Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

Men's freestyle 52 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kiyomi Kato  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arsen Alakhverdiyev  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Gwong-Hyong  North Korea
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Wrestling at the
1972 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 kg
+100 kg+100 kg

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]

Medalists

Gold Kiyomi Kato
 Japan
Silver Arsen Alakhverdiyev
 Soviet Union
Bronze Kim Gwong-Hyong
 North Korea

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results 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

  1.  Kiyomi Kato (JPN)
  2.  Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)
  3.  Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)
  4.  Sudesh Kumar (IND)
  5.  Petru Ciarnău (ROU)
  6.  Gordon Bertie (CAN)

References

  1. ^ "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.