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

## Results

### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Elimination A

**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 | 12.5 | 25 |
| 2 | Min Kyung-gab (KOR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 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 |

* 1 2 EUN 3–0 KOR

### Elimination B

**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 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Shawn Sheldon (USA) | 4 | 3 | 1 | X | 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 |

* 1 2 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) |
