Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

Men's freestyle 52 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates1–2 August 1996
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria
Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan
Maulen Mamyrov  Kazakhstan

The men's freestyle 52 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from August 1 to August 2. The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. The losers advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist.