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Foil, Individual, Men

Date20 – 21 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants56 from 23 countries

Fabio Dal Zotto celebrated his 19th birthday on the opening day of the 1976 Olympics. A bronze medallist at the World Youth Championships earlier in 1976, he was included in the Italian team only to gain experience for future Olympics. Things did not start well for him as he came within a single hit of elimination in the first phase of the competition but from then on his form improved and he moved into the final stage by placing second in the semi-final. Dal Zotto won four of his five bouts in the final pool which tied him with former World Champion Aleksandr Romankov of the USSR. Much to everyone surprise the Italian then proceeded to defeat his Russian opponent with little difficulty and claim the Olympic title. France’s Bernard Talvard was the bronze medallist.

Dal Zotto appeared on the brink of a glittering career but this was to be his only major championship title. He was a regular member of Italian medal winning teams until a dispute with a teammate at a training camp led to him withdrawing from consideration for the Moskva Olympics. Recalled for the 1981 World Championships he was expelled from the team for breaches of discipline.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1120Fabio Dal ZottoITAGold
2201Aleksandr RomankovURSSilver
361Bernard TalvardFRABronze
4204Vasily StankovichURS
557Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
68Greg BenkoAUS
=7196Vladimir DenisovURS
=756Christian NoëlFRA
=9100József KomatitsHUN
=9163Petru KukiROU
=984Harald HeinFRG
=9144Marek DąbrowskiPOL
=1378Matthias BehrFRG
=1376Klaus HaertterGDR
=1387Klaus ReichertFRG
=13209Ed DonofrioUSA
=1743Enrique SalvatCUB
=17207Ed BallingerUSA
19187František KoukalTCH
2074Graham PaulGBR
21148Lech KoziejowskiPOL
2235Jorge GarbeyCUB
2366Rob BrunigesGBR
24155Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
25172Mihai ȚiuROU
26123Carlo MontanoITA
27186Jaroslav JurkaTCH
28174Patrice GailleSUI
29131Masanori KawatsuJPN
30132Noriyuki SatoJPN
3173Barry PaulGBR
32106Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
33112Hossein NiknamIRI
3439Eduardo JhonsCUB
35211Marty LangUSA
36129Toshio JinguJPN
37128Stefano SimoncelliITA
=38107Ahmed AkbariIRI
=38113Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
4095Jenő KamutiHUN
4124Michel DessureaultCAN
429Ernie SimonAUS
43159José SamalotPUR
444Fernando LúpizARG
45167Tudor PetrușROU
4616Thierry SoumagneBEL
4725Lehel FeketeCAN
4893Edward NgHKG
4992Roger KamHKG
5090Matthew ChanHKG
517Omar VergaraARG
=522Daniel FeraudARG
=52184Göran MalkarSWE
54Jamal AmeenKUW
55Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
56Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
DNS37Pedro HernándezCUB
DNS136Jarle HøyvikNOR

Round One

Date20 July 1976 — 8:30
FormatTop four finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool #1

Jury PresidentAndrás FelkayHUN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
156Christian NoëlFRA6-030-11Q
276Klaus HaertterGDR4-225-10Q
335Jorge GarbeyCUB4-225-18Q
48Greg BenkoAUS3-320-16Q
5128Stefano SimoncelliITA3-316-21
692Roger KamHKG1-513-29
7Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW0-66-30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #220 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #320 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 1Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #420 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 0Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #520 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 3Roger KamHKG
Bout #620 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 1Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #720 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 0Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #820 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 0Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #920 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 0Roger KamHKG
Bout #1020 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #1120 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 3Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #1220 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 1Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #1320 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 3Roger KamHKG
Bout #1420 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 1Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #1520 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 1Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #1620 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 0Roger KamHKG
Bout #1720 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #1820 JulStefano SimoncelliITA5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #1920 JulStefano SimoncelliITA5 – 2Roger KamHKG
Bout #2020 JulStefano SimoncelliITA5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #2120 JulRoger KamHKG5 – 4Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW

