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

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	+100 kg			+100 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 (URS)
Silver	Lajos Rácz Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Mladen Mladenov Bulgaria (BUL)

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

1.  Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)
2.  Lajos Rácz (HUN)
3.  Mladen Mladenov (BUL)
4.  Nicu Gingă (ROU)
5.  Antonín Jelínek (TCH)
6.  Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)
7.  Taisto Halonen (FIN)
8.  Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR)

References

• Official Report