Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates:	27–31 July
Competitors:	15
Nations:	15
Gold:	Ivan Yarygin
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Russell Hellickson
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Dimo Kostov
Bronzenoc:	BUL
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The Men's Freestyle 100 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
3	3		6 - 8		1	1
0	0		TF / 2:35		4	4
4	4		TF / 2:44		0	0
3	3		3 - 5		1	1
3.5	3.5		5 - 13		0.5	0.5
4	4		TF / 3:18		0	0
0	0		TF / 0:17		4	4
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3		4 - 10		1	4
5	4		DQ / 6:52		0	0
bgcolor=pink	7.5	3.5		6 - 14		0.5	4.5
0	0		TF / 4:05		4	bgcolor=pink	7
2	1		9 - 5		3	bgcolor=pink	6.5
0.5	0		TF / 1:26		4	4
0	0		TF / 2:48		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	7	4		TF / 2:58		0	5
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 8:26		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8.5	4		FF		0	2
3.5	3.5		5 - 16		0.5	1
0	0		TF / 2:19		4	bgcolor=pink	8

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	3		6 - 9		1	4.5
0.5	0.5		14 - 5		3.5	5.5
1	0		TF / 5:30		4	4

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3.5	3		13 - 19		1	2
4.5	0		TF / 3:53		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	5.5				DNA

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3.5		5 - 16		0.5
	3		13 - 19		1	1.5
4	1		12 - 6		3	6.5

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.