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
Venue	Messe München
Dates	27–31 August 1972
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Kiyomi Kato  Japan Arsen Alakhverdiyev  Soviet Union Kim Gwong-Hyong  North Korea
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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)