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.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates5–10 September 1972
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petar Kirov  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Koichiro Hirayama  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Bognanni  Italy
 1968
1976 

Medalists

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Tournament results

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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

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
51 Jan Michalik (POL) Miroslav Zeman (TCH)35
10 Petar Kirov (BUL)6:58 Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL)48
50 József Doncsecz (HUN)7:31 Vasilios Ganotis (GRE)46
84 Boško Marinko (YUG)3:31 Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)02
4 Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)Bye

Round 5

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
51 Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA) Jan Michalik (POL)38
21 Petar Kirov (BUL) Miroslav Zeman (TCH)38
83 József Doncsecz (HUN) Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)13

Final

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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
74 Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)6:38 Petar Kirov (BUL)0
54 Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)5:49 Petar Kirov (BUL)44

Final standings

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References

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  1. "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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