Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
| 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 | |
The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
Medalists
| Gold | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union
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| Silver | Stoyan Ivanov Bulgaria
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| Bronze | Czesław Kwieciński Poland
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |  Sadao Sato (JPN) |
TF / 2:00 |  Fred Theobald (FRG) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Michel Grangier (FRA) |
DQ / 7:54 |  Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |  Petre Dicu (ROU) |
2 - 7 |  István Séllyei (HUN) |
1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 |  Darko Nišavić (YUG) |
3 - 10 |  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 |  James Johnson (USA) |
TF / 1:20 |  Ambroise Sarr (SEN) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Frank Andersson (SWE) |
25 - 9 |  Hashem Kolahi (IRI) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 |  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
Bye |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
TF / 2:00 | Sadao Sato (JPN) |
4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Fred Theobald (FRG) |
11 - 4 | Michel Grangier (FRA) |
3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
TF / 2:51 | Petre Dicu (ROU) |
4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | István Séllyei (HUN) |
2 - 4 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) |
1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
TF / 8:02 | James Johnson (USA) |
4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) |
TF / 1:32 | Frank Andersson (SWE) |
0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) |
Bye |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) |
TF / 0:12 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Sadao Sato (JPN) |
TF / 3:55 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Fred Theobald (FRG) |
DQ / 5:06 | István Séllyei (HUN) |
0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) |
DQ / 7:28 | James Johnson (USA) |
4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
10 - 4 | Frank Andersson (SWE) |
3 | 3 |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
3 - 9 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | István Séllyei (HUN) |
DQ / 4:55 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) |
3 - 2 | Frank Andersson (SWE) |
3 | 6 |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
DQ / 8:00 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) |
4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
6 - 6 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
3 | 5 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
3 - 9 | Valeri Rezantsev (URS) |
1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
6 - 6 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
D1 / 6:46 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
4 | 7 |
Final standings
Valery Rezantsev (URS)
Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
Darko Nišavić (YUG)
Frank Andersson (SWE)
István Séllyei (HUN)
Sadao Sato (JPN) and 
James Johnson (USA)