Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg
The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
Medalists
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 |
| 4 |
4 |
Marco Terán (ECU) |
TF / 5:47 |
Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
1 |
Gene Davis (USA) |
15 - 8 |
Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |
3 |
3 |
| 3 |
3 |
Mihály Fodor (HUN) |
4 - 6 |
Eduard Giray (FRG) |
1 |
1 |
| 4 |
4 |
Kenneth Dawes (GBR) |
TF / 1:41 |
Sergei Timofeyev (URS) |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
4 |
Benjamin Varela (PUR) |
TF / 1:30 |
Helmut Strumpf (GDR) |
0 |
0 |
| 0.5 |
0.5 |
Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) |
18 - 7 |
Egon Beiler (CAN) |
3.5 |
3.5 |
| 1 |
1 |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
8 - 6 |
Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) |
3 |
3 |
| 1 |
1 |
Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) |
8 - 4 |
Petre Coman (ROU) |
3 |
3 |
| 0 |
|
Ivan Yankov (BUL) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Round 2
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 0 |
0 |
Ivan Yankov (BUL) |
DQ / 7:35 |
Marco Terán (ECU) |
4 |
8 |
| 4 |
4 |
Théodule Toulotte (FRA) |
TF / 8:38 |
Gene Davis (USA) |
0 |
1 |
| 3 |
0 |
Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |
DQ / 7:12 |
Mihály Fodor (HUN) |
4 |
7 |
| 1 |
0 |
Eduard Giray (FRG) |
DQ / 8:24 |
Kenneth Dawes (GBR) |
4 |
8 |
| 0 |
0 |
Sergei Timofeyev (URS) |
TF / 1:22 |
Benjamin Varela (PUR) |
4 |
8 |
| 4 |
4 |
Helmut Strumpf (GDR) |
TF / 0:33 |
Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) |
0 |
0.5 |
| 4.5 |
1 |
Egon Beiler (CAN) |
10 - 7 |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
3 |
4 |
| 4 |
1 |
Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) |
4 - 4 |
Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) |
3 |
4 |
| 3 |
|
Petre Coman (ROU) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Round 3
Round 4
| TPP |
MPP |
|
Score |
|
MPP |
TPP |
| 8 |
4 |
Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) |
D2 / 5:55 |
Ivan Yankov (BUL) |
4 |
4 |
| 1 |
0 |
Gene Davis (USA) |
29 - 13 |
Sergei Timofeyev (URS) |
4 |
7 |
| 3 |
0 |
Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |
DQ / 5:36 |
Helmut Strumpf (GDR) |
4 |
9 |
| 9 |
4 |
Eduard Giray (FRG) |
TF / 3:21 |
Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) |
0 |
1 |
| 5 |
|
Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) |
|
Bye |
|
|
Round 5
Round 6
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings
- Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
- Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
- Gene Davis (USA)
- Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)
- Ivan Yankov (BUL)
- Sergei Timofeyev (URS)
- Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)
- Helmut Strumpf (GDR)
References