Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
Medalists
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 loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
- Legend
- TF — Won by Fall
- IN — Won by Opponent Injury
- DQ — Won by Passivity
- D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
- D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
- FF — Won by Forfeit
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
- 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
- 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
- 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
- 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
- 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
- 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
Round 1
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 1 |
1 |
Lajos Rácz (HUN) |
13 - 9 |
Haralambos Holidis (GRE) |
3 |
3 |
| 3.5 |
3.5 |
Bruce Thompson (USA) |
7 - 15 |
Rolf Krauß (FRG) |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| 4 |
4 |
Leonel Duarte (POR) |
DQ / 7:47 |
Mohamed Karmous (MAR) |
0 |
0 |
| 0 |
0 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
IN / 5:11 |
Petar Kirov (BUL) |
4 |
4 |
| 1 |
1 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
10 - 8 |
Antonio Caltabiano (ITA) |
3 |
3 |
| 0 |
0 |
Czesław Stanjek (POL) |
DQ / 6:52 |
Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) |
4 |
4 |
| 4 |
4 |
Julien Mewis (BEL) |
DQ / 8:40 |
Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR) |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
4 |
Bilal Tabur (TUR) |
DQ / 7:31 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
0 |
0 |
| 0 |
|
Morad Ali Shirani (IRI) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Round 2
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 3 |
3 |
Morad Ali Shirani (IRI) |
6 - 9 |
Lajos Rácz (HUN) |
1 |
2 |
| 7 |
4 |
Haralambos Holidis (GRE) |
TF / 7:23 |
Bruce Thompson (USA) |
0 |
3.5 |
| 0.5 |
0 |
Rolf Krauß (FRG) |
TF / 2:41 |
Leonel Duarte (POR) |
4 |
8 |
| 3 |
3 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
11 - 17 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
1 |
2 |
| 4 |
1 |
Antonio Caltabiano (ITA) |
11 - 6 |
Czesław Stanjek (POL) |
3 |
3 |
| 7 |
3 |
Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) |
12 - 16 |
Julien Mewis (BEL) |
1 |
5 |
| 1 |
1 |
Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR) |
9 - 6 |
Bilal Tabur (TUR) |
3 |
7 |
| 0 |
|
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
|
Bye |
|
|
| 0 |
|
Mohamed Karmous (MAR) |
|
DNA |
|
|
| 4 |
|
Petar Kirov (BUL) |
|
DNA |
|
|
Round 3
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 3 |
3 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
12 - 15 |
Morad Ali Shirani (IRI) |
1 |
4 |
| 3 |
1 |
Lajos Rácz (HUN) |
8 - 6 |
Bruce Thompson (USA) |
3 |
6.5 |
| 4.5 |
4 |
Rolf Krauß (FRG) |
DQ / 7:06 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
0 |
3 |
| 2 |
0 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
22 - 4 |
Julien Mewis (BEL) |
4 |
9 |
| 4 |
0 |
Antonio Caltabiano (ITA) |
DQ / 7:25 |
Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR) |
4 |
5 |
| 3 |
|
Czesław Stanjek (POL) |
|
DNA |
|
|
Round 4
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 4 |
1 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
5 - 2 |
Lajos Rácz (HUN) |
3 |
6 |
| 7 |
3 |
Morad Ali Shirani (IRI) |
10 - 16 |
Rolf Krauß (FRG) |
1 |
5.5 |
| 3.5 |
0.5 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
11 - 1 |
Antonio Caltabiano (ITA) |
3.5 |
7.5 |
| 2 |
0 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
TF / 7:32 |
Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR) |
4 |
9 |
Round 5
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 8 |
4 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
D1 / 5:45 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
2 |
5.5 |
| 8.5 |
3 |
Rolf Krauß (FRG) |
11 - 16 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
1 |
3 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
|
3 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
11 - 17 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
1 |
|
|
4 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
D1 / 5:45 |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
2 |
5 |
| 5 |
1 |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
6 - 3 |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
3 |
4 |
Final standings
- Vitali Konstantinov (URS)
- Nicu Gingă (ROU)
- Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
- Rolf Krauß (FRG)
- Lajos Rácz (HUN)
- Morad Ali Shirani (IRI)
- Antonio Caltabiano (ITA)
- Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR)
References