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

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]

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMaurice Richard Arena
Dates20–24 July
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Suren Nalbandyan  Soviet Union
Ștefan Rusu  Romania
Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany

Medalists

GoldSuren Nalbandyan
 Soviet Union
SilverȘtefan Rusu
 Romania
BronzeHeinz-Helmut Wehling
 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
  • 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
00 Patrick Marcy (USA)TF / 5:00 Mohamed Bahamou (MAR)44
33 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)4 - 6 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)11
00 Erol Mutlu (TUR)DQ / 5:10 Erasmo Estrada (CUB)44
00 Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)TF / 5:32 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)44
44 Arona Mané (SEN)TF / 1:55 Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)00
00 Ferenc Toma (HUN)TF / 5:26 Sergio Fiszman (ARG)44
00 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)DQ / 7:23 Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)44
44 Andrzej Supron (POL)1 - 13 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)00
00 Jacques Van Lancker (BEL)TF / 2:04 John McPhedran (CAN)44
00 Kim Hae-myeong (KOR)TF / 6:25 Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)44
0 Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)Bye

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
11 Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)10 - 4 Patrick Marcy (USA)33
41 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)7 - 6 Erol Mutlu (TUR)33
10 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)TF / 2:22 Erasmo Estrada (CUB)48
00 Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)TF / 0:44 Arona Mané (SEN)48
40 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)22 - 8 Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)44
44 Ferenc Toma (HUN)DQ / 6:56 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)00
84 Sergio Fiszman (ARG)TF / 1:30 Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)04
40 Andrzej Supron (POL)TF / 5:04 Jacques van Lancker (BEL)44
00 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)TF / 2:49 Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)44
84 John McPhedran (CAN)2 - 18 Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)04
4 Mohamed Bahamou (MAR)DNA

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
54 Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)TF / 7:14 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)04
74 Patrick Marcy (USA)DQ / 4:01 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)01
30 Erol Mutlu (TUR)DQ / 7:08 Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)44
4.50.5 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)13 - 2 Ferenc Toma (HUN)3.57.5
84 Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)TF / 2:50 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)00
73 Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)7 - 9 Andrzej Supron (POL)15
00 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)DQ / 3:45 Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)48
84 Jacques van Lancker (BEL)TF / 0:18 Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)04

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
94 Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)DQ / 7:40 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)01
51 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)9 - 3 Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)37
63 Erol Mutlu (TUR)7 - 10 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)15.5
11 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)5 - 3 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)33
50 Andrzej Supron (POL)TF / 1:47 Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)48

Round 5

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
94 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)TF / 4:54 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)05.5
54 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)DQ / 7:54 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)03
21 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)7 - 4 Andrzej Supron (POL)38

Round 6

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
83 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)9 - 12 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)13
9.54 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)DQ / 6:53 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)03

Final

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)5 - 3 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)3
4 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)DQ / 7:54 Ștefan Rusu (ROU)03
73 Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)9 - 12 Suren Nalbandyan (URS)12

Final standings

  1.  Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
  2.  Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
  3.  Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
  4.  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
  5.  Andrzej Supron (POL)
  6.  Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
  7.  Erol Mutlu (TUR)
  8.  Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)

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.
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