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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	17 from 17 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.0; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-4.0; loss by fall-4.0). Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

The defending gold medalist was Bulgarian Petar Kirov who had won the 1974 World Championships, and the European titles in 1974 and 1976, but he was injured in his second round match and had to withdraw. This left the division wide open. The final match saw Japan’s Koichiro Hirayama defeat Soviet Vitaly Konstantinov, but Konstantinov won the gold medal and Hirayama the bronze. To understand why, one must look at the head-to-head matches between the three finalists, which also included Romanian Nicu Gingă. In round five Hirayama lost to Gingă and was disqualified for passivity, while Konstantinov had defeated Gingă in round two by decision. Thus Konstantinov had 4 bad points in the final round, while Gingă and Hirayama both had 5 bad points. Gingă won the silver medal based on his victory over Hirayama.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	–	–	Silver
3	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	–	–
5	131	Lajos Rácz	HUN	–	–
6	154	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	–	–
7	164	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	–	–
8	192	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	–	–
AC	357	Bruce Thompson	USA	eliminated r3/6	6.5
AC	10	Julien Mewis	BEL	eliminated r3/6	9.0
AC	246	Czesław Stanjek	POL	withdrew r3/6	3.0
AC	116	Babis Cholidis	GRE	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	216	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	313	Bilal Tabur	TUR	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	253	Leonel Duarte	POR	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	205	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	withdrew r2/6	0.0
AC	21	Petar Kirov	BUL	withdrew r2/6	4.0
DNS	65	Abdul Hay El-Qist	EGY	–	–
DNS	76	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA	–	–
DNS	297	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1976 — 11:49

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	154	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	0.0	–
=1	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	0.0	–
=1	192	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	0.0	–
=1	205	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	0.0	withdrew
=1	246	Czesław Stanjek	POL	0.0	–
=1	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	0.0	–
7	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	0.5	–
=8	131	Lajos Rácz	HUN	1.0	–
=8	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	1.0	–
=10	116	Babis Cholidis	GRE	3.0	–
=10	164	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	3.0	–
12	357	Bruce Thompson	USA	3.5	–
=13	10	Julien Mewis	BEL	4.0	–
=13	21	Petar Kirov	BUL	4.0	withdrew
=13	216	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	4.0	–
=13	253	Leonel Duarte	POR	4.0	–
=13	313	Bilal Tabur	TUR	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Decision (13-9)	Babis Cholidis	GRE
Match #2	20 Jul	Rolf Krauß	FRG	Decision (15-7)	Bruce Thompson	USA
Match #3	20 Jul	Mohamed Karmous	MAR	Dq (7:47)	Leonel Duarte	POR
Match #4	20 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Injury (5:11)	Petar Kirov	BUL
Match #5	20 Jul	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Decision (10-8)	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA
Match #6	20 Jul	Czesław Stanjek	POL	Dq (6:52)	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL
Match #7	20 Jul	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	Dq (8:40)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #8	20 Jul	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	Dq (7:31)	Bilal Tabur	TUR
Match #9	20 Jul	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI

Round Two

Date	21 July 1976 — 11:59

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	0.0	–
2	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	0.5	–
3	192	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	1.0	–
=4	131	Lajos Rácz	HUN	2.0	–
=4	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	2.0	–
=6	154	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	3.0	–
=6	246	Czesław Stanjek	POL	3.0	–
=6	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	3.0	–
9	357	Bruce Thompson	USA	3.5	–
10	164	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	4.0	–
11	10	Julien Mewis	BEL	5.0	–
=12	116	Babis Cholidis	GRE	7.0	eliminated
=12	216	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	7.0	eliminated
=12	313	Bilal Tabur	TUR	7.0	eliminated
15	253	Leonel Duarte	POR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Decision (9-6)	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI
Match #2	21 Jul	Bruce Thompson	USA	Fall (7:23)	Babis Cholidis	GRE
Match #3	21 Jul	Rolf Krauß	FRG	Fall (2:41)	Leonel Duarte	POR
Match #4	21 Jul	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Decision (17-11)	Nicu Gingă	ROU
Match #5	21 Jul	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	Decision (11-6)	Czesław Stanjek	POL
Match #6	21 Jul	Julien Mewis	BEL	Decision (16-12)	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL
Match #7	21 Jul	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (9-6)	Bilal Tabur	TUR
Match #8	21 Jul	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN

Round Three

Date	22 July 1976 — 12:32

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	2.0	–
=2	131	Lajos Rácz	HUN	3.0	–
=2	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	3.0	–
=2	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	3.0	–
=5	154	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	4.0	–
=5	164	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	4.0	–
7	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	4.5	–
8	192	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	5.0	–
9	357	Bruce Thompson	USA	6.5	eliminated
10	10	Julien Mewis	BEL	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	Decision (15-12)	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN
Match #2	22 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Decision (8-6)	Bruce Thompson	USA
Match #3	22 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Dq (7:06)	Rolf Krauß	FRG
Match #4	22 Jul	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Decision (22-4)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #5	22 Jul	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	Dq (7:25)	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR

Round Four

Date	23 July 1976 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	2.0	–
2	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	3.5	–
3	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	4.0	–
4	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	5.5	–
5	131	Lajos Rácz	HUN	6.0	eliminated
6	154	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI	7.0	eliminated
7	164	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	7.5	eliminated
8	192	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	Decision (5-2)	Lajos Rácz	HUN
Match #2	23 Jul	Rolf Krauß	FRG	Decision (16-10)	Morad Ali Shiran	IRI
Match #3	23 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Decision (11-1)	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA
Match #4	23 Jul	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Fall (7:32)	Baek Seung-Hyeon	KOR

Round Five

Date	24 July 1976 — 11:28

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	327	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	3.0	–
2	278	Nicu Gingă	ROU	3.5	–
3	174	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	8.0	eliminated
4	103	Rolf Krauß	FRG	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Dq (5:45)	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN
Match #2	24 Jul	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS	Decision (16-11)	Rolf Krauß	FRG

Final Round

Date	24 July 1976 — 19:48

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul 19:48	Koichiro Hirayama	JPN	Decision (6-3)	Vitaly Konstantinov	URS