Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kilograms), Men
| Date | 30 July – 1 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA | |
| Participants | 12 from 12 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.. | |
Turkey’s Salih Bora, silver medalist at the 1981-82 World Championships, was favored, as all the other recent major international medalists could not compete because of the Soviet-led boycott. In the first match of Group A he met Italy’s Vincenzo Maenza, who had won a bronze medal at the 1984 European Championships. Maenza prevailed, 3-0, in points, which effectively eliminated Bora from gold medal contention. Maenza went to the final match where he met West German Markus Scherer, easily defeating him, 12-0, to win the gold medal. Maenza was unscored on in Los Angeles, winning his four matches, 31-0. Bora placed fourth, defeated in the bronze medal match by Japan’s Ikuzo Saito.
Maenza would defend his gold medal at Seoul in 1988, and added a silver medal at Barcelona in 1992. He had a long career, winning four medals at the Europeans from 1981-87, and three at the Worlds from 1982-87, including a World title in 1985 and a European title in 1987.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo Maenza |  ITA | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Markus Scherer |  FRG | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ikuzo Saito |  JPN | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Salih Bora |  TUR | – | – | |||
| 5 | Kent Andersson |  SWE | – | – | |||
| 6 | Jeon Dae-Je |  KOR | – | – | |||
| 7 | Li Haisheng |  CHN | – | – | |||
| 8 | Lars Rønningen |  NOR | – | – | |||
| Mark Fuller |  USA | Eliminated r2/3 Group A | 2,0 | ||||
| Jukka-Pekka Tanner |  FIN | Withdrew r2/3 Group A | 0,0 | ||||
| Gustavo Delgado |  MEX | Eliminated r2/2 Group B | 0,0 | ||||
| Abdel Malek El-Aouad |  MAR | Withdrew r2/2 Group B | 0,0 |
Group A - Round One (30 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 4,0 | |||
| =2 | Li Haisheng | CHN | 3,0 | |||
| =2 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | 3,0 | |||
| 4 | Mark Fuller | USA | 1,0 | |||
| =5 | Jukka-Pekka Tanner | FIN | 0,0 | |||
| =5 | Salih Bora | TUR | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Li Haisheng | CHN | decision (8-7) | Mark Fuller | USA |
| Match #2 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | decision (3-0) | Salih Bora | TUR |
| Match #3 | Kent Andersson | SWE | decision (12-0) (3:23) | Jukka-Pekka Tanner | FIN |
Group A - Round Two (30 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | 7,0 | |||
| =1 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 7,0 | |||
| =3 | Li Haisheng | CHN | 3,0 | |||
| =3 | Salih Bora | TUR | 3,0 | |||
| 5 | Mark Fuller | USA | 2,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Salih Bora | TUR | decision (6-2) | Mark Fuller | USA |
| Match #2 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | decision (13-0) (2:55) | Li Haisheng | CHN |
| Match #3 | Kent Andersson | SWE | bye |
Group A - Round Three (30 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | 10,0 | |||
| 2 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 7,0 | |||
| 3 | Salih Bora | TUR | 6,0 | |||
| 4 | Li Haisheng | CHN | 4,0 |
| Match #1 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | decision (3-0) (5:35) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
| Match #2 | Salih Bora | TUR | decision (5-2) | Li Haisheng | CHN |
Group A - Final (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | 6,0 | |||
| 2 | Salih Bora | TUR | 3,5 | |||
| 3 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 3,0 |
| Match #1 | Salih Bora | TUR | decision (11-2) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
| Match #2 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | Kent Andersson | SWE | |
| Match #3 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | Salih Bora | TUR |
Group B - Round One (30 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | 4,0 | |||
| =1 | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR | 4,0 | |||
| 3 | Markus Scherer | FRG | 3,5 | |||
| 4 | Lars Rønningen | NOR | 0,5 | |||
| =5 | Abdel Malek El-Aouad | MAR | 0,0 | |||
| =5 | Gustavo Delgado | MEX | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Markus Scherer | FRG | decision (14-4) | Lars Rønningen | NOR |
| Match #2 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | decision (12-0) (2:08) | Gustavo Delgado | MEX |
| Match #3 | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR | fall (1:05) | Abdel Malek El-Aouad | MAR |
Group B - Round Two (30 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | 8,0 | |||
| 2 | Markus Scherer | FRG | 7,5 | |||
| 3 | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR | 4,0 | |||
| 4 | Lars Rønningen | NOR | 0,5 | |||
| 5 | Gustavo Delgado | MEX | 0,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | decision (14-2) (3:30) | Lars Rønningen | NOR |
| Match #2 | Markus Scherer | FRG | decision (12-0) (2:38) | Gustavo Delgado | MEX |
| Match #3 | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR | bye |
Group B - Final (31 July 1984)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Scherer | FRG | 6,5 | |||
| 2 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | 3,5 | |||
| 3 | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR | 2,0 |
| Match #1 | Markus Scherer | FRG | decision (24-18) | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR |
| Match #2 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | decision (15-13) | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR |
| Match #3 | Markus Scherer | FRG | decision (18-7) | Ikuzo Saito | JPN |
Final Round (1 August 1984)
| Match 1/2 | Vincenzo Maenza | ITA | decision (12-0) (1:59) | Markus Scherer | FRG |
| Match 3/4 | Ikuzo Saito | JPN | decision (7-5) | Salih Bora | TUR |
| Match 5/6 | Kent Andersson | SWE | decision (10-3) | Jeon Dae-Je | KOR |