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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	3 – 5 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants	18 from 18 countries
Format	Two groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top five in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-10th place.

The favorite was Bulgarian Valentin Yordanov, who had been World Champion in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, was runner-up in 1990-91, and was European Champion in 1982-83, and from 1985-89. He had also been the favorite at Seoul in 1988 but struggled and placed only eighth. Another prominent contender was American Zeke Jones, the 1991 World Champion. Literally no one had heard of North Korea’s Li Hak-Son. Li and Yordanov won all their early matches in Group A and then Li upset Yordanov to advance to the gold medal match, where he met Jones, the winner of Group B. The final was no contest, with Li winning the gold medal 8-1.

Yordanov did manage to win a bronze medal in 1992, defeating South Korean Kim Seon-Hak, 9-3. Yordanov would continue to dominate the class, winning the 1993-95 World Championships, and finally at Atlanta in 1996, he would win his long-awaited Olympic gold medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	–	–	Gold
2	Zeke Jones	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	–	–
5	Ahmet Orel	TUR	–	–
6	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	–	–
7	Majid Torkan	IRI	–	–
8	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	–	–
9	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	–	–
10	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	–	–
AC	Shane Stannett	NZL	Eliminated r3/6 Group A	3,0
AC	Volodymyr Tohuzov	EUN	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Anil Kumar	IND	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Joe Oziti	NGR	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Alfredo Leyva	CUB	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	3,0
AC	Laureano Atanes	ESP	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	0,0
AC	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Chokri Boudchiche	TUN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Majid Torkan	IRI	4,0
=1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	4,0
=1	Ahmet Orel	TUR	4,0
4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	3,0
5	Volodymyr Tohuzov	EUN	1,0
=6	Anil Kumar	IND	0,0
=6	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	0,0
=6	Joe Oziti	NGR	0,0
=6	Shane Stannett	NZL	0,0

Match #1	Ahmet Orel	TUR	decision (17-1) (3:46)	Anil Kumar	IND
Match #2	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (15-0) (4:40)	Joe Oziti	NGR
Match #3	Majid Torkan	IRI	fall (1:22)	Shane Stannett	NZL
Match #4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (2-1)	Volodymyr Tohuzov	EUN
Match #5	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	bye

Group A - Round Two (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Majid Torkan	IRI	8,0
=2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	7,0
=2	Li Hak-Son	PRK	7,0
4	Ahmet Orel	TUR	4,0
5	Shane Stannett	NZL	3,0
6	Volodymyr Tohuzov	EUN	1,0	eliminated
=7	Anil Kumar	IND	0,0	eliminated
=7	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	0,0
=7	Joe Oziti	NGR	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Majid Torkan	IRI	decision (16-1) (4:08)	Anil Kumar	IND
Match #2	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (4-0)	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL
Match #3	Shane Stannett	NZL	decision (1-0)	Volodymyr Tohuzov	EUN
Match #4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	fall (1:49)	Joe Oziti	NGR
Match #5	Ahmet Orel	TUR	bye

Group A - Round Three (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	11,0
2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	10,0
3	Majid Torkan	IRI	9,0
4	Ahmet Orel	TUR	7,0
5	Shane Stannett	NZL	3,0	eliminated
6	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	1,0

Match #1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	fall (3:22)	Shane Stannett	NZL
Match #2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (3-2) (6:26)	Majid Torkan	IRI
Match #3	Ahmet Orel	TUR	decision (14-9)	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL

Group A - Round Four (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	14,0
2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	13,0
3	Majid Torkan	IRI	9,0
4	Ahmet Orel	TUR	8,0

Match #1	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (6-4)	Ahmet Orel	TUR
Match #2	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (4-0)	Majid Torkan	IRI

Group A - Round Five (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	17,0
2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	13,0
3	Ahmet Orel	TUR	9,0

Match #1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (17-8)	Ahmet Orel	TUR
Match #2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	bye

Group A - Round Six (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	20,0
2	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	14,0

Match #1	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (6-4)	Valentin Yordanov	BUL

Group B - Round One (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	4,0
2	Alfredo Leyva	CUB	3,0
=3	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	1,0
=3	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	1,0
=5	Laureano Atanes	ESP	0,0
=5	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	0,0
=5	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	0,0
=5	Chokri Boudchiche	TUN	0,0

Match #1	Alfredo Leyva	CUB	decision (4-1)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA
Match #2	Zeke Jones	USA	decision (15-0) (3:10)	Chokri Boudchiche	TUN
Match #3	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	bye
Match #4	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR		Mitsuru Sato	JPN
Match #5	Laureano Atanes	ESP	bye

Group B - Round Two (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	8,0
2	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	5,0
3	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	4,0
=4	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	3,0
=4	Alfredo Leyva	CUB	3,0
6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	1,0	eliminated
=7	Laureano Atanes	ESP	0,0
=7	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	0,0
=7	Chokri Boudchiche	TUN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Zeke Jones	USA	decision (16-1) (3:55)	Alfredo Leyva	CUB
Match #2	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	decision (10-0)	Chokri Boudchiche	TUN
Match #3	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	decision (15-0) (2:36)	Laureano Atanes	ESP
Match #4	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (3:13)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA
Match #5	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	bye

Group B - Round Three (3 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	11,0
2	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	7,0
3	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	5,0
=4	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	4,0
=4	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	4,0
6	Alfredo Leyva	CUB	3,0	eliminated
7	Laureano Atanes	ESP	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	fall (2:44)	Alfredo Leyva	CUB
Match #2	Zeke Jones	USA	decision (1-0)	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU
Match #3	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	fall (3:05)	Laureano Atanes	ESP
Match #4	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	bye

Group B - Round Four (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	11,0
2	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	9,0
3	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	8,0
4	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	7,0
5	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU	4,0

Match #1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (3:18)	Constantin Corduneanu	ROU
Match #2	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	decision (7-5)	Chris Woodcroft	CAN
Match #3	Zeke Jones	USA	bye

Group B - Round Five (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	14,0
2	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	10,0
3	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	7,0

Match #1	Zeke Jones	USA	decision (9-5)	Mitsuru Sato	JPN
Match #2	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	bye

Group B - Round Six (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Zeke Jones	USA	17,0
2	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR	8,0

Match #1	Zeke Jones	USA	decision (5-4)	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR

Final Round (5 August 1992)

Match 1/2	Li Hak-Son	PRK	decision (8-1)	Zeke Jones	USA
Match 3/4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (9-3)	Kim Seon-Hak	KOR
Match 5/6	Ahmet Orel	TUR	injury (forfeit)	Mitsuru Sato	JPN
Match 7/8	Majid Torkan	IRI	decision (2-1)	Chris Woodcroft	CAN