Pool #2

Jury PresidentZygmunt PawlasPOL
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1172Mihai ȚiuROU5-129-16Q
243Enrique SalvatCUB5-127-15Q
361Bernard TalvardFRA4-224-16Q
473Barry PaulGBR4-225-22Q
59Ernie SimonAUS2-422-20
693Edward NgHKG1-511-26
7Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW0-67-30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 2Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #220 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 3Barry PaulGBR
Bout #320 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 3Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #420 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 1Edward NgHKG
Bout #520 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #620 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #720 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #820 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 3Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #920 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 1Edward NgHKG
Bout #1020 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #1120 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 4Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #1220 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 2Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #1320 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 0Edward NgHKG
Bout #1420 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 0Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #1520 JulBarry PaulGBR5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #1620 JulBarry PaulGBR5 – 4Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #1720 JulBarry PaulGBR5 – 4Edward NgHKG
Bout #1820 JulBarry PaulGBR5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #1920 JulErnie SimonAUS5 – 0Edward NgHKG
Bout #2020 JulErnie SimonAUS5 – 0Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #2120 JulEdward NgHKG5 – 1Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW

Pool #3

Jury PresidentMario CurlettoITA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1196Vladimir DenisovURS5-025-11Q
2132Noriyuki SatoJPN3-218-18Q
3144Marek DąbrowskiPOL2-319-19Q
4211Marty LangUSA2-317-19Q
595Jenő KamutiHUN2-315-20
6159José SamalotPUR1-416-23
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #220 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #320 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 1Marty LangUSA
Bout #420 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 1Jenő KamutiHUN
Bout #520 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 2José SamalotPUR
Bout #620 JulNoriyuki SatoJPN5 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #720 JulNoriyuki SatoJPN5 – 1Jenő KamutiHUN
Bout #820 JulNoriyuki SatoJPN5 – 4José SamalotPUR
Bout #920 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #1020 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 1José SamalotPUR
Bout #1120 JulMarty LangUSA5 – 0Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #1220 JulMarty LangUSA5 – 4José SamalotPUR
Bout #1320 JulJenő KamutiHUN5 – 2Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulJenő KamutiHUN5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #1520 JulJosé SamalotPUR5 – 3Jenő KamutiHUN

Pool #4

Jury PresidentBernard GauthierFRA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1204Vasily StankovichURS4-124-14Q
284Harald HeinFRG4-124-18Q
3209Ed DonofrioUSA4-121-18Q
4120Fabio Dal ZottoITA2-322-22Q
54Fernando LúpizARG1-416-24
690Matthew ChanHKG0-514-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 1Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #220 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #320 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 2Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #420 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 2Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #520 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #620 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #720 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 1Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #820 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #920 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #1020 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #1120 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 4Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #1220 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 1Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #1320 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 4Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #1420 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 3Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #1520 JulFernando LúpizARG5 – 4Matthew ChanHKG

Pool #5

Jury PresidentGerman SveshnikovURS
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
157Frédéric PietruszkaFRA4-124-13Q
2123Carlo MontanoITA3-223-14Q
3100József KomatitsHUN3-221-13Q
466Rob BrunigesGBR3-221-19Q
524Michel DessureaultCAN2-312-21
6Jamal AmeenKUW0-54-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #220 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #320 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 1Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #420 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 0Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #520 JulCarlo MontanoITA5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #620 JulCarlo MontanoITA5 – 0Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #720 JulCarlo MontanoITA5 – 1Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #820 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 2Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #920 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 1Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #1020 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 0Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #1120 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 4Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #1220 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #1320 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 1Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #1420 JulMichel DessureaultCAN5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #1520 JulMichel DessureaultCAN5 – 2Jamal AmeenKUW

Pool #6

Jury PresidentPatrick VajdaFRA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1106Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5-025-13Q
2187František KoukalTCH4-123-14Q
3174Patrice GailleSUI3-221-16Q
474Graham PaulGBR2-319-16Q
516Thierry SoumagneBEL1-410-20
6184Göran MalkarSWE0-56-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #220 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 3Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #320 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #420 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #520 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 2Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #620 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 3Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #720 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #820 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #920 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 1Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #1020 JulPatrice GailleSUI5 – 1Graham PaulGBR
Bout #1120 JulPatrice GailleSUI5 – 2Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #1220 JulPatrice GailleSUI5 – 3Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #1320 JulGraham PaulGBR5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #1420 JulGraham PaulGBR5 – 0Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #1520 JulThierry SoumagneBEL5 – 0Göran MalkarSWE

