Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.^[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates	19–21 September 1988
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Jon Rønningen  Norway Atsuji Miyahara  Japan Lee Jae-suk  South Korea
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Tournament results

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

Legend

• TF – Won by Fall
• SP – Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser with points
• SO – Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser without points
• ST – Won by Technical Superiority, 15 points difference
• PP – Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO – Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• P0 – Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 – Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-11 points
• PS – Won by Passivity, while leading by 12-14 points
• PA – Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ – Won by Forfeit
• DNA – Did not appear
• L – Losses
• ER – Round of Elimination
• CP – Classification Points
• TP – Technical Points

Eliminatory round

Group A

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Erol Kemah (TUR)	4-0 ST	18-0	Florentino Tirante (PHI)	1
0	Hristo Fliev (BUL)	4-0 ST	16-0	Jihad Sharif (JOR)	1
0	Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	4-0 TF	0:49	Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	1
1	Serge Robert (FRA)	0-3 PO	0-9	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	0
1	Abdolkarim Kakahaji (IRI)	1-3 PP	8-10	Esa Murtoaro (FIN)	0
0	Aleksandr Ignatenko (URS)			Bye
Round 2
0	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	4-0 TF	5:53	Erol Kemah (TUR)	1
2	Florentino Tirante (PHI)	0-4 DQ		Hristo Fliev (BUL)	0
2	Jihad Sharif (JOR)	0-4 DQ		Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	0
2	Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	0-4 ST	0-15	Serge Robert (FRA)	1
0	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	3-1 PP	6-1	Abdolkarim Kakahaji (IRI)	2
0	Esa Murtoaro (FIN)			Bye
Round 3
1	Esa Murtoaro (FIN)	0-3 PO	0-10	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	0
2	Erol Kemah (TUR)	0-4 ST	0-17	Hristo Fliev (BUL)	0
0	Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	3-0 P1	4:14	Serge Robert (FRA)	2
0	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)			Bye
Round 4
0	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	4-0 ST	16-0	Esa Murtoaro (FIN)	2
0	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	3.5-0 PS	5:12	Hristo Fliev (BUL)	1
0	Tibor Jankovics (TCH)			Bye
Round 5
1	Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	0-3 P1	4:23	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	0
0	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	3-1 PP	10-6	Hristo Fliev (BUL)	2
Round 6
2	Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	0-3 P1	3:53	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	0
0	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)			Bye
Round 7
1	Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	1-3 PP	3-4	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	0

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	0	-	19
Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	1	-	14.5
Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	2	6	11
Hristo Fliev (BUL)	2	5	13
Esa Murtoaro (FIN)	2	4	3
Erol Kemah (TUR)	2	3	4
Serge Robert (FRA)	2	3	4
Abdolkarim Kakahaji (IRI)	2	2	2
Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	2	2	0
Jihad Sharif (JOR)	2	2	0
Florentino Tirante (PHI)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
1	José Marques (POR)	0-4 PA	4:08	Peter Stjernberg (SWE)	0
0	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	4-0 ST	17-2	Abderrahman Naanaa (MAR)	1
1	Csaba Vadász (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-10	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	0
1	Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	0-4 ST	2-18	Hu Richa (CHN)	0
0	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	3-1 PP	4-1	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	1
Round 2
2	José Marques (POR)	0-4 PA		Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	0
0	Peter Stjernberg (SWE)	3-1 PP	5-3	Abderrahman Naanaa (MAR)	2
1	Csaba Vadász (HUN)	4-0 TF	1:20	Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	2
1	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	1-3 PP	5-6	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0
0	Hu Richa (CHN)	2-0 P0	4:08	Shawn Sheldon (USA)	2
Round 3
1	Peter Stjernberg (SWE)	1-3 PP	5-7	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	0
2	Csaba Vadász (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-6	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0
1	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	3-1 PP	3-1	Hu Richa (CHN)	1
Round 4
2	Peter Stjernberg (SWE)	1-3 PP	2-8	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	1
0	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	3-0 P1	5:35	Hu Richa (CHN)	2
0	Jon Rønningen (NOR)			Bye
Round 5
0	Jon Rønningen (NOR)	3-1 PP	5-1	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	1
1	Roman Kierpacz (POL)			Bye
Round 6
2	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	1-3 PP	3-4	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	1
0	Jon Rønningen (NOR)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0	-	12
Lee Jae-suk (KOR)	1	-	18
Roman Kierpacz (POL)	2	6	11
Peter Stjernberg (SWE)	2	4	9
Hu Richa (CHN)	2	4	7
Csaba Vadász (HUN)	2	3	4
Abderrahman Naanaa (MAR)	2	2	1
Shawn Sheldon (USA)	2	2	1
Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	2	2	0
José Marques (POR)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Hristo Fliev (BUL)	3-1 PP	9-3	Peter Stjernberg (SWE)
5th place match
Tibor Jankovics (TCH)	0-3 P1	3:29	Roman Kierpacz (POL)
Bronze medal match
Alexander Ignatenko (URS)	1-3 PP	3-4	Lee Jae-suk (KOR)
Gold medal match
Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)	1-3 PP	7-12	Jon Rønningen (NOR)

Final standings

1.  Jon Rønningen (NOR)
2.  Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)
3.  Lee Jae-suk (KOR)
4.  Alexander Ignatenko (URS)
5.  Roman Kierpacz (POL)
6.  Tibor Jankovics (TCH)
7.  Hristo Fliev (BUL)
8.  Peter Stjernberg (SWE)