Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.
Contents
Medal summary
Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |
 Hasan Isaev (BUL) |
 Roman Dmitriyev (URS) |
 Akira Kudo (JPN) |
| 52 kg |
Yuji Takada (JPN) |
Alexander Ivanov (URS) |
22x20px Jeon Hae-Sup (KOR) |
| 57 kg |
Vladimir Yumin (URS) |
 Hans-Dieter Brüchert (GDR) |
Masao Arai (JPN) |
| 62 kg |
22x20px Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 22x20px Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) |  Gene Davis (USA) |
| 68 kg |
Pavel Pinigin (URS) |
Lloyd Keaser (USA) |
Yasaburo Sugawara (JPN) |
| 74 kg |
Jiichiro Date (JPN) |
 Mansour Barzegar (IRI) |
Stanley Dziedzic (USA) |
| 82 kg |
John Peterson (USA) |
Viktor Novozhilov (URS) |
 Adolf Seger (FRG) |
| 90 kg |
Levan Tediashvili (URS) |
Ben Peterson (USA) |
 Stelică Morcov (ROU) |
| 100 kg |
Ivan Yarygin (URS) |
Russell Hellickson (USA) |
Dimo Kostov (BUL) |
| +100 kg |
Soslan Andiyev (URS) |
 József Balla (HUN) |
Ladislau Şimon (ROU) |
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |
Alexei Shumakov (URS) |
Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU) |
Stefan Angelov (BUL) |
| 52 kg |
Vitali Konstantinov (URS) |
Nicu Gingă (ROU) |
Koichiro Hirayama (JPN) |
| 57 kg |
 Pertti Ukkola (FIN) |
 Ivan Frgić (YUG) |
Farhat Mustafin (URS) |
| 62 kg |
 Kazimierz Lipień (POL) |
Nelson Davidyan (URS) |
László Réczi (HUN) |
| 68 kg |
Suren Nalbandyan (URS) |
Ştefan Rusu (ROU) |
Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) |
| 74 kg |
Anatoly Bykov (URS) |
 Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) |
Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) |
| 82 kg |
Momir Petković (YUG) |
Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) |
Ivan Kolev (BUL) |
| 90 kg |
Valery Rezantsev (URS) |
Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) |
Czesław Kwieciński (POL) |
| 100 kg |
Nikolai Balboshin (URS) |
Kamen Goranov (BUL) |
Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) |
| +100 kg |
Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) |
Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) |
Roman Codreanu (ROU) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) |
12 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | United States (USA) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 22x20px South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22x20px Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Participating nations
A total of 331 wrestlers from 41 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
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See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
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