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The Men's Freestyle 82 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.
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings
- John Peterson (USA)
- Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
- Adolf Seger (FRG)
- Mehmet Uzun (TUR)
- Ismail Abilov (BUL)
- Henryk Mazur (POL)
- István Kovács (HUN)
- Masaru Motegi (JPN)
References
Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA