Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Final Results of　the　Wrestling　competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Freestyle 1.2 Greco-Roman 2 Medal table

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light-flyweight (–48 kg)	Khassan Murselov Bulgaria (BUL)	Roman Dmitriev Soviet Union (URS)	Akira Kudo Japan (JPN)
Flyweight (48-52 kg)	Yuji Takada Japan (JPN)	Aleksandr Ivanov Soviet Union (URS)	Jeon Hae-Sup South Korea (KOR)
Bantamweight (52-57 kg)	Vladimir Yumin Soviet Union (URS)	Hans-Dieter Brüchert East Germany (GDR)	Masao Arai Japan (JPN)
Featherweight (57-62 kg)	Yang Jung-Mo South Korea (KOR)	Zevegying Oidov Mongolia (MGL)	Eugene Davis United States (USA)
Lightweight (62-68 kg)	Pavel Pinigin Soviet Union (URS)	Lloyd Keaser United States (USA)	Yasaburo Sugawara Japan (JPN)
Welterweight (68-74 kg)	Jiichiro Date Japan (JPN)	Mansour Barzegar Iran (IRI)	Stanley Dziedzic United States (USA)
Middleweight (74-82 kg)	John Peterson United States (USA)	Viktor Novozhilov Soviet Union (URS)	Adolf Seger West Germany (FRG)
Light-heavyweight (82-90 kg)	Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union (URS)	Ben Peterson United States (USA)	Stelica Morcov Romania (ROM)
Heavyweight (90-100 kg)	Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union (URS)	Russell Hellickson United States (USA)	Dimov Kostov Bulgaria (BUL)
Super heavyweight (+100 kg)	Soslan Andiev Soviet Union (URS)	Jozsef Balla Hungary (HUN)	Ladislau Simon Romania (ROM)

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light-flyweight (–48 kg)	Aleksei Shumakov Soviet Union (URS)	Gheorghe Berceanu Romania (ROM)	Stefan Angelov Bulgaria (BUL)
Flyweight (48-52 kg)	Vitali Konstantinov Soviet Union (URS)	Nicu Ginga Romania (ROM)	Koichiro Hirayama Japan (JPN)
Bantamweight (52-57 kg)	Pertti Olavi Ukkola Finland (FIN)	Ivan Frgic Yugoslavia (YUG)	Farkhad Mustafin Soviet Union (URS)
Featherweight (57-62 kg)	Kazimierz Lipien Poland (POL)	Nelson Davidyan Soviet Union (URS)	Laszlo Reczi Hungary (HUN)
Lightweight (62-68 kg)	Suren Nalbandyan Soviet Union (URS)	Stefan Rusu Romania (ROM)	Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany (GDR)
Welterweight (68-74 kg)	Anatoli Bykov Soviet Union (URS)	Vitezslav Macha Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Karl-Heinz Helbing West Germany (FRG)
Middleweight (74-82 kg)	Ivan Frgic Yugoslavia (YUG)	Vladimir Cheboksarov Soviet Union (URS)	Ivan Kolev Bulgaria (BUL)
Light-heavyweight (82-90 kg)	Valeri Rezantsev Soviet Union (URS)	Stoyan Ivanov Bulgaria (BUL)	Czeslaw Kwiecinski Poland (POL)
Heavyweight (90-100 kg)	Nikolai Balboshin Soviet Union (URS)	Kamen Goranov Bulgaria (BUL)	Andrzej Skrzydlewski Poland (POL)
Super Heavyweight (+ 100 kg)	Aleksandr Kolchinsky Soviet Union (URS)	Aleksandr Tomov Bulgaria (BUL)	Roman Codreanu Romania (ROM)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	12	5	1	18
2	Japan (JPN)	2	0	4	6
3	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	3	3	7
4	United States (USA)	1	3	2	6
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	0	2
6	Poland (POL)	1	0	2	1
7	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
9	Romania (ROM)	0	3	3	6
10	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	1
	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	1	2
12	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
15	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2

Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal)
Archery • Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in wrestling