Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Freestyle
[edit] Greco-Roman
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
12 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Finland (FIN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Romania (ROU) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 |  Hungary (HUN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of 331 wrestlers from 41 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
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[edit] See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
[edit] References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
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