Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

Wrestling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle Greco-Roman
  48 kg     48 kg  
  52 kg     52 kg  
  57 kg     57 kg  
  62 kg     62 kg  
  68 kg     68 kg  
  74 kg     74 kg
  82 kg     82 kg
  90 kg     90 kg
  100 kg     100 kg
  +100 kg     +100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Nikolai Balboshin
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver  Kamen Goranov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze  Andrzej Skrzydlewski
Poland (POL)

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) TF / 2:24  Bahram Moshtaghi (IRI) 4 4
1 1  Brad Rheingans (USA) 4 - 3  Tore Hem (NOR) 3 3
4 4  Yasunari Akiyama (JPN) DQ / 8:53  Fredi Albrecht (GDR) 0 0
0 0  József Farkas (HUN) TF / 2:24  Robert N'Diaye (SEN) 4 4
4 4  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) TF / 1:23  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) 0 0
0 0  Kamen Goranov (BUL) TF / 1:52  Heinz Schäfer (FRG) 4 4
0  Daniel Verník (ARG) Bye

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  Daniel Verník (ARG) TF / 1:17  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) 0 0
8 4  Bahram Moshtaghi (IRI) TF / 0:34  Brad Rheingans (USA) 0 1
3 0  Tore Hem (NOR) TF / 5:40  Yasunari Akiyama (JPN) 4 8
4 4  Fredi Albrecht (GDR) D2 / 8:00  József Farkas (HUN) 4 4
8 4  Robert N'Diaye (SEN) TF / 2:18  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) 0 4
0 0  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) DQ / 5:51  Kamen Goranov (BUL) 4 4
4  Heinz Schäfer (FRG) Bye

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 0  Heinz Schäfer (FRG) TF / 1:57  Daniel Verník (ARG) 4 8
3 3  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) 7 - 9  Brad Rheingans (USA) 1 2
3 0  Tore Hem (NOR) DQ / 8:56  Fredi Albrecht (GDR) 4 8
8 4  József Farkas (HUN) TF / 3:32  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) 0 0
8 4  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) TF / 5:51  Kamen Goranov (BUL) 0 4

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
8 4  Heinz Schäfer (FRG) TF / 2:59  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) 0 3
6 4  Brad Rheingans (USA) TF / 3:58  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) 0 0
7 4  Tore Hem (NOR) TF / 1:14  Kamen Goranov (BUL) 0 4

Final

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) DQ / 5:51  Kamen Goranov (BUL) 4
4  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) TF / 2:04  Nikolai Balboshin (URS) 0 0
5 1  Kamen Goranov (BUL) 6 - 2  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) 3 7

Final standings

  1.  Nikolai Balboshin (URS)
  2.  Kamen Goranov (BUL)
  3.  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)
  4.  Brad Rheingans (USA)
  5.  Tore Hem (NOR)
  6.  Heinz Schäfer (FRG)
  7.  József Farkas (HUN) and  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)

References