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

* Bobby Weaver (USA)
* Takashi Irie (JPN)
* Son Gab-Do (KOR)
* Gao Wenhe (CHN)
* Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
* Kent Andersson (SWE)
* Sunil Dutt (IND)
