# Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Petar Kirov Bulgaria |
| Silver | Koichiro Hirayama Japan |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy |

## 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 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| TPP | MPP | | | 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

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

* Petar Kirov (BUL)
* Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
* Giuseppe Bognanni (ITA)
* Miroslav Zeman (TCH), Jan Michalik (POL) and József Doncsecz (HUN)