Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Hasan Isaev  Bulgaria
Silver	Roman Dmitriyev  Soviet Union
Bronze	Akira Kudo  Japan

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	John de Jesus (PUR)	TF / 2:13	Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)	0	0
4	4	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	TF / 7:52	Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)	0	0
4	4	William Rosado (USA)	TF / 5:35	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	0	0
3	3	Mihály Gyulai (HUN)	4 - 10	Ray Takahashi (CAN)	1	1
4	4	Miguel Alonso (CUB)	8 - 25	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	0	0
0	0	Sobhan Rouhi (IRI)	TF / 6:15	Jorge Frías (MEX)	4	4
3	3	Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)	10 - 11	Li Yong-Nam (PRK)	1	1
4	4	Claudio Pollio (ITA)	TF / 7:14	Akira Kudo (JPN)	0	0
4	4	Jürgen Möbius (GDR)	TF / 4:55	Willi Heckmann (FRG)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	John de Jesus (PUR)	TF / 1:56	Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)	0	0
1	1	Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)	13 - 11	William Rosado (USA)	3	7
0	0	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	TF / 8:00	Mihály Gyulai (HUN)	4	7
4.5	3.5	Ray Takahashi (CAN)	2 - 13	Miguel Alonso (CUB)	0.5	4.5
0	0	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	TF / 5:35	Sobhan Rouhi (IRI)	4	4
8	4	Jorge Frías (MEX)	TF / 2:31	Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)	0	3
1	0	Li Yong-Nam (PRK)	35 - 7	Claudio Pollio (ITA)	4	8
0	0	Akira Kudo (JPN)	DQ / 6:50	Jürgen Möbius (GDR)	4	8
0		Willi Heckmann (FRG)		Bye
4		Constantin Alexandru (ROU)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Willi Heckmann (FRG)	TF / 7:24	Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)	0	1
4	4	Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)	DQ / 7:00	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	0	0
8.5	4	Ray Takahashi (CAN)	3 - 18	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	0	0
8.5	4	Miguel Alonso (CUB)	11 - 38	Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)	0	0
5	1	Sobhan Rouhi (IRI)	14 - 13	Li Yong-Nam (PRK)	3	4
0		Akira Kudo (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Akira Kudo (JPN)	25 - 2	Willi Heckmann (FRG)	4	8
2	1	Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)	11 - 11	Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)	3	7
1	1	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	9 - 7	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	3	3
9	4	Sobhan Rouhi (IRI)	TF / 2:37	Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)	0	3
4		Li Yong-Nam (PRK)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Li Yong-Nam (PRK)	2 - 16	Akira Kudo (JPN)	0	0
6	4	Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)	TF / 4:16	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	0	1
4	1	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	16 - 13	Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)	3	6

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	9 - 7	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	3
	4	Akira Kudo (JPN)	D2 / 8:00	Roman Dmitriyev (URS)	4	5
3	0	Hasan Isaev (BUL)	DQ / 7:06	Akira Kudo (JPN)	4	8

Final standings

1.  Hasan Isaev (BUL)
2.  Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
3.  Akira Kudo (JPN)
4.  Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)
5.  Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)
6.  Li Yong-Nam (PRK)
7.  Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)
8.  Willi Heckmann (FRG)

References

• Official Report