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4,0
=15	Mohieddin El-Sas	SYR	4,0	withdrew
=15	Habib Dlimi	TUN	4,0
=15	Hızır Sarı	TUR	4,0
=15	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	4,0
=15	Wayne Holmes	USA	4,0

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

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	0,0
=1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0,0
3	Stefan Angelov	BUL	0,5
4	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1,0
5	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2,0
6	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	3,0
=7	Günter Maas	FRG	3,5
=7	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	3,5
=9	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	4,0
=9	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4,0
=9	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	4,0
12	Lennart Svensson	SWE	4,5
13	Hızır Sarı	TUR	5,0
=14	Bernard Szczepański	POL	7,0	eliminated
=14	Wayne Holmes	USA	7,0	eliminated
=16	Habib Dlimi	TUN	8,0	eliminated
=16	Vladimir Zubkov	URS	8,0	eliminated

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

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 1:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	0,0
=2	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	1,0
=2	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	1,0
4	Stefan Angelov	BUL	1,5
5	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2,5
6	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	3,5
7	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	4,0
8	Günter Maas	FRG	6,5	eliminated
=9	Sotiris Ventas	GRE	7,0	eliminated
=9	Ferenc Seres	HUN	7,0	eliminated
11	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	7,5	eliminated
12	Lennart Svensson	SWE	8,5	eliminated
13	Hızır Sarı	TUR	9,0	eliminated

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

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	1,0
=2	Stefan Angelov	BUL	2,5
=2	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	2,5
=4	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA	4,0
=4	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	4,0
6	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	4,5
7	Bernd Drechsel	GDR	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	decision	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI
Match #2	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	decision	Bernd Drechsel	GDR
Match #3	Stefan Angelov	BUL	decision	Lorenzo Calafiore	ITA
Match #4	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	bye

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	1,0
2	Stefan Angelov	BUL	3,5
3	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	5,0
4	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN	6,0	eliminated
5	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	decision	Raimo Hirvonen	FIN
Match #2	Stefan Angelov	BUL	decision	Kazuharu Ishida	JPN
Match #3	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	bye

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Gheorghe Berceanu	ROU	decision	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI
Match #2	Rahim Aliabadi	IRI	fall (2:00)	Stefan Angelov	BUL