Pool #7

Jury PresidentMax GeuterFRG
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1201Aleksandr RomankovURS4-123-10Q
2155Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL4-121-10Q
3129Toshio JinguJPN3-219-13Q
4112Hossein NiknamIRI2-311-22Q
5167Tudor PetrușROU1-414-23
625Lehel FeketeCAN1-413-23
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 1Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #220 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #320 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 0Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #420 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #520 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 2Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #620 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 1Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #720 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 1Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #820 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 1Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #920 JulToshio JinguJPN5 – 0Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #1020 JulToshio JinguJPN5 – 2Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #1120 JulToshio JinguJPN5 – 1Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #1220 JulHossein NiknamIRI5 – 3Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #1320 JulHossein NiknamIRI5 – 4Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #1420 JulTudor PetrușROU5 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #1520 JulLehel FeketeCAN5 – 3Tudor PetrușROU

Pool #8

Jury PresidentRudolf KárpátiHUN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
178Matthias BehrFRG3-220-18Q
2207Ed BallingerUSA3-222-20Q
3107Ahmed AkbariIRI2-317-21Q
4131Masanori KawatsuJPN4-123-11Q
5186Jaroslav JurkaTCH3-221-17
67Omar VergaraARG0-59-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 3Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #220 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #320 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #420 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #520 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 4Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #620 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 3Omar VergaraARG
Bout #720 JulAhmed AkbariIRI5 – 2Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #820 JulAhmed AkbariIRI5 – 4Omar VergaraARG
Bout #920 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 3Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #1020 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 0Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #1120 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 2Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #1220 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #1320 JulJaroslav JurkaTCH5 – 4Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #1420 JulJaroslav JurkaTCH5 – 3Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #1520 JulJaroslav JurkaTCH5 – 0Omar VergaraARG

Pool #9

Jury PresidentMarcel MinnenBEL
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
187Klaus ReichertFRG4-122-11Q
2163Petru KukiROU4-123-15Q
3148Lech KoziejowskiPOL3-221-17Q
439Eduardo JhonsCUB2-320-20Q
5113Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI2-317-21
62Daniel FeraudARG0-56-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 3Petru KukiROU
Bout #220 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 3Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #320 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 0Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #420 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 0Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #520 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #620 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 3Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #720 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 3Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #820 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 2Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #920 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 2Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #1020 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #1120 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #1220 JulEduardo JhonsCUB5 – 4Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #1320 JulEduardo JhonsCUB5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #1420 JulAli Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #1520 JulAli Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI5 – 2Daniel FeraudARG

Round Two

Date20 July 1976 — 11:00
FormatTop four finishers in each pool advanced to round three.

Pool #1

Jury PresidentGuillermo SaucedoARG
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
156Christian NoëlFRA4-123-14Q
2204Vasily StankovichURS3-223-18Q
3163Petru KukiROU3-218-18Q
4148Lech KoziejowskiPOL2-318-20Q
5186Jaroslav JurkaTCH2-319-21
6112Hossein NiknamIRI1-414-24
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 1Petru KukiROU
Bout #220 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #320 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 2Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #420 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 3Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #520 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 3Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #620 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 2Petru KukiROU
Bout #720 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #820 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 1Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #920 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #1020 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 3Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #1120 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #1220 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 1Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #1320 JulJaroslav JurkaTCH5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulJaroslav JurkaTCH5 – 2Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #1520 JulHossein NiknamIRI5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS

Pool #2

Jury PresidentTănase MureșanuROU
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1187František KoukalTCH5-025-14Q
2196Vladimir DenisovURS4-122-16Q
366Rob BrunigesGBR2-321-19Q
484Harald HeinFRG2-320-22Q
5174Patrice GailleSUI2-317-20
6211Marty LangUSA0-511-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 2Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #220 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 3Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #320 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #420 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 2Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #520 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #620 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #720 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #820 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 1Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #920 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 2Marty LangUSA
Bout #1020 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 2Harald HeinFRG
Bout #1120 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 2Marty LangUSA
Bout #1220 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #1320 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #1420 JulPatrice GailleSUI5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #1520 JulPatrice GailleSUI5 – 1Marty LangUSA

