# Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

The men's freestyle 52 kilograms at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from August 3 to August 5. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Elimination A
#### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 15–0 | Joe Oziti (NGR) | 4–0 ST |
| Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 2–1 | Vladimir Toguzov (EUN) | 3–1 PP |
| Shane Stannett (NZL) | 0–12 Fall | Majid Torkan (IRI) | 0–4 TO |
| Anil Kumar (IND) | 1–17 | Ahmet Orel (TUR) | 0–4 ST |
| Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) | | Bye | |

#### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 0–4 | Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 0–3 PO |
| Joe Oziti (NGR) | 2–3 Fall | Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 0–4 TO |
| Vladimir Toguzov (EUN) | 0–1 | Shane Stannett (NZL) | 0–3 PO |
| Majid Torkan (IRI) | 16–1 | Anil Kumar (IND) | 4–0 ST |
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | | Bye | |

#### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | 14–9 | Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 3–1 PP |
| Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 11–0 Fall | Shane Stannett (NZL) | 4–0 TO |
| Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 3–2 | Majid Torkan (IRI) | 3–1 PP |

#### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | 4–6 | Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 1–3 PP |
| Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 4–0 | Majid Torkan (IRI) | 3–0 PO |

#### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | 8–17 | Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 1–3 PP |
| Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | | Bye | |

#### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 4–6 | Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 1–3 PP |
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | | Bye | |

#### Summary

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | R | CP | TP |
| 1 | Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 6 | 6 | 0 | X | 20 | 57 |
| 2 | Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 14 | 18 |
| 3 | Ahmet Orel (TUR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Majid Torkan (IRI) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| — | Shane Stannett (NZL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| — | Vladimir Toguzov (EUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| — | Anil Kumar (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| — | Joe Oziti (NGR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
* 1 2 3 Classification points: PRK 6, BUL 4, TUR 2

### Elimination B
#### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | 6–1 | Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 3–1 PP |
| Chokri Boudchiche (TUN) | 0–15 | Zeke Jones (USA) | 0–4 ST |
| Alfredo Leyva (CUB) | 4–1 | Thierry Bourdin (FRA) | 3–1 PP |
| Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | 3–5 | Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 1–3 PP |
| Laureano Atanes (ESP) | | Bye | |

#### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| Laureano Atanes (ESP) | 0–15 | Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | 0–4 ST |
| Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 10–0 | Chokri Boudchiche (TUN) | 3–0 PO |
| Zeke Jones (USA) | 16–1 | Alfredo Leyva (CUB) | 4–0 ST |
| Thierry Bourdin (FRA) | 3–7 Fall | Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | 0–4 TO |
| Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | | Bye | |

#### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 11–0 Fall | Laureano Atanes (ESP) | 4–0 TO |
| Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | 0–1 | Zeke Jones (USA) | 0–3 PO |
| Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 3–1 Fall | Alfredo Leyva (CUB) | 4–0 TO |
| Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | | Bye | |

#### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | 3–1 Fall | Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | 4–0 TO |
| Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 7–5 | Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 3–1 PP |
| Zeke Jones (USA) | | Bye | |

#### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Zeke Jones (USA) | 9–5 | Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | | Bye | |

#### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 4–5 | Zeke Jones (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | | Bye | |

#### Summary

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | R | CP | TP |
| 1 | Zeke Jones (USA) | 5 | 5 | 0 | X | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | X | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| — | Alfredo Leyva (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| — | Laureano Atanes (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Thierry Bourdin (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| — | Chokri Boudchiche (TUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* 1 2 3 Classification points: USA 6, KOR 4, JPN 2

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| 9th place match ||||
| Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) | WO | Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Majid Torkan (IRI) | 2–1 | Chris Woodcroft (CAN) | 3–1 PP |
| 5th place match ||||
| Ahmet Orel (TUR) | WO | Mitsuru Sato (JPN) | |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Valentin Yordanov (BUL) | 9–3 | Kim Sun-hak (KOR) | 3–1 PP |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Ri Hak-son (PRK) | 8–1 | Zeke Jones (USA) | 3–1 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ri Hak-son (PRK) |
| | Zeke Jones (USA) |
| | Valentin Yordanov (BUL) |
| 4 | Kim Sun-hak (KOR) |
| 5 | Ahmet Orel (TUR) |
| 6 | Mitsuru Sato (JPN) |
| 7 | Majid Torkan (IRI) |
| 8 | Chris Woodcroft (CAN) |
| 9 | Constantin Corduneanu (ROM) |
| 10 | Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) |