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

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Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Wrestling pictogram.svg
Venue Messe München
Dates5–10 September 1972
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Petar Kirov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Silver medal icon.svg Koichiro Hirayama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Giuseppe Bognanni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1968
1976  

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]

Medalists

Gold Petar Kirov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria
Silver Koichiro Hirayama
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
Bronze Giuseppe Bognanni
Flag of Italy.svg 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
Penalties

Round 1

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
44State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mahdi Houryar  (IRI)6:33Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)00
11Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH)Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Karmous  (MAR)33
00Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Jamsrangiin Mönkh–Ochir  (MGL)0:00Flag of the United States.svg  James Steiger  (USA)44
44Flag of Norway.svg  Trond Martiniussen  (NOR)2:40Flag of Germany.svg  Fritz Huber  (FRG)00
44Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Gheorghe Stoiciu  (ROU)6:43Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)44
00Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boško Marinko  (YUG)4:29Flag of Peru.svg  Javier León  (PER)44
33Flag of Mexico.svg  Enrique Jiménez  (MEX)Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Tren  (TUR)11
00Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Vasilios Ganotis  (GRE)6:56Flag of Portugal.svg  Leonel Duarte  (POR)44
0.50.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitali Konstantinov  (URS)Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Abdel Fattah Sayed Ibrahim  (EGY)3.53.5
11Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)33
11Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL)Flag of Finland.svg  Pertti Ukkola  (FIN)33

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
73State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mehdi Houryar  (IRI)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH)12
00Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)6:39Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Karmous  (MAR)47
00Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir  (MGL)7:07Flag of Norway.svg  Trond Martiniussen  (NOR)48
33Flag of Germany.svg  Fritz Huber  (FRG)Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Gheorghe Stoiciu  (ROU)15
40Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)8:28Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boško Marinko  (YUG)44
84Flag of Peru.svg  Javier León  (PER)5:28Flag of Mexico.svg  Enrique Jiménez  (MEX)03
32Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Tren  (TUR)Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Vasilios Ganotis  (GRE)22
84Flag of Portugal.svg  Leonel Duarte  (POR)7:51Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)01
4.54Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitali Konstantinov  (URS)2:37Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)03
1Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL)Bye
4Flag of the United States.svg  James Steiger  (USA)DNA
3.5Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Abdelfattah Ibrahim  (EGY)DNA
3Flag of Finland.svg  Pertti Ukkola  (FIN)DNA

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
43Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL)Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)11
20Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH)1:50Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir  (MGL)44
63Flag of Germany.svg  Fritz Huber  (FRG)Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)15
94Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Gheorghe Stoiciu  (ROU)8:20Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boško Marinko  (YUG)04
74Flag of Mexico.svg  Enrique Jiménez  (MEX)8:28Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Vasilios Ganotis  (GRE)02
63Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Tren  (TUR)Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)14
7.53Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitali Konstantinov  (URS)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)12

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
51Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH)35
10Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)6:58Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir  (MGL)48
50Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)7:31Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Vasilios Ganotis  (GRE)46
84Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boško Marinko  (YUG)3:31Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)02
4Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
51Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL)38
21Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH)38
83Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)13

Final

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

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)3
74Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)6:38Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)0
54Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)5:49Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)44

Final standings

  1. Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Petar Kirov  (BUL)
  2. Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Koichiro Hirayama  (JPN)
  3. Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Bognanni  (ITA)
  4. Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Zeman  (TCH), Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jan Michalik  (POL) and Flag of Hungary.svg  József Doncsecz  (HUN)

References

  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.