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

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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.

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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

    • Final

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

    Final standings

    1.  Anatoly Bykov (URS)
    2.  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
    3.  Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)
    4.  Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
    5.  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)
    6.  Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)
    7.  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
    8.  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)

    References

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