# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vakhtang Blagidze Soviet Union |
| Silver | Lajos Rácz Hungary |
| Bronze | Mladen Mladenov Bulgaria |

## 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 |
| 4 | 4 | Taisto Halonen (FIN) | TF / 5:21 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | TF / 8:28 | Haralambos Holidis (GRE) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR) | DQ / 6:49 | Antonín Jelínek (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Stanisław Wróblewski (POL) | 6 - 7 | Nicu Gingă (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Hazim Abdulridha (IRQ) | DQ / 5:29 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 3 | Taisto Halonen (FIN) | 3 - 4 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | TF / 2:43 | Haralambos Holidis (GRE) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR) | 6 - 19 | Stanisław Wróblewski (POL) | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Antonín Jelínek (TCH) | DQ / 7:30 | Hazim Abdulridha (IRQ) | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Nicu Gingă (ROU) | D2 / 7:44 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | 7 - 2 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Antonín Jelínek (TCH) | DQ / 7:57 | Nicu Gingă (ROU) | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Stanisław Wróblewski (POL) | DQ / 7:30 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | 0 | 4 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 0 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | TF / 3:57 | Antonín Jelínek (TCH) | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | 5 - 2 | Nicu Gingă (ROU) | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 1 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | 7 - 2 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | 3 | |
| | 4 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | 1 - 19 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Mladen Mladenov (BUL) | 0 - 5 | Lajos Rácz (HUN) | 1 | 5 |

## Final standings

* Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)
* Lajos Rácz (HUN)
* Mladen Mladenov (BUL)
* Nicu Gingă (ROU)
* Antonín Jelínek (TCH)
* Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)
* Taisto Halonen (FIN)
* Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR)