Men's freestyle 48 kgat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Medal winners
Venue Messe München Dates 27–31 August 1972 Competitors 14 from 14 nations
The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[ 1]
Medalists
Tournament results
The 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.[ 1] [ 2]
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
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings
Roman Dmitriyev (URS )
Ognyan Nikolov (BUL )
Ebrahim Javadi (IRI )
Sefer Baygin (TUR )
Ion Arapu (ROU )
Masahiko Umeda (JPN )
References
1904: 47.60 kg
1972–1996: 48 kg