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

Men's freestyle 52 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Kiyomi Kato  Japan
Arsen Alakhverdiyev  Soviet Union
Kim Gwong-Hyong  North Korea

Medalists

GoldKiyomi Kato
 Japan
SilverArsen Alakhverdiyev
 Soviet Union
BronzeKim 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
22 Baju Baev (BUL) Vincenzo Grassi (ITA)22
0.50.5 Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) Miguel Alonso (CUB)3.53.5
33 Mohammad Arref (AFG) Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)11
00 Kiyomi Kato (JPN)5:57 Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI)44
44 Wanelge Castillo (PAN)8:57 Andrzej Kudelski (POL)00
00 Gordon Bertie (CAN)2:14 Javier León (PER)44
44 James Carr (USA)4:57 Kim Young-Jun (KOR)00
11 Sudesh Kumar (IND) Ali Rıza Alan (TUR)33
44 Willi Bock (GDR)1:56 Henrik Gál (HUN)00
33 Mario Sabatini (FRG) Florentino Martínez (MEX)11
33 Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK) Petru Ciarnău (ROU)11
3.53.5 Pedro Piñeda (GUA) John Kinsella (AUS)0.50.5

Round 2

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
64 Baju Baev (BUL)8:35 Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL)44.5
31 Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) Miguel Alonso (CUB)36.5
74 Mohammad Arref (AFG)2:01 Kiyomi Kato (JPN)00
1.50.5 Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) Wanelge Castillo (PAN)3.57.5
33 Andrzej Kudelski (POL) Gordon Bertie (CAN)11
84 Javier León (PER)5:56 James Carr (USA)04
44 Kim Young-Jun (KOR)4:01 Sudesh Kumar (IND)01
30 Ali Rıza Alan (TUR)1:54 Willi Bock (GDR)48
00 Henrik Gál (HUN)7:41 Mario Sabatini (FRG)47
54 Florentino Martínez (MEX)7:47 Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)03
10 Petru Ciarnău (ROU)4:16 Pedro Piñeda (GUA)47.5
0.5 John Kinsella (AUS)Bye
4 Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI)DNA

Round 3

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3.53 John Kinsella (AUS) Vincenzo Grassi (ITA)14
7.53 Dorjzovdyn Ganbat (MGL) Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)12.5
00 Kiyomi Kato (JPN)2:55 Andrzej Kudelski (POL)47
10 Gordon Bertie (CAN)3:35 James Carr (USA)48
73 Kim Young-Jun (KOR) Ali Rıza Alan (TUR)14
10 Sudesh Kumar (IND)7:07 Florentino Martínez (MEX)49
33 Henrik Gál (HUN) Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)14
1 Petru Ciarnău (ROU)Bye

Round 4

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1.50.5 Petru Ciarnău (ROU) John Kinsella (AUS)3.57
84 Vincenzo Grassi (ITA)7:43 Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)02.5
0.50.5 Kiyomi Kato (JPN) Gordon Bertie (CAN)3.54.5
10 Sudesh Kumar (IND)3:17 Henrik Gál (HUN)47
7.53.5 Ali Rıza Alan (TUR) Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)0.54.5

Round 5

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3.52 Petru Ciarnău (ROU) Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS)24.5
1.51 Kiyomi Kato (JPN) Sudesh Kumar (IND)34
7.53 Gordon Bertie (CAN) Kim Gwong-Hyong (PRK)15.5

Round 6

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
7.54 Petru Ciarnău (ROU)1:35 Kiyomi Kato (JPN)01.5
5.51 Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) Sudesh Kumar (IND)37
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)35
53 Arsen Alakhverdiyev (URS) Kiyomi Kato (JPN)12

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.
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