Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Maurice Richard Arena
Dates20–24 July 1976
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Suren Nalbandyan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ștefan Rusu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Heinz-Helmut Wehling Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
1980  

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena. [1]

Medalists

Gold Suren Nalbandyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Ștefan Rusu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Bronze Heinz-Helmut Wehling
Flag of East Germany.svg East 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
Penalties

Round 1

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Marcy  (USA)TF / 5:00Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Bahamou  (MAR)44
33Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)4 - 6Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)11
00Flag of Turkey.svg  Erol Mutlu  (TUR)DQ / 5:10Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Erasmo Estrada  (CUB)44
00Flag of Finland.svg  Markku Yli-Isotalo  (FIN)TF / 5:32Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)44
44Flag of Senegal.svg  Arona Mané  (SEN)TF / 1:55State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Jafar Alizadeh  (IRI)00
00Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Toma  (HUN)TF / 5:26Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Sergio Fiszman  (ARG)44
00Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)DQ / 7:23Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nedelcho Nedev  (BUL)44
44Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)1 - 13Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)00
00Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jacques Van Lancker  (BEL)TF / 2:04Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  John McPhedran  (CAN)44
00Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim Hae-myeong  (KOR)TF / 6:25Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeshi Kobayashi  (JPN)44
0Flag of Italy.svg  Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
11Flag of Italy.svg  Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)10 - 4Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Marcy  (USA)33
41Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)7 - 6Flag of Turkey.svg  Erol Mutlu  (TUR)33
10Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)TF / 2:22Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Erasmo Estrada  (CUB)48
00Flag of Finland.svg  Markku Yli-Isotalo  (FIN)TF / 0:44Flag of Senegal.svg  Arona Mané  (SEN)48
40Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)22 - 8State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Jafar Alizadeh  (IRI)44
44Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Toma  (HUN)DQ / 6:56Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)00
84Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Sergio Fiszman  (ARG)TF / 1:30Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nedelcho Nedev  (BUL)04
40Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)TF / 5:04Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jacques van Lancker  (BEL)44
00Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)TF / 2:49Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim Hae-Myung  (KOR)44
84Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  John McPhedran  (CAN)2 - 18Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeshi Kobayashi  (JPN)04
4Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Bahamou  (MAR)DNA

Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
54Flag of Italy.svg  Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)TF / 7:14Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)04
74Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Marcy  (USA)DQ / 4:01Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)01
30Flag of Turkey.svg  Erol Mutlu  (TUR)DQ / 7:08Flag of Finland.svg  Markku Yli-Isotalo  (FIN)44
4.50.5Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)13 - 2Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Toma  (HUN)3.57.5
84State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Jafar Alizadeh  (IRI)TF / 2:50Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)00
73Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nedelcho Nedev  (BUL)7 - 9Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)15
00Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)DQ / 3:45Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeshi Kobayashi  (JPN)48
84Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jacques van Lancker  (BEL)TF / 0:18Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim Hae-Myung  (KOR)04

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
94Flag of Italy.svg  Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)DQ / 7:40Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)01
51Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)9 - 3Flag of Finland.svg  Markku Yli-Isotalo  (FIN)37
63Flag of Turkey.svg  Erol Mutlu  (TUR)7 - 10Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)15.5
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)5 - 3Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)33
50Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)TF / 1:47Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim Hae-Myung  (KOR)48

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
94Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)TF / 4:54Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)05.5
54Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)DQ / 7:54Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)03
21Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)7 - 4Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)38

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
83Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)9 - 12Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)13
9.54Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)DQ / 6:53Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)03

Final

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)5 - 3Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)3
4Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)DQ / 7:54Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)03
73Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)9 - 12Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)12

Final standings

  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Suren Nalbandyan  (URS)
  2. Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ștefan Rusu  (ROU)
  3. Flag of East Germany.svg  Heinz-Helmut Wehling  (GDR)
  4. Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars-Erik Skiöld  (SWE)
  5. Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Andrzej Supron  (POL)
  6. Flag of Germany.svg  Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)
  7. Flag of Turkey.svg  Erol Mutlu  (TUR)
  8. Flag of Finland.svg  Markku Yli-Isotalo  (FIN)

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2019.