Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1984 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

Medalists

Gold	Bobby Weaver  United States
Silver	Takashi Irie  Japan
Bronze	Son Gab-Do  South Korea

Tournament results

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• ST — Won by Technical Superiority, 12 points difference
• PP — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference, the loser with points
• PO — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference, the loser without points
• SP — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference, the loser with points
• SO — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference, the loser without points
• P0 — Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 — Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-7 points
• PS — Won by Passivity, while leading by 8-11 points
• DC — Won by Decision, 0-0 score
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• L — Losses
• ER — Round of Elimination
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Eliminatory round

Group A

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Son Gab-Do (KOR)	4-0 ST	12-0	Sunil Dutt (IND)	1
0	Takashi Irie (JPN)	4-0 TF	0:37	Kent Andersson (SWE)	1
Round 2
1	Son Gab-Do (KOR)	1-3 PP	7-8	Takashi Irie (JPN)	0
2	Sunil Dutt (IND)	1-3 DC	0-0	Kent Andersson (SWE)	1
Final
	Takashi Irie (JPN)	4-0 TF	0:37	Kent Andersson (SWE)
	Son Gab-Do (KOR)	1-3 PP	7-8	Takashi Irie (JPN)
	Kent Andersson (SWE)	0-4 ST	0-12	Son Gab-Do (KOR)

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Final
Takashi Irie (JPN)	0	-	7	7
Son Gab-Do (KOR)	1	-	5	5
Kent Andersson (SWE)	1	-	3	0
Sunil Dutt (IND)	2	2	1

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Final
	Reiner Heugabel (FRG)	1-3 PP	4-9	Gao Wenhe (CHN)
	Bobby Weaver (USA)	4-0 TF	2:56	Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
	Gao Wenhe (CHN)	0-4 ST	0-13	Bobby Weaver (USA)

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Final
Bobby Weaver (USA)	0	-	0	8
Gao Wenhe (CHN)	0	-	0	3
Reiner Heugabel (FRG)	0	-	0	1

Final round

	CP	TP
5th place match
Kent Andersson (SWE)	0-3 P1	5:21	Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
Bronze medal match
Son Gab-Do (KOR)	3-1 PP	13-7	Gao Wenhe (CHN)
Gold medal match
Takashi Irie (JPN)	0-4 TF	2:58	Bobby Weaver (USA)

Final standings

1.  Bobby Weaver (USA)
2.  Takashi Irie (JPN)
3.  Son Gab-Do (KOR)
4.  Gao Wenhe (CHN)
5.  Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
6.  Kent Andersson (SWE)
7.  Sunil Dutt (IND)

References

• Official Report