Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

Wrestling at the 1992 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
	130 kg			130 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from July 26 to July 28.

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system. The bronze medal match was scratched and Min Kyung-gab was awarded the bronze medal because Sheldon weighed in over the weight limit.

Medalists

Gold	Jon Rønningen Norway (NOR)
Silver	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan Unified Team (EUN)
Bronze	Min Kyung-gab South Korea (KOR)

Results

Legend

• D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity (0–0 score)
• DO — The winner has not scored technical points
• E2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for rules violation
• EF — Win by withdrawal (the loser does not classify)
• EV — Disqualification from the entire competition, for violation of the rules
• PA — Win by injury default or withdrawal
• PO — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• PP — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has technical points
• SO — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• SP — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has technical points
• ST — Win by technical superiority (15 points margin)
• TO — Win by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Eliminatory

Pool A

	Score		CP
Round 1
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	11–2	Majid Jahandideh (IRI)	4–0 PA
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	2–1	Serge Robert (FRA)	3–1 PP
Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	5–3	Raúl Martínez (CUB)	3–1 PP
Olaf Brandt (GER)	0–13	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	0–3.5 SO
Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)		Bye
Round 2
Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	5–8	Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	1–3 PP
Majid Jahandideh (IRI)	0–6	Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	0–3 PO
Serge Robert (FRA)	1–2	Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	1–3 PP
Raúl Martínez (CUB)	15–0	Olaf Brandt (GER)	4–0 ST
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)		Bye
Round 3
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	4–1	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	3–1 PP
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	12–1	Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	3–1 PP
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	4–2	Raúl Martínez (CUB)	3–1 PP
Round 4
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	3–0	Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	3–0 PO
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	0–7	Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	0–3 PO
Round 5
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	5–0	Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	3–0 PO
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	10–2	Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	3–1 PP

Athlete	L	R	CP	TP	TB
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	0	—	12.5	25	3
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	1	—	13	41	0
Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	2	5	10	15	3
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	2	5	10	14	0
Raúl Martínez (CUB)	2	3	6	20
Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	2	3	2	6
Serge Robert (FRA)	2	2	2	2
Majid Jahandideh (IRI)	2	2	0	2
Olaf Brandt (GER)	2	2	0	0

Pool B

	Score		CP
Round 1
Ulises Valentin (DOM)	0–16	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	0–4 ST
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	10–0	Remzi Öztürk (TUR)	3–0 PO
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	17–0	Ramón Meña (PAN)	4–0 ST
Shawn Sheldon (USA)	7–0	Saïd Tango (MAR)	3–0 PO
Round 2
Ulises Valentin (DOM)	3–21	Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	0–4 ST
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	2–0	Remzi Öztürk (TUR)	3–0 PO
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	5–0	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	3–0 PO
Ramón Meña (PAN)	5–2	Saïd Tango (MAR)	3–1 PP
Round 3
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	3–5	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	1–3 PP
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	1–3	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1–3 PP
Round 4
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	2–5	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1–3 PP
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	0–11	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0–3 PO

Athlete	L	R	CP	TP	TB
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0	—	13	38	3
Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1	—	9	15	0
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	2	4	9	23
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	2	4	8	32
Saïd Tango (MAR)	2	2	1	2
Ramón Meña (PAN)	1	2	3	5
Ulises Valentin (DOM)	2	2	0	3
Remzi Öztürk (TUR)	2	2	0	0

Finals

	Score		CP
9th place match
Raúl Martínez (CUB)	15–0	Saïd Tango (MAR)	4–0 ST
7th place match
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	2–1	Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	3–1 PP
5th place match
Valentin Rebegea (ROU)	1–6	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Bronze medal match
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)		Shawn Sheldon (USA)
Gold medal match
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)	1–2	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	1–3 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Jon Rønningen (NOR)
	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (EUN)
	Min Kyung-gab (KOR)
4	Shawn Sheldon (USA)
5	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)
6	Valentin Rebegea (ROU)
7	Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)
8	Senad Rizvanović (IOP)
9	Raúl Martínez (CUB)
10	Saïd Tango (MAR)

References

• Official Report