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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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Gold | Kiyomi Kato Japan |
| Silver | Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Kim Gwong-Hyong North Korea |
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 |
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