Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union
Silver	Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Karl-Heinz Helbing West 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

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	Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN)	IN / 5:25	Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)	4	4
4	4	Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)	D2 / 8:00	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	4	4
4	4	Brahim Toughza (MAR)	DQ / 8:00	Hans Kiss (AUT)	0	0
4	4	Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)	DQ / 5:15	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	0	0
1	1	Idalberto Barbán (CUB)	13 - 10	John Matthews (USA)	3	3
4	4	Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)	DQ / 8:17	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	0	0
0	0	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)	TF / 4:54	Brian Renken (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	DQ / 7:54	Mihály Toma (HUN)	4	4
4	4	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	DQ / 7:56	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN)	DQ / 6:50	Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)	0	4
4	0	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	TF / 2:40	Hans Kiss (AUT)	4	4
4	0	Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)	DQ / 7:53	Idalberto Barbán (CUB)	4	5
0	0	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	DQ / 4:24	John Matthews (USA)	4	7
5	1	Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)	9 - 6	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)	3	3
0	0	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	DQ / 6:57	Brian Renken (CAN)	4	8
4	4	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	D1 / 4:34	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	2	6
8	4	Mihály Toma (HUN)	DQ / 7:44	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	0	0
4		Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)		DNA
4		Brahim Toughza (MAR)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3	Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN)	5 - 10	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	1	5
4	0	Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)	TF / 5:41	Hans Kiss (AUT)	4	8
8	4	Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)	TF / 1:14	Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)	0	5
0.5	0.5	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	12 - 3	Idalberto Barbán (CUB)	3.5	8.5
0.5	0.5	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	12 - 2	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	3.5	7.5
7	4	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)	TF / 3:55	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	0	6
0		Anatoly Bykov (URS)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	7 - 6	Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)	3	7
8	3	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	5 - 9	Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)	1	6
3.5	3	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	3 - 4	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	1	1.5
6		Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	0	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	TF / 2:09	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	4	7.5
1	0	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	DQ / 8:54	Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)	4	10
1.5		Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	DQ / 7:56	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	0
	0	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	DQ / 8:52	Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)	4	8
1	1	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	7 - 3	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	3	3

Final standings

References

Official Report

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Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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