Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg
# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

## Medalists

| Gold | Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Ebrahim Javadi Iran |

## 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 | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | | Sefer Baygin (TUR) | 2 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Gad Tsobari (ISR) | | Attila Laták (HUN) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | | Sergio Gonzalez (USA) | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran (MGL) | | Rolf Lacour (FRG) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Jürgen Möbius (GDR) | | Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Ion Arapu (ROU) | | Masahiko Umeda (JPN) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Adkar Maruti (IND) | 8:14 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 0 | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | 3:50 | Gad Tsobari (ISR) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 0 | Sefer Baygin (TUR) | 0:45 | Attila Laták (HUN) | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 0 | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | 4:09 | Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran (MGL) | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | Sergio Gonzalez (USA) | | Rolf Lacour (FRG) | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Jürgen Möbius (GDR) | | Ion Arapu (ROU) | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK) | | Adkar Maruti (IND) | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | Masahiko Umeda (JPN) | | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 1 | 1 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 0 | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | 0:50 | Attila Laták (HUN) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | Sefer Baygin (TUR) | | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Sergio Gonzalez (USA) | | Jürgen Möbius (GDR) | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Rolf Lacour (FRG) | 8:18 | Ion Arapu (ROU) | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK) | | Masahiko Umeda (JPN) | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | 3 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 1 | Sefer Baygin (TUR) | Ion Arapu (ROU) | 3 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 1 | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | Masahiko Umeda (JPN) | 3 | 8 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ognyan Nikolov (BUL) | Ebrahim Javadi (IRI) | 3 | 4 |

## Final standings

* Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
* Ognyan Nikolov (BUL)
* Ebrahim Javadi (IRI)
* Sefer Baygin (TUR)
* Ion Arapu (ROU)
* Masahiko Umeda (JPN)
