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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

Japan’s Yuji Takada had won the 1974-75 World Championships and dominated this class in Montréal. He won his first five matches by falls, then met Soviet Aleksandr Ivanov in the final round, outpointing him, 20-11. Takada then met the other finalist, Korean Jeon Hae-Seop, and threw him in 1:46 to win the gold medal. Ivanov won the silver by throwing Jeon in 2:53 in their final round match. Takada would go on to win the 1977 and 1979 World Championships but missed the 1980 Moskva Olympics because of the American-led boycott. He returned in 1984, however, and added a bronze medal in this class at the Los Angeles Olympics. This was Ivanov’s international début but he would add a silver medal to his collection at the 1977 European Championships.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Yuji Takada	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	–	–	Bronze
4	Henrik Gál	HUN	–	–
5	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	–	–
6	Władysław Stecyk	POL	–	–
7	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	–	–
8	Eloy Abreu	CUB	–	–
AC	James Haines	USA	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Julien Mewis	BEL	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Kamil Özdağ	TUR	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Gordon Bertie	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Constantin Măndilă	ROU	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Fritz Niebler	FRG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Emille Kitnurse	ISV	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 11:55)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Julien Mewis	BEL	0,0
=1	Henrik Gál	HUN	0,0
=1	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	0,0
=1	Yuji Takada	JPN	0,0
=1	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	0,0
=1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	0,0
=1	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	0,0
8	James Haines	USA	0,5
=9	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	1,0
=9	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	1,0
=11	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA	3,0
=11	Kamil Özdağ	TUR	3,0
13	Constantin Măndilă	ROU	3,5
=14	Gordon Bertie	CAN	4,0
=14	Eloy Abreu	CUB	4,0
=14	Fritz Niebler	FRG	4,0
=14	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI	4,0
=14	Emille Kitnurse	ISV	4,0
=14	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL	4,0	withdrew

Match #1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	DQ (8:30)	Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir	MGL
Match #2	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:10)	Gordon Bertie	CAN
Match #3	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	decision (8-6)	Kamil Özdağ	TUR
Match #4	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	DQ (7:47)	Eloy Abreu	CUB
Match #5	James Haines	USA	decision (13-3)	Constantin Măndilă	ROU
Match #6	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	decision (21-16)	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA
Match #7	Henrik Gál	HUN	fall (5:55)	Fritz Niebler	FRG
Match #8	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	fall (8:55)	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI
Match #9	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	fall (4:59)	Emille Kitnurse	ISV
Match #10	Julien Mewis	BEL	bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 11:35)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Henrik Gál	HUN	0,0
=1	Yuji Takada	JPN	0,0
=1	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	0,0
=1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	0,0
=1	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	0,0
6	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	1,0
7	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	1,5
8	James Haines	USA	3,5
=9	Julien Mewis	BEL	4,0
=9	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI	4,0
=9	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	4,0
12	Eloy Abreu	CUB	5,0
=13	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA	7,0	eliminated
=13	Kamil Özdağ	TUR	7,0	eliminated
=15	Gordon Bertie	CAN	7,5	eliminated
=15	Constantin Măndilă	ROU	7,5	eliminated
=17	Fritz Niebler	FRG	8,0	eliminated
=17	Emille Kitnurse	ISV	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	fall (1:26)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #2	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:15)	Kamil Özdağ	TUR
Match #3	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	decision (11-3)	Gordon Bertie	CAN
Match #4	Eloy Abreu	CUB	decision (13-12)	James Haines	USA
Match #5	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	decision (22-4)	Constantin Măndilă	ROU
Match #6	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	fall (4:58)	Fritz Niebler	FRG
Match #7	Henrik Gál	HUN	fall (7:29)	Diego Lo Brutto	FRA
Match #8	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI	decision (24-2)	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA
Match #9	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	fall (1:30)	Emille Kitnurse	ISV

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 11:32)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Henrik Gál	HUN	0,0
=1	Yuji Takada	JPN	0,0
=1	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	0,0
4	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	0,5
5	Władysław Stecyk	POL	1,0
6	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	4,0
7	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	4,5
8	Eloy Abreu	CUB	6,0
9	James Haines	USA	7,0	eliminated
=10	Julien Mewis	BEL	8,0	eliminated
=10	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI	8,0	eliminated
=10	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:16)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #2	Władysław Stecyk	POL	decision (11-8)	Nermedin Selimov	BUL
Match #3	Eloy Abreu	CUB	decision (16-12)	Li Bong-Sun	PRK
Match #4	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	decision (18-10)	James Haines	USA
Match #5	Henrik Gál	HUN	fall (5:04)	Habib Fatah-Gharalar	IRI
Match #6	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	fall (2:16)	Giuseppe Bognanni	ITA

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 15:01)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Yuji Takada	JPN	0,0
2	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	1,0
3	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	1,5
4	Henrik Gál	HUN	3,0
5	Władysław Stecyk	POL	5,0
6	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	5,5
7	Li Bong-Sun	PRK	7,0	eliminated
8	Eloy Abreu	CUB	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (5:39)	Władysław Stecyk	POL
Match #2	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	criteria (9-9)	Eloy Abreu	CUB
Match #3	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	decision (22-19)	Li Bong-Sun	PRK
Match #4	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	decision (15-8)	Henrik Gál	HUN

Round Five (30 July 1976 — 21:21)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Yuji Takada	JPN	0,0
2	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	1,5
3	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	2,0
4	Henrik Gál	HUN	7,0	eliminated
5	Nermedin Selimov	BUL	8,5	eliminated
6	Władysław Stecyk	POL	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	decision (26-5)	Władysław Stecyk	POL
Match #2	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:54)	Henrik Gál	HUN
Match #3	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR	decision (10-3)	Nermedin Selimov	BUL

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 20:06)

Match #1	Yuji Takada	JPN	decision (20-11)	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS
Match #2	Yuji Takada	JPN	fall (1:46)	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR
Match #3	Aleksandr Ivanov	URS	fall (2:53)	Jeon Hae-Seop	KOR