Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +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 Freestyle +100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

1 Medalists
2 Tournament results
3 Final standings
4 References

Medalists

Gold	Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	József Balla Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Ladislau Şimon Romania (ROU)

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	József Balla (HUN)	DQ / 5:07	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0	0
0	0	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	TF / 3:39	Harry Geris (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	TF / 1:16	Carlos Braconi (ARG)	4	4
0.5	0.5	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	17 - 7	Einar Gundersen (NOR)	3.5	3.5
0	0	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	DQ / 5:19	Heinz Eichelbaum (FRG)	4	4
0	0	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	TF / 4:50	Lázaro Morales (CUB)	4	4
0	0	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	TF / 3:58	Doljingiin Adiyatömör (MGL)	4	4
0		Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	DQ / 5:12	József Balla (HUN)	0	4
0	0	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	TF / 1:16	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	4	4
5	1	Harry Geris (CAN)	13 - 10	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	3	3
8	4	Carlos Braconi (ARG)	TF / 2:14	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	0	0.5
7.5	4	Einar Gundersen (NOR)	DQ / 4:49	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	0	0
8	4	Heinz Eichelbaum (FRG)	TF / 4:42	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	0	0
8	4	Lázaro Morales (CUB)	DQ / 5:06	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	0	0
4		Doljingiin Adiyatömör (MGL)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Doljingiin Adiyatömör (MGL)	TF / 1:01	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	0	4
5	1	József Balla (HUN)	10 - 9	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	3	7
0	0	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	TF / 0:44	Harry Geris (CAN)	4	9
3	0	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	TF / 2:37	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	4	4.5
0	0	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	TF / 7:54	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	4	4
0		Ladislau Şimon (ROU)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	DQ / 5:19	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	4	8
5	0	József Balla (HUN)	TF / 3:46	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	4	7
1	1	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	8 - 3	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	3	3
8.5	4	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	TF / 4:12	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	0	4

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 11	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	1	2
6	1	József Balla (HUN)	6 - 3	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	3	6
4		Roland Gehrke (GDR)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	DQ / 8:40	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0	2
6	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 7	József Balla (HUN)	1	7

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4	József Balla (HUN)	DQ / 5:07	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0
	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 11	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	1	1
6	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 7	József Balla (HUN)	1	5

Final standings

Soslan Andiyev (URS)
József Balla (HUN)
Ladislau Şimon (ROU)
Roland Gehrke (GDR)
Nikola Dinev (BUL)
Yorihide Isogai (JPN)
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)
Mamadou Sakho (SEN)

References

Official Report