Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMaurice Richard Arena
Dates20–24 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vitali Konstantinov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicu Gingă  Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Koichiro Hirayama  Japan
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Wrestling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 kg
+100 kg+100 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.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vitali Konstantinov
 Soviet Union
Silver Nicu Gingă
 Romania
Bronze Koichiro Hirayama
 Japan

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  Antonino 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-hyeon (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  Antonino 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  Antonino 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  Antonino 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

  1.  Vitali Konstantinov (URS)
  2.  Nicu Gingă (ROU)
  3.  Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
  4.  Rolf Krauß (FRG)
  5.  Lajos Rácz (HUN)
  6.  Morad Ali Shirani (IRI)
  7.  Antonino Caltabiano (ITA)
  8.  Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR)

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2019.