| | Event type
Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kilograms), Men
| Date | 7 – 9 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA | |
| Participants | 7 from 7 countries | |
| Format | Two groups of competitors. Placement within each group decided by a series of matches with positive points awarded for each result, from 4.0 for victory by fall, to 0.0 for defeat by fall. When three wrestlers remained within a group, they wrestled a round-robin series to determine the top three placements within the group. The winners of each group then wrestled for 1st and 2nd place. Runners-up in each group wrestled for 3rd and 4th place. Third-place finishers within each group wrestled for 5th and 6th place.. | |
Due to the Soviet-led boycott this class had only seven competitors, the smallest wrestling class since the 1932 Olympics. Soviet Sergey Kornaliyev, World Champion in 1981-82 and 1984 European Champion, could not compete, nor could the 1983 World Champion, North Korean Kim Chol-Hwan. Japan’s Takashi Irie and American Bobby Weaver, silver medalist at the 1979 Worlds, won Groups A and B, respectively, and advanced to the gold medal match. Weaver won the gold by throwing Irie in 2:58. Korean Son Gap-Do, runner-up at the 1981 World Championships, won the bronze medal by defeating China’s Gao Wenhe on points, 13-7.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Weaver |  USA | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Takashi Irie |  JPN | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Son Gap-Do |  KOR | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Gao Wenhe |  CHN | – | – | |||
| 5 | Reiner Heugabel |  FRG | – | – | |||
| 6 | Kent Andersson |  SWE | – | – | |||
| 7 | Sunil Dutt |  IND | – | – |
Group A - Round One (7 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 4,0 | |||
| =1 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 4,0 | |||
| =3 | Sunil Dutt | IND | 0,0 | |||
| =3 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | decision (12-0) (1:48) | Sunil Dutt | IND |
| Match #2 | Takashi Irie | JPN | fall (0:37) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
Group A - Round Two (7 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 7,0 | |||
| =1 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 7,0 | |||
| 3 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 5,0 | |||
| 4 | Sunil Dutt | IND | 1,0 |
| Match #1 | Takashi Irie | JPN | decision (8-7) | Son Gap-Do | KOR |
| Match #2 | Kent Andersson | SWE | decision (0-0) | Sunil Dutt | IND |
Group A - Final (8 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 7,0 | |||
| 2 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 5,0 | |||
| 3 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Takashi Irie | JPN | Son Gap-Do | KOR | |
| Match #2 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | decision (12-0) (3:28) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
| Match #3 | Takashi Irie | JPN | Kent Andersson | SWE |
Group B - Final (8 August 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Weaver | USA | 8,0 | |||
| 2 | Gao Wenhe | CHN | 3,0 | |||
| 3 | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | 1,0 |
| Match #1 | Gao Wenhe | CHN | decision (9-4) | Reiner Heugabel | FRG |
| Match #2 | Bobby Weaver | USA | fall (2:56) | Reiner Heugabel | FRG |
| Match #3 | Bobby Weaver | USA | decision (13-0) (2:32) | Gao Wenhe | CHN |
Final Round (9 August 1984)
| Match 1/2 | Bobby Weaver | USA | fall (2:58) | Takashi Irie | JPN |
| Match 3/4 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | decision (13-7) | Gao Wenhe | CHN |
| Match 5/6 | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | passivity | Kent Andersson | SWE |