Pool #3

Jury PresidentJuozas UdrasURS
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
157Frédéric PietruszkaFRA4-123-12Q
2120Fabio Dal ZottoITA4-123-14Q
378Matthias BehrFRG3-222-17Q
4209Ed DonofrioUSA3-220-18Q
5106Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN1-414-23
6129Toshio JinguJPN0-57-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #220 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 1Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #320 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 1Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #420 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #520 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #620 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #720 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #820 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #920 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 3Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #1020 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 3Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #1120 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #1220 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #1320 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 4Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #1420 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #1520 JulLajos Somodi, Jr.HUN5 – 3Toshio JinguJPN

Pool #4

Jury PresidentGuido MalacarneITA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
187Klaus ReichertFRG4-124-18Q
276Klaus HaertterGDR3-223-18Q
3207Ed BallingerUSA3-220-20Q
4100József KomatitsHUN3-219-22Q
5172Mihai ȚiuROU2-318-15
639Eduardo JhonsCUB0-514-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #220 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 4József KomatitsHUN
Bout #320 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 1Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #420 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #520 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 1Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #620 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 3Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #720 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #820 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 4Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #920 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 4Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #1020 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 2Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #1120 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #1220 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 4Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #1320 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #1420 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 0József KomatitsHUN
Bout #1520 JulMihai ȚiuROU5 – 0Eduardo JhonsCUB

Pool #5

Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
161Bernard TalvardFRA4-122-15Q
2155Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL3-221-20Q
343Enrique SalvatCUB3-216-18Q
474Graham PaulGBR2-321-20Q
5123Carlo MontanoITA2-317-19
6132Noriyuki SatoJPN1-419-24
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #220 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #320 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 2Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #420 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #520 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #620 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #720 JulZiemek WojciechowskiPOL5 – 4Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #820 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #920 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 3Graham PaulGBR
Bout #1020 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #1120 JulGraham PaulGBR5 – 1Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #1220 JulGraham PaulGBR5 – 4Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #1320 JulCarlo MontanoITA5 – 4Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulCarlo MontanoITA5 – 0Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #1520 JulNoriyuki SatoJPN5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA

Pool #6

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1201Aleksandr RomankovURS4-122-13Q
28Greg BenkoAUS3-221-15Q
335Jorge GarbeyCUB3-220-18Q
4144Marek DąbrowskiPOL2-318-22Q
5131Masanori KawatsuJPN2-316-23
673Barry PaulGBR1-416-22
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #220 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 1Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #320 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 1Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #420 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #520 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 1Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #620 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #720 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 1Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #820 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 2Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #920 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 4Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #1020 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #1120 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #1220 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 3Barry PaulGBR
Bout #1320 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulMasanori KawatsuJPN5 – 4Barry PaulGBR
Bout #1520 JulBarry PaulGBR5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS

Round Three

Date20 July 1976 — 15:00
FormatTop four finishers in each pool advanced to elimination rounds.

Pool #1

Jury PresidentPatrick VajdaFRA
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
187Klaus ReichertFRG4-124-9Q
2163Petru KukiROU4-122-19Q
38Greg BenkoAUS2-317-19Q
4144Marek DąbrowskiPOL2-319-22Q
5207Ed BallingerUSA2-314-21
6187František KoukalTCH1-417-23
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 1Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #220 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 1Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #320 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 0Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #420 JulKlaus ReichertFRG5 – 2František KoukalTCH
Bout #520 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 4Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #620 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #720 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #820 JulPetru KukiROU5 – 4František KoukalTCH
Bout #920 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 1Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #1020 JulGreg BenkoAUS5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #1120 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #1220 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #1320 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 2Petru KukiROU
Bout #1420 JulEd BallingerUSA5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #1520 JulFrantišek KoukalTCH5 – 3Ed BallingerUSA

Pool #2

Jury PresidentRudolf KárpátiHUN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1196Vladimir DenisovURS4-123-13Q
284Harald HeinFRG4-121-18Q
357Frédéric PietruszkaFRA3-220-16Q
478Matthias BehrFRG2-321-19Q
543Enrique SalvatCUB2-314-21
6155Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL0-513-25
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 1Harald HeinFRG
Bout #220 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #320 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #420 JulVladimir DenisovURS5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #520 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #620 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #720 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 2Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #820 JulHarald HeinFRG5 – 4Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #920 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 3Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #1020 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #1120 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #1220 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 2Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #1320 JulMatthias BehrFRG5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #1520 JulEnrique SalvatCUB5 – 3Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL

