The Men's Freestyle 52 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
| Men's freestyle 52 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medalists
edit| Gold | Kiyomi Kato Japan
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| Silver | Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union
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| Bronze | Kim Gwong-Hyong North Korea
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Tournament results
editThe competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
- Legend
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
- 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
- 1 — Won by Points
- 2 — Draw
- 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
- 3 — Lost by Points
- 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
- 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
Round 1
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 |  Baju Baev (BUL) |
 Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
2 | 2 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
 Miguel Alonso (CUB) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Mohammad Arref (AFG) |
 Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
5:57 |  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Wanelge Castillo (PAN) |
8:57 |  Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
2:14 |  Javier León (PER) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  James Carr (USA) |
4:57 |  Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
 Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Willi Bock (GDR) |
1:56 |  Henrik Gál (HUN) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |  Mario Sabatini (FRG) |
 Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
 Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
1 | 1 | |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Pedro Piñeda (GUA) |
 John Kinsella (AUS) |
0.5 | 0.5 |
Round 2
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | Baju Baev (BUL) |
8:35 | Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
4 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
Miguel Alonso (CUB) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| 7 | 4 | Mohammad Arref (AFG) |
2:01 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
Wanelge Castillo (PAN) |
3.5 | 7.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | Javier León (PER) |
5:56 | James Carr (USA) |
0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
4:01 | Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
1:54 | Willi Bock (GDR) |
4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Henrik Gál (HUN) |
7:41 | Mario Sabatini (FRG) |
4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
7:47 | Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
4:16 | Pedro Piñeda (GUA) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 0.5 | John Kinsella (AUS) |
Bye | ||||
| 4 | Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) |
DNA |
Round 3
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 3 | John Kinsella (AUS) |
Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
1 | 4 | |
| 7.5 | 3 | Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
1 | 2.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
2:55 | Andrzej Kudelski (POL) |
4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
3:35 | James Carr (USA) |
4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | Kim Young-Jun (KOR) |
Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
7:07 | Florentino Martínez (MEX) |
4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | Henrik Gál (HUN) |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
1 | 4 | |
| 1 | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
Bye |
Round 4
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
John Kinsella (AUS) |
3.5 | 7 | |
| 8 | 4 | Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) |
7:43 | Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
0 | 2.5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 1 | 0 | Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3:17 | Henrik Gál (HUN) |
4 | 7 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
0.5 | 4.5 |
Round 5
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 2 | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
2 | 4.5 | |
| 1.5 | 1 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3 | 4 | |
| 7.5 | 3 | Gordon Bertie (CAN) |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
1 | 5.5 |
Round 6
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 4 | Petru Ciarnău (ROU) |
1:35 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
0 | 1.5 |
| 5.5 | 1 | Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
Sudesh Kumar (IND) |
3 | 7 | |
| 5.5 | Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
Bye |
Final
editResults from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
2 | |||
| 1 | Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) |
3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) |
Kiyomi Kato (JPN) |
1 | 2 |
Final standings
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.