Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	20–24 July 1976
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Nikolai Balboshin   Soviet Union Kamen Goranov   Bulgaria Andrzej Skrzydlewski   Poland
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The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Nikolai Balboshin  Soviet Union
Silver	Kamen Goranov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  Poland

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	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	TF / 2:24	Bahram Moshtaghi  (IRI)	4	4
1	1	Brad Rheingans  (USA)	4 - 3	Tore Hem  (NOR)	3	3
4	4	Yasunari Akiyama  (JPN)	DQ / 8:53	Fredi Albrecht  (GDR)	0	0
0	0	József Farkas  (HUN)	TF / 2:24	Robert N'Diaye  (SEN)	4	4
4	4	Nicolae Martinescu  (ROU)	TF / 1:23	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	0	0
0	0	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	TF / 1:52	Heinz Schäfer  (FRG)	4	4
0		Daniel Verník  (ARG)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Daniel Verník  (ARG)	TF / 1:17	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	0	0
8	4	Bahram Moshtaghi  (IRI)	TF / 0:34	Brad Rheingans  (USA)	0	1
3	0	Tore Hem  (NOR)	TF / 5:40	Yasunari Akiyama  (JPN)	4	8
4	4	Fredi Albrecht  (GDR)	D2 / 8:00	József Farkas  (HUN)	4	4
8	4	Robert N'Diaye  (SEN)	TF / 2:18	Nicolae Martinescu  (ROU)	0	4
0	0	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	DQ / 5:51	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	4	4
4		Heinz Schäfer  (FRG)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	0	Heinz Schäfer  (FRG)	TF / 1:57	Daniel Verník  (ARG)	4	8
3	3	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	7 - 9	Brad Rheingans  (USA)	1	2
3	0	Tore Hem  (NOR)	DQ / 8:56	Fredi Albrecht  (GDR)	4	8
8	4	József Farkas  (HUN)	TF / 3:32	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	0	0
8	4	Nicolae Martinescu  (ROU)	TF / 5:51	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	0	4

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Heinz Schäfer  (FRG)	TF / 2:59	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	0	3
6	4	Brad Rheingans  (USA)	TF / 3:58	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	0	0
7	4	Tore Hem  (NOR)	TF / 1:14	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	0	4

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	0	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	DQ / 5:51	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	4
	4	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	TF / 2:04	Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)	0	0
5	1	Kamen Goranov  (BUL)	6 - 2	Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)	3	7

Final standings

1.   Nikolai Balboshin  (URS)
2.   Kamen Goranov  (BUL)
3.   Andrzej Skrzydlewski  (POL)
4.   Brad Rheingans  (USA)
5.   Tore Hem  (NOR)
6.   Heinz Schäfer  (FRG)
7.   József Farkas  (HUN) and   Nicolae Martinescu  (ROU)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report