Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Wrestling pictogram.svg
Venue Centre Pierre Charbonneau
Dates20–31 July
Competitors331 from 41 nations
  1972
1980  

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines. [1]

Medal summary

Freestyle

GamesGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Hasan Isaev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Roman Dmitriyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Akira Kudo
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
52 kg
details
Yuji Takada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Alexander Ivanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Jeon Hae-Sup
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
57 kg
details
Vladimir Yumin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Hans-Dieter Brüchert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Masao Arai
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
62 kg
details
Yang Jung-Mo
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
Zevegiin Oidov
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
Gene Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
68 kg
details
Pavel Pinigin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Lloyd Keaser
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Yasaburo Sugawara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
74 kg
details
Jiichiro Date
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Mansour Barzegar
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
Stanley Dziedzic
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
82 kg
details
John Peterson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Viktor Novozhilov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Adolf Seger
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
90 kg
details
Levan Tediashvili
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Ben Peterson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Stelică Morcov
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
100 kg
details
Ivan Yarygin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Russell Hellickson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Dimo Kostov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
+100 kg
details
Soslan Andiyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
József Balla
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Ladislau Şimon
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania

Greco-Roman

GamesGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Alexei Shumakov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Gheorghe Berceanu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Stefan Angelov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
52 kg
details
Vitali Konstantinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Nicu Gingă
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Koichiro Hirayama
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
57 kg
details
Pertti Ukkola
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ivan Frgić
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Farhat Mustafin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
62 kg
details
Kazimierz Lipień
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Nelson Davidyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
László Réczi
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
68 kg
details
Suren Nalbandyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Ștefan Rusu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Heinz-Helmut Wehling
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
74 kg
details
Anatoly Bykov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vítězslav Mácha
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Karl-Heinz Helbing
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
82 kg
details
Momir Petković
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Vladimir Cheboksarov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Ivan Kolev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
90 kg
details
Valery Rezantsev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Stoyan Ivanov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Czesław Kwieciński
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
100 kg
details
Nikolai Balboshin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Kamen Goranov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Andrzej Skrzydlewski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
+100 kg
details
Alexander Kolchinsky
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Aleksandar Tomov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Roman Codreanu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)125118
2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2046
3Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1337
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1326
5Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)1102
6Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)1023
7Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1012
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)1001
9Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)0336
10Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0112
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0112
12Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)0101
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran  (IRI)0101
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia  (MGL)0101
15Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0022
Totals (15 entries)20202060

Participating nations

A total of 330 wrestlers from 41 nations competed at the Montreal Games: [1]

See also

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