Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates:	20–24 July
Competitors:	13
Nations:	13
Gold:	Valery Rezantsev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Stoyan Ivanov
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Czesław Kwieciński
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

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.^[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

• 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		TF / 2:00		4	4
4	4		DQ / 7:54		0	0
3	3		2 - 7		1	1
3	3		3 - 10		1	1
0	0		TF / 1:20		4	4
0	0		25 - 9		4	4
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0		TF / 2:00		4	4
5	1		11 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	7
0	0		TF / 2:51		4	bgcolor=pink	7
4	3		2 - 4		1	4
1	0		TF / 8:02		4	4
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 1:32		0	0
4				Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 0:12		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 3:55		0	0
bgcolor=pink	9	4		DQ / 5:06		0	4
4	0		DQ / 7:28		4	bgcolor=pink	8
2	1		10 - 4		3	3

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3		3 - 9		1	1
bgcolor=pink	8	4		DQ / 4:55		0	2
5	1		3 - 2		3	bgcolor=pink	6

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0		DQ / 8:00		4	bgcolor=pink	9
2	1		6 - 6		3	5

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3		3 - 9		1
2	1		6 - 6		3
5	2		D1 / 6:46		4	7

Final standings

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. and

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 10 April 2019.