Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.^[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania Rahim Aliabadi  Iran Stefan Angelov  Bulgaria
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Medalists

Gold	Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania
Silver	Rahim Aliabadi  Iran
Bronze	Stefan Angelov  Bulgaria

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
4	4	Habib Dlimi (TUN)	8:19	Mohamed El-Malky Ragheb (EGY)	0	0
0	0	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	6:54	Hızır Sarı (TUR)	4	4
4	4	Wayne Holmes (USA)	4:25	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	0	0
4	4	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	7:43	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0	0
4	4	Vladimir Zubkov (URS)	8:50	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
3	3	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan (MGL)		Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	1	1
1	1	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)		Bernard Szczepański (POL)	3	3
4	4	Mohieddin El-Sas (SYR)	6:43	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	0	0
3	3	Sotiris Ventas (GRE)		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Günther Maas (FRG)	3.5	3.5

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	4	Habib Dlimi (TUN)	6:58	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0	0
5	1	Hızır Sarı (TUR)		Wayne Holmes (USA)	3	7
4	4	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	1:08	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	0	4
0	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	8:09	Vladimir Zubkov (URS)	4	8
0.5	0.5	Stefan Angelov (BUL)		Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	3.5	4.5
1	0	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	3:56	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	4	4
7	4	Bernard Szczepański (POL)	1:32	Sotirios Ventas (GRE)	0	3
2	1	Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)		Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)	3	3.5
3.5		Günther Maas (FRG)		Bye
0		Mohamed El-Malky (EGY)		DNA
3		Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan (MGL)		DNA
4		Mohieddin El-Sas (SYR)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6.5	3	Günther Maas (FRG)		Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	1	1
9	4	Hızır Sarı (TUR)	5:55	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)	0	4
7	3	Ferenc Seres (HUN)		Stefan Angelov (BUL)	1	1.5
0	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	7:53	Lennarth Svensson (SWE)	4	8.5
1	0	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	7:59	Sotirios Ventas (GRE)	4	7
7.5	3.5	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)	0.5	2.5
3.5		Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	0.5	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	3.5	4.5
7	3	Bernd Drechsel (GDR)		Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	1
2.5	1	Stefan Angelov (BUL)		Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	3	4
2.5		Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6	3.5	Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)		Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0.5	5
7	3	Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)		Stefan Angelov (BUL)	1	3.5
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0:00	Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)	4	8

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	3	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)		Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1
	4	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	2:00	Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)	0	3
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0:00	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	4	8

Final standings

1.  Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
2.  Rahim Aliabadi (IRI)
3.  Stefan Angelov (BUL)
4.  Raimo Hirvonen (FIN)
5.  Kazuharu Ishida (JPN)
6.  Lorenzo Calafiore (ITA)