Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

The men's freestyle 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 August 3 to August 5. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.^[1]

Men's freestyle 52 kg at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya
Dates	3–5 August 1992
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Ri Hak-son  North Korea Zeke Jones  United States Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria
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Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination A

Round 1

	Score		CP
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 Fall	Majid Torkan (IRI)	0–4 TO
Anil Kumar (IND)	1–17	Ahmet Orel (TUR)	0–4 ST
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	0–4	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	0–3 PO
Joe Oziti (NGR)	2–3 Fall	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

	Score		CP
Ahmet Orel (TUR)	14–9	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	3–1 PP
Ri Hak-son (PRK)	11–0 Fall	Shane Stannett (NZL)	4–0 TO
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	3–2	Majid Torkan (IRI)	3–1 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
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

	Score		CP
Ahmet Orel (TUR)	8–17	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	1–3 PP
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4–6	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	1–3 PP
Ahmet Orel (TUR)		Bye

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Ri Hak-son (PRK)	6	6	0	X[a]	20	57
2	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	5	4	1	X[a]	14	18
3	Ahmet Orel (TUR)	4	2	2	X[a]	9	43
4	Majid Torkan (IRI)	4	2	2	4	9	30
—	Shane Stannett (NZL)	3	1	2	3	3	1
5	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	2	0	2	3	1	9
—	Vladimir Toguzov (EUN)	2	0	2	2	1	1
—	Anil Kumar (IND)	2	0	2	2	0	2
—	Joe Oziti (NGR)	2	0	2	2	0	2

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Classification points: PRK 6, BUL 4, TUR 2

Elimination B

Round 1

	Score		CP
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	6–1	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 PP
Chokri Boudchiche (TUN)	0–15	Zeke Jones (USA)	0–4 ST
Alfredo Leyva (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

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

Round 3

	Score		CP
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	11–0 Fall	Laureano Atanes (ESP)	4–0 TO
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	0–1	Zeke Jones (USA)	0–3 PO
Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 Fall	Alfredo Leyva (CUB)	4–0 TO
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	3–1 Fall	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	4–0 TO
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	7–5	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	3–1 PP
Zeke Jones (USA)		Bye

Round 5

	Score		CP
Zeke Jones (USA)	9–5	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	3–1 PP
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	4–5	Zeke Jones (USA)	1–3 PP
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)		Bye

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Zeke Jones (USA)	5	5	0	X[a]	17	46
2	Kim Sun-hak (KOR)	4	3	1	X[a]	11	27
3	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	4	2	2	X[a]	10	18
4	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	4	2	2	4	9	19
5	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	4	2	2	4	7	22
—	Alfredo Leyva (CUB)	3	1	2	3	3	6
—	Laureano Atanes (ESP)	2	0	2	3	0	0
—	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	2	0	2	2	1	4
—	Chokri Boudchiche (TUN)	2	0	2	2	0	0

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Classification points: USA 6, KOR 4, JPN 2

Finals

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