Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates:	27–31 July
Competitors:	21
Nations:	21
Gold:	Jiichiro Date
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Mansour Barzegar
Silvernoc:	IRI
Bronze:	Stanley Dziedzic
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The Men's Freestyle 74 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 - 6		1	1
0	0		21 - 0		4	4
0	0		DQ / 5:55		4	4
0	0		TF / 1:23		4	4
4	4		3 - 16		0	0
4	4		2 - 16		0	0
4	4		TF / 1:31		0	0
4	4		1 - 24		0	0
0	0		TF / 1:41		4	4
4	4		DQ / 3:18		0	0
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		TF / 4:28		0	3
2	1		11 - 5		3	3
bgcolor=pink	7	3		4 - 5		1	1
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 2:45		0	0
bgcolor=pink	7	3		6 - 12		1	5
0.5	0.5		16 - 6		3.5	3.5
5	1		11 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	7
1	1		11 - 4		3	3
0	0		TF / 1:39		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 4:11		0	0
bgcolor=pink	4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4		DQ / 8:49		0	2
3.5	0.5		13 - 4		3.5	bgcolor=pink	6.5
2	1		11 - 6		3	3
4.5	4		IN / 5:05		0	5
4.5	1		12 - 9		3	bgcolor=pink	8
5	4		TF / 7:03		0	0
bgcolor=pink	6	3		5 - 11		1	1

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4.5	1		10 - 4		3	5
2	0		DQ / 7:45		4	bgcolor=pink	7
bgcolor=pink	8	3		12 - 16		1	6
bgcolor=pink	8.5	4		TF / 2:13		0	0
1				Bye
bgcolor=pink	4.5				DNA

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
2	1		9 - 6		3	bgcolor=pink	7.5
2	0		23 - 8		4	bgcolor=pink	10
bgcolor=pink	9	4		TF / 4:06		0	0

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3		8 - 11		1
	1		10 - 5		3	6
5	4		TF / 6:07		0	1

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204736/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 April 2019.