Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

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
0	0	Nanzadyn Büregdaa (MGL)	26 - 5	Ahmad Dahrouj (SYR)	4	4
0.5	0.5	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	14 - 3	Hartmut Reich (GDR)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Mohamed Hachaichi (ALG)	15 - 8	Nguyễn Kim Thiềng (VIE)	3	3
0	0	Koce Efremov (YUG)	TF / 2:51	Mohammad Aynutdin (AFG)	4	4
4	4	Mark Dunbar (GBR)	TF / 1:40	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	0	0
3	3	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)	7 - 12	Kumar Ashok (IND)	1	1
0	0	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	DQ / 8:08	Petru Ciarnău (ROU)	4	4
4	4	Luis Ocaña (CUB)	TF / 7:09	Lajos Szabó (HUN)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Nanzadyn Buregdaa (MGL)	4 - 8	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	1	1.5
8	4	Ahmad Dahrouj (SYR)	TF / 3:31	Hartmut Reich (GDR)	0	3.5
5	4	Mohamed Hachaichi (ALG)	TF / 4:30	Koce Efremov (YUG)	0	0
7	4	Nguyen Kim Thieng (VIE)	TF / 8:38	Mohammad Aynutdin (AFG)	0	4
8	4	Mark Dunbar (GBR)	2 - 37	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)	0	3
0	0	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	TF / 2:25	Kumar Ashok (IND)	4	5
0	0	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	20 - 3	Luis Ocaña (CUB)	4	8
8	4	Petru Ciarnău (ROU)	TF / 0:27	Lajos Szabó (HUN)	0	0

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	1	Nanzadyn Buregdaa (MGL)	12 - 5	Hartmut Reich (GDR)	3	6.5
1.5	0	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	TF / 1:22	Mohamed Hachaichi (ALG)	4	9
4	4	Koce Efremov (YUG)	TF / 4:37	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	0	0
8	4	Mohammad Aynutdin (AFG)	TF / 6:28	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)	0	3
9	4	Kumar Ashok (IND)	3 - 17	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	0	0
0		Lajos Szabó (HUN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Lajos Szabó (HUN)	12 - 9	Nanzadyn Buregdaa (MGL)	3	7
1.5	0	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	TF / 0:42	Koce Efremov (YUG)	4	8
0.5	0.5	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	16 - 6	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)	3.5	6.5
0		Władysław Stecyk (POL)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	DQ / 8:13	Lajos Szabó (HUN)	4	5
1.5	0	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	TF / 1:53	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	4	4.5

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	TF / 0:57	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	0	1.5
9	4	Lajos Szabó (HUN)	3 - 19	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	0	4.5

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	0	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	TF / 1:53	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	4
	4	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	TF / 0:57	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)	0	0
5	1	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	6 - 5	Nermedin Selimov (BUL)	3	7

1.  Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)
2.  Władysław Stecyk (POL)
3.  Nermedin Selimov (BUL)
4.  Lajos Szabó (HUN)
5.  Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK)
6.  Nanzadyn Buregdaa (MGL)
7.  Koce Efremov (YUG)
8.  Hartmut Reich (GDR)

• Official Report