Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle 62 kg
Games:1976 Summer
Venue:Maurice Richard Arena
Dates:27–31 July
Competitors:17
Nations:17
Gold:Yang Jung-Mo
Goldnoc:KOR
Silver:Zevegiin Oidov
Silvernoc:MGL
Bronze:Gene Davis
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1972
Next:1980

The Men's Freestyle 62 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
4 4 TF / 5:47 0 0
1 1 15 - 8 3 3
3 3 4 - 6 1 1
4 4 TF / 1:41 0 0
4 4 TF / 1:30 0 0
0.5 0.5 18 - 7 3.5 3.5
1 1 8 - 6 3 3
1 1 8 - 4 3 3
0 Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
0 0 DQ / 7:35 4 bgcolor=pink8
4 4 TF / 8:38 0 1
3 0 DQ / 7:12 4 bgcolor=pink7
1 0 DQ / 8:24 4 bgcolor=pink8
0 0 TF / 1:22 4 bgcolor=pink8
4 4 TF / 0:33 0 0.5
4.5 1 10 - 7 3 4
4 1 4 - 4 3 4
3 Bye

Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 4 2 - 14 0 0
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 8:23 0 3
1 0 TF / 7:53 4 5
3 3 13 - 17 1 5
1 0.5 17 - 6 3.5 bgcolor=pink7.5
bgcolor=pink7.5 3 5 - 9 1 5
4 Bye

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink8 4 D2 / 5:55 4 4
1 0 29 - 13 4 bgcolor=pink7
3 0 DQ / 5:36 4 bgcolor=pink9
bgcolor=pink9 4 TF / 3:21 0 1
5 Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
6 1 18 - 12 3 4
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 8:46 0 3
1 Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1 0 TF / 5:54 4 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink10 4 DQ / 7:44 0 3

Final

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1 15 - 8 3
0 TF / 5:54 4 5
4 1 10 - 8 3 3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130646/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 April 2019.