Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

Men's freestyle 62 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	27–31 July 1976
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Yang Jung-Mo   South Korea Zevegiin Oidov   Mongolia Gene Davis   United States
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The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Yang Jung-Mo  South Korea
Silver	Zevegiin Oidov  Mongolia
Bronze	Gene Davis  United States

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	Sergey 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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4	Petre Coman  (ROU)	2 - 14	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	0	0
8	4	Théodule Toulotte  (FRA)	TF / 8:23	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	0	3
1	0	Gene Davis  (USA)	TF / 7:53	Eduard Giray  (FRG)	4	5
3	3	Sergei Timofeyev  (URS)	13 - 17	Helmut Strumpf  (GDR)	1	5
1	0.5	Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)	17 - 6	Vehbi Akdağ  (TUR)	3.5	7.5
7.5	3	Egon Beiler  (CAN)	5 - 9	Mohsen Farahvashi  (IRI)	1	5
4		Kenkichi Maekawa  (JPN)		Bye

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	1	Mohsen Farahvashi  (IRI)	18 - 12	Gene Davis  (USA)	3	4
8	4	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	TF / 8:46	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	0	3
1		Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	0	Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)	TF / 5:54	Gene Davis  (USA)	4	8
10	4	Mohsen Farahvashi  (IRI)	DQ / 7:44	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	0	3

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Gene Davis  (USA)	15 - 8	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	3
	0	Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)	TF / 5:54	Gene Davis  (USA)	4	5
4	1	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	10 - 8	Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)	3	3

Final standings

1.   Yang Jung-Mo  (KOR)
2.   Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)
3.   Gene Davis  (USA)
4.   Mohsen Farahvashi  (IRI)
5.   Ivan Yankov  (BUL)
6.   Sergei Timofeyev  (URS)
7.   Kenkichi Maekawa  (JPN)
8.   Helmut Strumpf  (GDR)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report