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

The men's Greco-Roman 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 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.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya
Dates	26–28 July
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Jon Rønningen  Norway Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan  Unified Team Min Kyung-gab  South Korea

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score		CP
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	11–2 Ret	Majid Jahandideh (IRI)	4–0 PA
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	2–1	Serge Robert (FRA)	3–1 PP
Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	5–3	Raúl Martínez (CUB)	3–1 PP
Olaf Brandt (GER)	0–13	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	0–3.5 SO
Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
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 (ROM)	1–3 PP
Raúl Martínez (CUB)	15–0	Olaf Brandt (GER)	4–0 ST
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	4–1	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	3–1 PP
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	12–1	Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	3–1 PP
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	4–2	Raúl Martínez (CUB)	3–1 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	3–0	Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	3–0 PO
Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	0–7	Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	0–3 PO

Round 5

	Score		CP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	5–0	Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	3–0 PO
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	10–2	Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	3–1 PP

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	4	4	0	X[lower-alpha 1]	12.5	25
2	Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	5	4	1	X[lower-alpha 1]	13	41
3	Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	5	3	2	5	10	15
4	Ismo Kamesaki (FIN)	5	3	2	5	10	14
5	Raúl Martínez (CUB)	3	1	2	3	6	20
—	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	2	0	2	3	2	6
—	Serge Robert (FRA)	2	0	2	2	2	2
—	Majid Jahandideh (IRI)	2	0	2	2	0	2
—	Olaf Brandt (GER)	2	0	2	2	0	0

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. EUN 3–0 KOR

Round 1

	Score		CP
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

	Score		CP
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

	Score		CP
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	3–5	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	1–3 PP
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	1–3	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1–3 PP

•  Ramón Meña (PAN) was disqualified for failing to make weight before the third round.

Round 4

	Score		CP
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	2–5	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1–3 PP
Senad Rizvanović (IOP)	0–11	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0–3 PO

Summary

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

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. NOR 3–0 USA

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 (ROM)	1–6	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Bronze medal match
Min Kyung-gab (KOR)	WO	Shawn Sheldon (USA)
Gold medal match
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (EUN)	1–2	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	1–3 PP

Final standing

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

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report