Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Medalists

Gold	Petar Kirov  Bulgaria
Silver	Koichiro Hirayama  Japan
Bronze	Giuseppe Bognanni  Italy

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	Mehdi Houryar (IRI)	6:33	Petar Kirov (BUL)	0	0
1	1	Miroslav Zeman (TCH)		Mohamed Karmous (MAR)	3	3
0	0	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)	0:00	James Steiger (USA)	4	4
4	4	Trond Martiniussen (NOR)	2:40	Fritz Huber (FRG)	0	0
4	4	Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU)	6:43	József Doncsecz (HUN)	4	4
0	0	Boško Marinko (YUG)	4:29	Javier León (PER)	4	4
3	3	Enrique Jiménez (MEX)		Ahmet Tren (TUR)	1	1
0	0	Vasilios Ganotis (GRE)	6:56	Leonel Duarte (POR)	4	4
0.5	0.5	Vitali Konstantinov (URS)		Abdelfattah Ibrahim (EGY)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)		Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	3	3
1	1	Jan Michalik (POL)		Pertti Ukkola (FIN)	3	3

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7	3	Mehdi Houryar (IRI)		Miroslav Zeman (TCH)	1	2
0	0	Petar Kirov (BUL)	6:39	Mohamed Karmous (MAR)	4	7
0	0	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)	7:07	Trond Martiniussen (NOR)	4	8
3	3	Fritz Huber (FRG)		Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU)	1	5
4	0	József Doncsecz (HUN)	8:28	Boško Marinko (YUG)	4	4
8	4	Javier León (PER)	5:28	Enrique Jiménez (MEX)	0	3
3	2	Ahmet Tren (TUR)		Vasilios Ganotis (GRE)	2	2
8	4	Leonel Duarte (POR)	7:51	Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)	0	1
4.5	4	Vitali Konstantinov (URS)	2:37	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	0	3
1		Jan Michalik (POL)		Bye
4		James Steiger (USA)		DNA
3.5		Abdelfattah Ibrahim (EGY)		DNA
3		Pertti Ukkola (FIN)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	3	Jan Michalik (POL)		Petar Kirov (BUL)	1	1
2	0	Miroslav Zeman (TCH)	1:50	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)	4	4
6	3	Fritz Huber (FRG)		József Doncsecz (HUN)	1	5
9	4	Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU)	8:20	Boško Marinko (YUG)	0	4
7	4	Enrique Jiménez (MEX)	8:28	Vasilios Ganotis (GRE)	0	2
6	3	Ahmet Tren (TUR)		Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	1	4
7.5	3	Vitali Konstantinov (URS)		Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)	1	2

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	1	Jan Michalik (POL)		Miroslav Zeman (TCH)	3	5
1	0	Petar Kirov (BUL)	6:58	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)	4	8
5	0	József Doncsecz (HUN)	7:31	Vasilios Ganotis (GRE)	4	6
8	4	Boško Marinko (YUG)	3:31	Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)	0	2
4		Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	1	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)		Jan Michalik (POL)	3	8
2	1	Petar Kirov (BUL)		Miroslav Zeman (TCH)	3	8
8	3	József Doncsecz (HUN)		Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)	1	3

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	1	Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)		Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	3
7	4	Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)	6:38	Petar Kirov (BUL)	0
5	4	Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)	5:49	Petar Kirov (BUL)	4	4

Final standings

1.  Petar Kirov (BUL)
2.  Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
3.  Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)
4.  Miroslav Zeman (TCH)
5.  Jan Michalik (POL) and  József Doncsecz (HUN)

References

• Official Report