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

## 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

* Vitali Konstantinov (URS)
* Nicu Gingă (ROU)
* Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
* Rolf Krauß (FRG)
* Lajos Rácz (HUN)
* Morad Ali Shirani (IRI)
* Antonino Caltabiano (ITA)
* Baek Seung-Hyun (KOR)