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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	21 from 21 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.

The defending gold medalist was Bulgaria’s Petar Kirov. As the 1970-71 World Champion and the 1970 European Champion, he came to München as a heavy favorite. He would win the gold medal but it was close as he was extended in the final round by Japan’s Koichiro Hirayama. Kirov continued to win, taking the 1974 Worlds and the 1976 Europeans, but he was eliminated early in his attempt to three-peat at Montréal. Hirayama would do better in 1976, winning a bronze medal, after winning the 1974 Asian Games title. Bronze in München went to Italy’s Giuseppe Bognanni, whose only other international podium was a bronze as a bantamweight at the 1969 Europeans.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Petar Kirov	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	–	–	Silver
3	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	–	–	Bronze
=4	József Doncsecz	HUN	–	–
=4	Jan Michalik	POL	–	–
=4	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	–	–
AC	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	Eliminated r4/6	6,0
AC	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Boško Marinko	YUG	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Fritz Huber	FRG	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Ahmet Tren	TUR	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Enrique Jiménez	MEX	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Eliminated r3/6	7,5
AC	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Mahdi Houryar	IRI	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Trond Martiniussen	NOR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Javier León	PER	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Leonel Duarte	POR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	Withdrew r2/6	3,0
AC	El-Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Fattah	EGY	Withdrew r2/6	3,5

Round One (5 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Petar Kirov	BUL	0,0
=1	Fritz Huber	FRG	0,0
=1	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	0,0
=1	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	0,0
=1	Boško Marinko	YUG	0,0
6	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	0,5
=7	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	1,0
=7	Jan Michalik	POL	1,0
=7	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	1,0
=7	Ahmet Tren	TUR	1,0
=11	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	3,0	withdrew
=11	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	3,0
=11	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	3,0
=11	Enrique Jiménez	MEX	3,0
15	El-Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Fattah	EGY	3,5	withdrew
=16	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	4,0
=16	József Doncsecz	HUN	4,0
=16	Mahdi Houryar	IRI	4,0
=16	Trond Martiniussen	NOR	4,0
=16	Javier León	PER	4,0
=16	Leonel Duarte	POR	4,0

Match #1	Petar Kirov	BUL	fall (6:33)	Mahdi Houryar	IRI
Match #2	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	decision	Mohamed Karmous	MAR
Match #3	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	walkover
Match #4	Fritz Huber	FRG	fall (2:40)	Trond Martiniussen	NOR
Match #5	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	DQ (both passivity) (6:43)	József Doncsecz	HUN
Match #6	Boško Marinko	YUG	fall (4:29)	Javier León	PER
Match #7	Ahmet Tren	TUR	decision	Enrique Jiménez	MEX
Match #8	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	fall (6:56)	Leonel Duarte	POR
Match #9	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	decision	El-Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Fattah	EGY
Match #10	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	decision	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA
Match #11	Jan Michalik	POL	decision	Pertti Ukkola	FIN

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Petar Kirov	BUL	0,0
=1	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	0,0
=3	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	1,0
=3	Jan Michalik	POL	1,0
=5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	2,0
=5	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	2,0
=7	Fritz Huber	FRG	3,0
=7	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	3,0
=7	Enrique Jiménez	MEX	3,0
=7	Ahmet Tren	TUR	3,0
=11	József Doncsecz	HUN	4,0
=11	Boško Marinko	YUG	4,0
13	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	4,5
14	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	5,0
=15	Mahdi Houryar	IRI	7,0	eliminated
=15	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	7,0	eliminated
=17	Trond Martiniussen	NOR	8,0	eliminated
=17	Javier León	PER	8,0	eliminated
=17	Leonel Duarte	POR	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	decision	Mahdi Houryar	IRI
Match #2	Petar Kirov	BUL	fall (6:39)	Mohamed Karmous	MAR
Match #3	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	fall (7:07)	Trond Martiniussen	NOR
Match #4	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	decision	Fritz Huber	FRG
Match #5	József Doncsecz	HUN	fall (8:28)	Boško Marinko	YUG
Match #6	Enrique Jiménez	MEX	fall (5:28)	Javier León	PER
Match #7	Ahmet Tren	TUR	draw	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #8	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	fall (7:51)	Leonel Duarte	POR
Match #9	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	fall (2:37)	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS
Match #10	Jan Michalik	POL	bye

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Petar Kirov	BUL	1,0
=2	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	2,0
=2	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	2,0
=2	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	2,0
=5	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	4,0
=5	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	4,0
=5	Jan Michalik	POL	4,0
=5	Boško Marinko	YUG	4,0
9	József Doncsecz	HUN	5,0
=10	Fritz Huber	FRG	6,0	eliminated
=10	Ahmet Tren	TUR	6,0	eliminated
12	Enrique Jiménez	MEX	7,0	eliminated
13	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	7,5	eliminated
14	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Petar Kirov	BUL	decision	Jan Michalik	POL
Match #2	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	fall (1:50)	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL
Match #3	József Doncsecz	HUN	decision	Fritz Huber	FRG
Match #4	Boško Marinko	YUG	fall (8:20)	Gheorghe Stoiciu	ROU
Match #5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	fall (8:28)	Enrique Jiménez	MEX
Match #6	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	decision	Ahmet Tren	TUR
Match #7	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	decision	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Petar Kirov	BUL	1,0
2	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	2,0
3	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	4,0
=4	József Doncsecz	HUN	5,0
=4	Jan Michalik	POL	5,0
=4	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	5,0
7	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	6,0	eliminated
=8	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	8,0	eliminated
=8	Boško Marinko	YUG	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Jan Michalik	POL	decision	Miroslav Zeman	TCH
Match #2	Petar Kirov	BUL	fall (6:58)	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL
Match #3	József Doncsecz	HUN	fall (7:31)	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #4	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	fall (3:31)	Boško Marinko	YUG
Match #5	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	bye

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Petar Kirov	BUL	2,0
2	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	3,0
3	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	5,0
=4	József Doncsecz	HUN	8,0	eliminated
=4	Jan Michalik	POL	8,0	eliminated
=4	Miroslav Zeman	TCH	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	decision	Jan Michalik	POL
Match #2	Petar Kirov	BUL	decision	Miroslav Zeman	TCH
Match #3	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	decision	József Doncsecz	HUN

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Petar Kirov	BUL	fall (6:38)	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA
Match #2	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	fall (5:49)	Petar Kirov	BUL