Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 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 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Alexei Shumakov  Soviet Union
Silver	Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania
Bronze	Stefan Angelov  Bulgaria

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	22x20px Lee In-Chang (KOR)	6 - 20	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Antonio Quistelli (ITA)	TF / 2:33	Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI)	0	0
3	3	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	1
3	3	Aleksander Zajączkowski (POL)	6 - 11	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	1	1
0	0	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	17 - 1	22x20px Byambajavyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	4	4
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	DQ / 7:45	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	4	4
4	4	Michael Farina (USA)	4 - 19	Salih Bora (TUR)	0	0
0		Dietmar Hinz (GDR)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	16 - 12	22x20px Lee In-Chang (KOR)	3	7
0	0	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	DQ / 5:19	Antonio Quistelli (ITA)	4	8
4	4	Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI)	TF / 8:09	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	0	3
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	TF / 0:20	Aleksander Zajączkowski (POL)	4	7
5	4	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	TF / 2:25	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	0	0
8	4	22x20px Byambajavyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	DQ / 6:24	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	0	0
8	4	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	TF / 5:10	Michael Farina (USA)	0	4
0		Salih Bora (TUR)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Salih Bora (TUR)	18 - 22	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	1	2
0	0	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	DQ / 8:51	Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI)	4	8
3	0	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	TF / 6:00	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	4	9
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	14 - 1	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	DQ / 5:50	Michael Farina (USA)	4	8

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4	Salih Bora (TUR)	DQ / 8:29	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
6	4	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	TF / 2:08	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0	1
4	1	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	8 - 4	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	3	7
0		Alexei Shumakov (URS)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	TF / 5:25	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	4	8
3	3	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	2

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1
	1	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	5 - 4	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3	6
4	3	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	6 - 10	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	1	2

Final standings

1.  Alexei Shumakov (URS)
2.  Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
3.  Stefan Angelov (BUL)
4.  Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)
5.  Dietmar Hinz (GDR)
6.  Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)
7.  Salih Bora (TUR)
8.  Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI) and  Michael Farina (USA)

References

• Official Report