Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
| Wrestling at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Centre Pierre Charbonneau |
| Dates | 20 – 31 July |
| Competitors | 331 from 41 nations |
| Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | |
| 48 kg | 48 kg | |
| 52 kg | 52 kg | |
| 57 kg | 57 kg | |
| 62 kg | 62 kg | |
| 68 kg | 68 kg | |
| 74 kg | 74 kg | |
| 82 kg | 82 kg | |
| 90 kg | 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | 100 kg | |
| +100 kg | +100 kg | |
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.
Medal summary
Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |
 Hasan Isaev (BUL)
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 Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
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 Akira Kudo (JPN)
|
| 52 kg |
Yuji Takada (JPN)
|
Alexander Ivanov (URS)
|
 Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR)
|
| 57 kg |
Vladimir Yumin (URS)
|
 Hans-Dieter Brüchert (GDR)
|
Masao Arai (JPN)
|
| 62 kg |
Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
|
 Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
|
 Gene Davis (USA)
|
| 68 kg |
Pavel Pinigin (URS)
|
Lloyd Keaser (USA)
|
Yasaburo Sugawara (JPN)
|
| 74 kg |
Jiichiro Date (JPN)
|
 Mansour Barzegar (IRI)
|
Stanley Dziedzic (USA)
|
| 82 kg |
John Peterson (USA)
|
Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
|
 Adolf Seger (FRG)
|
| 90 kg |
Levan Tediashvili (URS)
|
Ben Peterson (USA)
|
 Stelică Morcov (ROU)
|
| 100 kg |
Ivan Yarygin (URS)
|
Russell Hellickson (USA)
|
Dimo Kostov (BUL)
|
| +100 kg |
Soslan Andiyev (URS)
|
 József Balla (HUN)
|
Ladislau Şimon (ROU)
|
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |
Alexei Shumakov (URS)
|
Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
|
Stefan Angelov (BUL)
|
| 52 kg |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS)
|
Nicu Gingă (ROU)
|
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN)
|
| 57 kg |
 Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
|
 Ivan Frgić (YUG)
|
Farhat Mustafin (URS)
|
| 62 kg |
 Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
|
Nelson Davidyan (URS)
|
László Réczi (HUN)
|
| 68 kg |
Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
|
Ştefan Rusu (ROU)
|
Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
|
| 74 kg |
Anatoly Bykov (URS)
|
 Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
|
Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)
|
| 82 kg |
Momir Petković (YUG)
|
Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS)
|
Ivan Kolev (BUL)
|
| 90 kg |
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
|
Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
|
Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
|
| 100 kg |
Nikolai Balboshin (URS)
|
Kamen Goranov (BUL)
|
Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)
|
| +100 kg |
Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)
|
Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
|
Roman Codreanu (ROU)
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 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 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Participating nations
A total of 331 wrestlers from 41 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
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See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