Pool #3

Jury PresidentZygmunt PawlasPOL
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1201Aleksandr RomankovURS5-025-15Q
276Klaus HaertterGDR3-221-16Q
3100József KomatitsHUN3-221-20Q
461Bernard TalvardFRA2-321-19Q
574Graham PaulGBR1-414-23
635Jorge GarbeyCUB1-415-24
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #220 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #320 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 4Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #420 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Graham PaulGBR
Bout #520 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #620 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 3Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #720 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 1Graham PaulGBR
Bout #820 JulKlaus HaertterGDR5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #920 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #1020 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 4Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #1120 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #1220 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 2Graham PaulGBR
Bout #1320 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #1420 JulGraham PaulGBR5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #1520 JulJorge GarbeyCUB5 – 4Graham PaulGBR

Pool #4

Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
156Christian NoëlFRA5-025-13Q
2120Fabio Dal ZottoITA4-124-11Q
3204Vasily StankovichURS3-220-18Q
4209Ed DonofrioUSA1-417-23Q
5148Lech KoziejowskiPOL1-414-23
666Rob BrunigesGBR1-412-24
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #220 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 2Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #320 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 2Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #420 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #520 JulChristian NoëlFRA5 – 2Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #620 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 3Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #720 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 2Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #820 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 0Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #920 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #1020 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #1120 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #1220 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 1Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #1320 JulEd DonofrioUSA5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #1420 JulLech KoziejowskiPOL5 – 3Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #1520 JulRob BrunigesGBR5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA

Elimination Rounds

Date20 July 1976 — 18:00
FormatDouble-elimination round. Winners of round two and round three repêchage advanced to final round.

Round One

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two. Losers advanced to round one repêchage.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulMarek DąbrowskiPOL10 – 8Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #220 JulVasily StankovichURS10 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #320 JulVladimir DenisovURS10 – 6József KomatitsHUN
Bout #420 JulGreg BenkoAUS10 – 9Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #520 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA10 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #620 JulHarald HeinFRG10 – 9Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #720 JulBernard TalvardFRA10 – 5Petru KukiROU
Bout #820 JulAleksandr RomankovURS10 – 5Matthias BehrFRG

Round One Repêchage

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two repêchage.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulChristian NoëlFRA10 – 7Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #220 JulJózsef KomatitsHUN10 – 5Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #320 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA10 – 5Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #420 JulPetru KukiROU10 – 9Matthias BehrFRG

Round Two

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final pool. Losers advanced to round two repêchage.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulVasily StankovichURS10 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #220 JulGreg BenkoAUS10 – 9Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #320 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA10 – 9Harald HeinFRG
Bout #420 JulBernard TalvardFRA10 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS

Round Two Repêchage

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three repêchage.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulChristian NoëlFRA10 – 5Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #220 JulVladimir DenisovURS10 – 8Petru KukiROU
Bout #320 JulAleksandr RomankovURS10 – 6József KomatitsHUN
Bout #420 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA10 – 3Harald HeinFRG

Round Three Repêchage

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final pool.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #120 JulAleksandr RomankovURS10 – 6Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #220 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA10 – 1Vladimir DenisovURS

Final Pool

Date21 July 1976 — 18:00
Jury PresidentGuillermo SaucedoARG
Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosNumberCompetitorNOCBoutsTouches
1120Fabio Dal ZottoITA4-124-15
2201Aleksandr RomankovURS4-121-13
361Bernard TalvardFRA3-219-21
4204Vasily StankovichURS2-319-18
557Frédéric PietruszkaFRA2-313-19
68Greg BenkoAUS0-515-25

Final Pool, Barrage 1/2

MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #121 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Aleksandr RomankovURS
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout #121 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #221 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #321 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #421 JulFabio Dal ZottoITA5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #521 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #621 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 1Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #721 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #821 JulAleksandr RomankovURS5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #921 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #1021 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #1121 JulBernard TalvardFRA5 – 3Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #1221 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #1321 JulVasily StankovichURS5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #1421 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #1521 JulFrédéric PietruszkaFRA5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS