Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medal winners
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	27–31 July 1976
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Jiichiro Date   Japan Mansour Barzegar   Iran Stanley Dziedzic   United States
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The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jiichiro Date  Japan
Silver	Mansour Barzegar  Iran
Bronze	Stanley Dziedzic  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
3	3	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)	6 - 6	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	1	1
0	0	Yancho Pavlov  (BUL)	21 - 0	Mihály Toma  (HUN)	4	4
0	0	Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)	DQ / 5:55	Keith Haward  (GBR)	4	4
0	0	Jarmo Övermark  (FIN)	TF / 1:23	Ivan David  (ISV)	4	4
4	4	Yakup Topuz  (TUR)	3 - 16	Dan Karabin  (TCH)	0	0
4	4	Kiro Ristov  (YUG)	2 - 16	Yu Jae-gwon  (KOR)	0	0
4	4	Brian Renken  (CAN)	TF / 1:31	Fred Hempel  (GDR)	0	0
4	4	Bruce Akers  (AUS)	1 - 24	Jan Karlsson  (SWE)	0	0
0	0	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	TF / 1:41	Dennis Herrick  (PUR)	4	4
4	4	Zevegiin Düvchin  (MGL)	DQ / 3:18	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	0	0
0		Giuseppe Spagnoli  (ITA)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Giuseppe Spagnoli  (ITA)	TF / 4:28	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)	0	3
2	1	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	11 - 5	Yancho Pavlov  (BUL)	3	3
7	3	Mihály Toma  (HUN)	4 - 5	Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)	1	1
8	4	Keith Haward  (GBR)	TF / 2:45	Jarmo Övermark  (FIN)	0	0
7	3	Yakup Topuz  (TUR)	6 - 12	Kiro Ristov  (YUG)	1	5
0.5	0.5	Dan Karabin  (TCH)	16 - 6	Yoo Jae-Kwon  (KOR)	3.5	3.5
5	1	Brian Renken  (CAN)	11 - 4	Bruce Akers  (AUS)	3	7
1	1	Fred Hempel  (GDR)	11 - 4	Jan Karlsson  (SWE)	3	3
0	0	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	TF / 1:39	Zevegiin Düvchin  (MGL)	4	8
8	4	Dennis Herrick  (PUR)	TF / 4:11	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	0	0
4		Ivan David  (ISV)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Giuseppe Spagnoli  (ITA)	DQ / 8:49	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	0	2
3.5	0.5	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)	13 - 4	Yancho Pavlov  (BUL)	3.5	6.5
2	1	Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)	11 - 6	Jarmo Övermark  (FIN)	3	3
4.5	4	Dan Karabin  (TCH)	IN / 5:05	Kiro Ristov  (YUG)	0	5
4.5	1	Yoo Jae-Kwon  (KOR)	12 - 9	Brian Renken  (CAN)	3	8
5	4	Fred Hempel  (GDR)	TF / 7:03	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	0	0
6	3	Jan Karlsson  (SWE)	5 - 11	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	1	1

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4.5	1	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)	10 - 4	Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)	3	5
2	0	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	DQ / 7:45	Jarmo Övermark  (FIN)	4	7
8	3	Kiro Ristov  (YUG)	12 - 16	Fred Hempel  (GDR)	1	6
8.5	4	Yoo Jae-Kwon  (KOR)	TF / 2:13	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	0	0
1		Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)		Bye
4.5		Dan Karabin  (TCH)		DNA

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
2	1	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	9 - 6	Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)	3	7.5
2	0	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	23 - 8	Fred Hempel  (GDR)	4	10
9	4	Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)	TF / 4:06	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	0	0

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	8 - 11	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	1
	1	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	10 - 5	Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)	3	6
5	4	Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)	TF / 6:07	Jiichiro Date  (JPN)	0	1

Final standings

1.   Jiichiro Date  (JPN)
2.   Mansour Barzegar  (IRI)
3.   Stanley Dziedzic  (USA)
4.   Ruslan Ashuraliyev  (URS)
5.   Marin Pîrcălabu  (ROU)
6.   Fred Hempel  (GDR)
7.   Jarmo Övermark  (FIN)
8.   Kiro Ristov  (YUG)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report