Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 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 Freestyle 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 August 3 to August 5.

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Medalists

Gold	Ri Hak-son  North Korea
Silver	Zeke Jones  United States
Bronze	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria

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
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	Majid Torkan (IRI)	0–4 TO
Anil Kumar (IND)	1–17	Ahmet Orel (TUR)	0–4 ST
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)		Bye
Round 2
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	0–4	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	0–3 PO
Joe Oziti (NGR)	2–3	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
Ahmet Orel (TUR)	14–9	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	3–1 PP
Ri Hak-son (PRK)	11–0	Shane Stannett (NZL)	4–0 TO
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	3–2	Majid Torkan (IRI)	3–1 PP
Round 4
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
Ahmet Orel (TUR)	8–17	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	1–3 PP
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)		Bye
Round 6
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4–6	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	1–3 PP

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

Pool B

	Score		CP
Round 1
Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)	6–1	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 PP
Chokri Boudchiche (TUN)	0–15	Zeke Jones (USA)	0–4 ST
Alfredo Levya (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
Laureano Atanes (ESP)	0–15	Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)	0–4 ST
Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	10–0	Chokri Boudchiche (TUN)	3–0 PO
Zeke Jones (USA)	16–1	Alfredo Levya (CUB)	4–0 ST
Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	3–7	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	0–4 TO
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)		Bye
Round 3
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	11–0	Laureano Atanes (ESP)	4–0 TO
Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)	0–1	Zeke Jones (USA)	0–3 PO
Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1	Alfredo Levya (CUB)	4–0 TO
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)		Bye
Round 4
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	3–1	Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)	4–0 TO
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	7–5	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 PP
Zeke Jones (USA)		Bye
Round 5
Zeke Jones (USA)	9–5	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	3–1 PP
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)		Bye
Round 6
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	4–5	Zeke Jones (USA)	1–3 PP

Athlete	L	R	CP	TP	TB
Zeke Jones (USA)	0	—	17	46	6
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	1	—	11	27	4
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	2	—	10	18	2
Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	2	4	9	19
Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)	2	4	7	22
Alfredo Levya (CUB)	2	3	3	6
Laureano Atanes (ESP)	2	3	0	0
Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	2	2	1	4
Chokri Boudchiche (TUN)	2	2	0	0

Finals

	Score		CP
9th place match
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)		Constantin Corduneanu (ROU)
7th place match
Majid Torkan (IRI)	2–1	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 PP
5th place match
Ahmet Orel (TUR)		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 (ROU)
10	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)

References

• Official Report