Wrestling_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_Greco-Roman_52_kg
Quick Facts Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad, Venue ...
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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]
| Gold | Petar Kirov Bulgaria |
| Silver | Koichiro Hirayama Japan |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy |
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
More information TPP, MPP ...
| 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 |
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Round 2
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Round 3
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Round 4
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Round 5
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Petar Kirov (BUL)
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)
Miroslav Zeman (TCH), 
Jan Michalik (POL) and 
József Doncsecz (HUN)
- "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.