Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
Games:1976 Summer
Venue:Maurice Richard Arena
Dates:20–24 July
Competitors:21
Nations:21
Gold:Suren Nalbandyan
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Ștefan Rusu
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronze:Heinz-Helmut Wehling
Bronzenoc:GDR
Prev:1972
Next:1980

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.[1]

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
Penalties

Round 1

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
0 0 TF / 5:00 4 4
3 3 4 - 6 1 1
0 0 DQ / 5:10 4 4
0 0 TF / 5:32 4 4
4 4 TF / 1:55 0 0
0 0 TF / 5:26 4 4
0 0 DQ / 7:23 4 4
4 4 1 - 13 0 0
0 0 TF / 2:04 4 4
0 0 TF / 6:25 4 4
0 Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1 1 10 - 4 3 3
4 1 7 - 6 3 3
1 0 TF / 2:22 4 bgcolor=pink8
0 0 TF / 0:44 4 bgcolor=pink8
4 0 22 - 8 4 4
4 4 DQ / 6:56 0 0
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 1:30 0 4
4 0 TF / 5:04 4 4
0 0 TF / 2:49 4 4
bgcolor=pink8 4 2 - 18 0 4
bgcolor=pink4 DNA

Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
5 4 TF / 7:14 0 4
bgcolor=pink7 4 DQ / 4:01 0 1
3 0 DQ / 7:08 4 4
4.5 0.5 13 - 2 3.5 bgcolor=pink7.5
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 2:50 0 0
bgcolor=pink7 3 7 - 9 1 5
0 0 DQ / 3:45 4 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 0:18 0 4

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink9 4 DQ / 7:40 0 1
5 1 9 - 3 3 bgcolor=pink7
bgcolor=pink6 3 7 - 10 1 5.5
1 1 5 - 3 3 3
5 0 TF / 1:47 4 bgcolor=pink8

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink9 4 TF / 4:54 0 5.5
5 4 DQ / 7:54 0 3
2 1 7 - 4 3 bgcolor=pink8

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink8 3 9 - 12 1 3
bgcolor=pink9.5 4 DQ / 6:53 0 3

Final

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1 5 - 3 3
4 DQ / 7:54 0 3
7 3 9 - 12 1 2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-lightweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 9 April 2019.