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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5–10 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medalists edit
| Gold | Petar Kirov Bulgaria
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| Silver | Koichiro Hirayama Japan
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| Bronze | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy
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Tournament results edit
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 edit
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 |  Mahdi 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) |
 Abdel Fattah Sayed 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
Petar Kirov (BUL)
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)
Miroslav Zeman (TCH), 
Jan Michalik (POL) and 
József Doncsecz (HUN)
References edit
- ^ "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.