# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

The Men's Freestyle 52 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuji Takada Japan |
| Silver | Alexander Ivanov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Jeon Hae-Sup South Korea |

## 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 |
| 0 | 0 | Władysław Stecyk (POL) | DQ / 8:30 | Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | TF / 1:10 | Gordon Bertie (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Kamil Özdağ (TUR) | 6 - 8 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Eloy Abreu (CUB) | DQ / 7:47 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | James Haines (USA) | 13 - 3 | Constantin Măndilă (ROU) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Li Bong-sun (PRK) | 21 - 16 | Diego Lo Brutto (FRA) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Fritz Niebler (FRG) | TF / 5:55 | Henrik Gál (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Habib Fatah-Gharalar (IRI) | TF / 8:55 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA) | TF / 4:59 | Emille Kitnurse (ISV) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Julien Mewis (BEL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Julien Mewis (BEL) | TF / 1:26 | Władysław Stecyk (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | TF / 1:15 | Kamil Özdağ (TUR) | 4 | 7 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Gordon Bertie (CAN) | 3 - 11 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Eloy Abreu (CUB) | 13 - 12 | James Haines (USA) | 3 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 22 - 4 | Constantin Măndilă (ROU) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Li Bong-Sun (PRK) | TF / 4:58 | Fritz Niebler (FRG) | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | Diego Lo Brutto (FRA) | TF / 7:29 | Henrik Gál (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | Habib Fattahi (IRI) | 24 - 2 | Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | TF / 1:30 | Emille Kitnurse (ISV) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | | Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir (MGL) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Julien Mewis (BEL) | TF / 1:16 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Władysław Stecyk (POL) | 11 - 8 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) | 3 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Eloy Abreu (CUB) | 16 - 12 | Li Bong-Sun (PRK) | 3 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 18 - 10 | James Haines (USA) | 3.5 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Henrik Gál (HUN) | TF / 5:04 | Habib Fattahi (IRI) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | TF / 2:16 | Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 4 | Władysław Stecyk (POL) | TF / 5:39 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 1 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) | 9 - 9 | Eloy Abreu (CUB) | 3 | 9 |
| 1.5 | 1 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 22 - 19 | Li Bong-Sun (PRK) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Henrik Gál (HUN) | 8 - 15 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | 1 | 1 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Władysław Stecyk (POL) | 5 - 26 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | TF / 1:54 | Henrik Gál (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
| 8.5 | 3 | Nermedin Selimov (BUL) | 3 - 10 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | 1 | 2 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 0.5 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | 20 - 11 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | 3.5 | |
| | 4 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | TF / 1:46 | Yuji Takada (JPN) | 0 | 0.5 |
| 3.5 | 0 | Alexander Ivanov (URS) | TF / 2:53 | Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) | 4 | 8 |

## Final standings

* Yuji Takada (JPN)
* Alexander Ivanov (URS)
* Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)
* Henrik Gál (HUN)
* Nermedin Selimov (BUL)
* Władysław Stecyk (POL)
* Li Bong-Sun (PRK)
* Eloy Abreu (CUB)