Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

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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 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold Anatoly Bykov
 Soviet Union
Silver Vítězslav Mácha
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Karl-Heinz Helbing
 West Germany

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
0 0  Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) IN / 5:25 22x20px Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 4 4
4 4  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) D2 / 8:00  Jan Karlsson (SWE) 4 4
4 4  Brahim Toughza (MAR) DQ / 8:00  Hans Kiss (AUT) 0 0
4 4  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) DQ / 5:15  Mikko Huhtala (FIN) 0 0
1 1  Idalberto Barbán (CUB) 13 - 10  John Matthews (USA) 3 3
4 4  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) DQ / 8:17  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 0 0
0 0  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) TF / 4:54  Brian Renken (CAN) 4 4
0 0  Yanko Chopov (BUL) DQ / 7:54  Mihály Toma (HUN) 4 4
4 4  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) DQ / 7:56  Anatoly Bykov (URS) 0 0

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) DQ / 6:50  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) 0 4
4 0  Jan Karlsson (SWE) TF / 2:40  Hans Kiss (AUT) 4 4
4 0  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) DQ / 7:53  Idalberto Barbán (CUB) 4 5
0 0  Mikko Huhtala (FIN) DQ / 4:24  John Matthews (USA) 4 7
5 1  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 9 - 6  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) 3 3
0 0  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) DQ / 6:57  Brian Renken (CAN) 4 8
4 4  Yanko Chopov (BUL) D1 / 4:34  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) 2 6
8 4  Mihály Toma (HUN) DQ / 7:44  Anatoly Bykov (URS) 0 0
4 22x20px Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) DNA
4  Brahim Toughza (MAR) DNA

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 3  Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) 5 - 10  Jan Karlsson (SWE) 1 5
4 0  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) TF / 5:41  Hans Kiss (AUT) 4 8
8 4  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) TF / 1:14  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 0 5
0.5 0.5  Mikko Huhtala (FIN) 12 - 3  Idalberto Barbán (CUB) 3.5 8.5
0.5 0.5  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 12 - 2  Yanko Chopov (BUL) 3.5 7.5
7 4  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) TF / 3:55  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) 0 6
0  Anatoly Bykov (URS) Bye

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1 1  Anatoly Bykov (URS) 7 - 6  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) 3 7
8 3  Jan Karlsson (SWE) 5 - 9  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 1 6
3.5 3  Mikko Huhtala (FIN) 3 - 4  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 1 1.5
6  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) Bye

Round 5

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
6 0  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) TF / 2:09  Mikko Huhtala (FIN) 4 7.5
1 0  Anatoly Bykov (URS) DQ / 8:54  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) 4 10
1.5  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) Bye

Final

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) DQ / 7:56  Anatoly Bykov (URS) 0
0  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) DQ / 8:52  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) 4 8
1 1  Anatoly Bykov (URS) 7 - 3  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 3 3

Final standings

  1.  Anatoly Bykov (URS)
  2.  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
  3.  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)
  4.  Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
  5.  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)
  6.  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)
  7.  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
  8.  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)

References