Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle		Greco-Roman
	48 kg		48 kg
	52 kg		52 kg
	57 kg		57 kg
	62 kg		62 kg
	68 kg		68 kg
	74 kg		74 kg
	82 kg		82 kg
	90 kg		90 kg
	100 kg		100 kg
	+100 kg		+100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 52 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

1 Medalists
2 Tournament results
3 Final standings
4 References

Medalists

Gold	Yuji Takada Japan (JPN)
Silver	Alexander Ivanov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jeon Hae-Sup South Korea (KOR)

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
0	0	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	DQ / 8:30	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)	4	4
0	0	Yuji Takada (JPN)	TF / 1:10	Gordon Bertie (CAN)	4	4
3	3	Kamil Özdağ (TUR)	6 - 8	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	1	1
4	4	Eloy Abreu (CUB)	DQ / 7:47	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	0	0
0.5	0.5	James Haines (USA)	13 - 3	Constantin Măndilă (ROU)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Li Bong-Sun (PRK)	21 - 16	Diego Lo Brutto (FRA)	3	3
4	4	Fritz Niebler (FRG)	TF / 5:55	Henrik Gál (HUN)	0	0
4	4	Habib Fattahi (IRI)	TF / 8:55	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	0	0
0	0	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	TF / 4:59	Emille Kitnurse (ISV)	4	4
0		Julien Mewis (BEL)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Julien Mewis (BEL)	TF / 1:26	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	0	0
0	0	Yuji Takada (JPN)	TF / 1:15	Kamil Özdağ (TUR)	4	7
7.5	3.5	Gordon Bertie (CAN)	3 - 11	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	0.5	1.5
5	1	Eloy Abreu (CUB)	13 - 12	James Haines (USA)	3	3.5
0	0	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	22 - 4	Constantin Măndilă (ROU)	4	7.5
1	0	Li Bong-Sun (PRK)	TF / 4:58	Fritz Niebler (FRG)	4	8
7	4	Diego Lo Brutto (FRA)	TF / 7:29	Henrik Gál (HUN)	0	0
4	0	Habib Fattahi (IRI)	24 - 2	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	4	4
0	0	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	TF / 1:30	Emille Kitnurse (ISV)	4	8
4		Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Julien Mewis (BEL)	TF / 1:16	Yuji Takada (JPN)	0	0
1	1	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	11 - 8	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	3	4.5
6	1	Eloy Abreu (CUB)	16 - 12	Li Bong-Sun (PRK)	3	4
0.5	0.5	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	18 - 10	James Haines (USA)	3.5	7
0	0	Henrik Gál (HUN)	TF / 5:04	Habib Fattahi (IRI)	4	8
0	0	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	TF / 2:16	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	4	8

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	TF / 5:39	Yuji Takada (JPN)	0	0
5.5	1	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	9 - 9	Eloy Abreu (CUB)	3	9
1.5	1	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	22 - 19	Li Bong-Sun (PRK)	3	7
3	3	Henrik Gál (HUN)	8 - 15	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	1	1

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
9	4	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	5 - 26	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	0	1.5
0	0	Yuji Takada (JPN)	TF / 1:54	Henrik Gál (HUN)	4	7
8.5	3	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	3 - 10	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	1	2

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	0.5	Yuji Takada (JPN)	20 - 11	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	3.5
	4	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	TF / 1:46	Yuji Takada (JPN)	0	0.5
3.5	0	Alexander Ivanov (URS)	TF / 2:53	Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)	4	8

Final standings

Yuji Takada (JPN)
Alexander Ivanov (URS)
Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)
Henrik Gál (HUN)
Nermedin Selimov (BUL)
Władysław Stecyk (POL)
Li Bong-Sun (PRK)
Eloy Abreu (CUB)

References

Official Report