Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Yang Jung-Mo  South Korea
Silver	Zevegiin Oidov  Mongolia
Bronze	Gene Davis  United States

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• IN — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Passivity
• D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
• FF — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• TPP — Total penalty points
• MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Marco Terán (ECU)	TF / 5:47	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	0	0
1	1	Gene Davis (USA)	15 - 8	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	3	3
3	3	Mihály Fodor (HUN)	4 - 6	Eduard Giray (FRG)	1	1
4	4	Kenneth Dawes (GBR)	TF / 1:41	Sergei Timofeyev (URS)	0	0
4	4	Benjamin Varela (PUR)	TF / 1:30	Helmut Strumpf (GDR)	0	0
0.5	0.5	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	18 - 7	Egon Beiler (CAN)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)	8 - 6	Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)	3	3
1	1	Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)	8 - 4	Petre Coman (ROU)	3	3
0		Ivan Yankov (BUL)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Ivan Yankov (BUL)	DQ / 7:35	Marco Terán (ECU)	4	8
4	4	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	TF / 8:38	Gene Davis (USA)	0	1
3	0	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	DQ / 7:12	Mihály Fodor (HUN)	4	7
1	0	Eduard Giray (FRG)	DQ / 8:24	Kenneth Dawes (GBR)	4	8
0	0	Sergei Timofeyev (URS)	TF / 1:22	Benjamin Varela (PUR)	4	8
4	4	Helmut Strumpf (GDR)	TF / 0:33	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	0	0.5
4.5	1	Egon Beiler (CAN)	10 - 7	Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)	3	4
4	1	Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)	4 - 4	Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)	3	4
3		Petre Coman (ROU)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4	Petre Coman (ROU)	2 - 14	Ivan Yankov (BUL)	0	0
8	4	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	TF / 8:23	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	0	3
1	0	Gene Davis (USA)	TF / 7:53	Eduard Giray (FRG)	4	5
3	3	Sergei Timofeyev (URS)	13 - 17	Helmut Strumpf (GDR)	1	5
1	0.5	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	17 - 6	Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)	3.5	7.5
7.5	3	Egon Beiler (CAN)	5 - 9	Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)	1	5
4		Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)	D2 / 5:55	Ivan Yankov (BUL)	4	4
1	0	Gene Davis (USA)	29 - 13	Sergei Timofeyev (URS)	4	7
3	0	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	DQ / 5:36	Helmut Strumpf (GDR)	4	9
9	4	Eduard Giray (FRG)	TF / 3:21	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	0	1
5		Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	1	Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)	18 - 12	Gene Davis (USA)	3	4
8	4	Ivan Yankov (BUL)	TF / 8:46	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	0	3
1		Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	0	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	TF / 5:54	Gene Davis (USA)	4	8
10	4	Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)	DQ / 7:44	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	0	3

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Gene Davis (USA)	15 - 8	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	3
	0	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	TF / 5:54	Gene Davis (USA)	4	5
4	1	Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)	10 - 8	Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)	3	3

Final standings

1.  Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
2.  Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
3.  Gene Davis (USA)
4.  Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)
5.  Ivan Yankov (BUL)
6.  Sergei Timofeyev (URS)
7.  Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)
8.  Helmut Strumpf (GDR)

References

• Official Report