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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	21 from 21 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.

The last two World Champions were Masao Arai of Japan (1975) and Vladimir Yumin of the Soviet Union (1974). Yumin also came in as European Champion in 1975-76. Both made it to the final rounds, along with East German Hans-Dieter Brüchert, Iran’s Ramezan Kheder, and Bulgaria’s Mikho Dukov. The round three match, in which Yumin defeated Brüchert on points, proved to be decisive and gave the gold medal to Yumin, with Brüchert taking silver, and Arai bronze. For all three medalists, this was their only Olympic appearance. Dukov, who placed fourth, would later win a silver medal in 1980 at Moskva as a featherweight. Yumin won World titles as a featherweight in 1977-79 but failed to make the Soviet team for Moskva.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Vladimir Yumin	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	–	–	Silver
3	Masao Arai	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	Miho Dukov	BUL	–	–
5	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	–	–
6	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	–	–
7	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	–	–
8	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	–	–
AC	Jorge Ramos	CUB	Eliminated r4/6	7.0
AC	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	Eliminated r4/6	8.0
AC	Risto Darlev	YUG	Eliminated r4/6	8.0
AC	László Klinga	HUN	Withdrew r4/6	5.0
AC	Gigel Anghel	ROU	Eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	Eliminated r3/6	8.0
AC	Moisés López	MEX	Eliminated r3/6	8.0
AC	Joe Corso	USA	Eliminated r3/6	8.0
AC	Mike Barry	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	Gordon Smith	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	Barry Oldridge	NZL	Eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	Ditta Allah	PAK	Eliminated r2/6	8.0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 12:23)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	0.0
=1	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	0.0
=1	Moisés López	MEX	0.0
=1	Gigel Anghel	ROU	0.0
=1	Vladimir Yumin	URS	0.0
=1	Joe Corso	USA	0.0
=1	Risto Darlev	YUG	0.0
=1	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	0.0
=9	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1.0
=9	László Klinga	HUN	1.0
=9	Masao Arai	JPN	1.0
=12	Miho Dukov	BUL	3.0
=12	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3.0
=12	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	3.0
=15	Gordon Smith	AUS	4.0
=15	Mike Barry	CAN	4.0
=15	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	4.0
=15	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4.0
=15	Barry Oldridge	NZL	4.0
=15	Ditta Allah	PAK	4.0
=15	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	4.0

Match #1	Joe Corso	USA	decision (20-8)	Ditta Allah	PAK
Match #2	Masao Arai	JPN	decision (13-9)	Miho Dukov	BUL
Match #3	Gigel Anghel	ROU	fall (4:10)	Gordon Smith	AUS
Match #4	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	decision (23-5)	Mike Barry	CAN
Match #5	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	decision (28-26)	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR
Match #6	Risto Darlev	YUG	decision (24-x)	Barry Oldridge	NZL
Match #7	Moisés López	MEX	fall (5:01)	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR
Match #8	László Klinga	HUN	decision (13-6)	Jorge Ramos	CUB
Match #9	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	decision (38-7)	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL
Match #10	Vladimir Yumin	URS	decision (20-5)	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK
Match #11	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 11:25)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	0.0
=1	Risto Darlev	YUG	0.0
=1	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	0.0
=4	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1.0
=4	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1.0
=4	Masao Arai	JPN	1.0
=7	Miho Dukov	BUL	3.0
=7	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3.0
=7	Gigel Anghel	ROU	3.0
=10	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	4.0
=10	Moisés López	MEX	4.0
=10	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4.0
=10	Vladimir Yumin	URS	4.0
=10	Joe Corso	USA	4.0
=10	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	4.0
16	László Klinga	HUN	5.0
17	Mike Barry	CAN	7.0	eliminated
=18	Gordon Smith	AUS	8.0	eliminated
=18	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	8.0	eliminated
=18	Barry Oldridge	NZL	8.0	eliminated
=18	Ditta Allah	PAK	8.0	eliminated

Match #1	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	fall (1:02)	Joe Corso	USA
Match #2	Masao Arai	JPN	fall (1:28)	Ditta Allah	PAK
Match #3	Miho Dukov	BUL	fall (1:33)	Gordon Smith	AUS
Match #4	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	decision (18-15)	Gigel Anghel	ROU
Match #5	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	decision (11-9)	Mike Barry	CAN
Match #6	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	fall (2:29)	Barry Oldridge	NZL
Match #7	Risto Darlev	YUG	fall (1:01)	Moisés López	MEX
Match #8	Jorge Ramos	CUB	decision (19-6)	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR
Match #9	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR		László Klinga	HUN
Match #10	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	fall (4:49)	Vladimir Yumin	URS
Match #11	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	bye

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 12:01-21:32)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1.0
=1	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1.0
=1	Masao Arai	JPN	1.0
=4	Miho Dukov	BUL	3.0
=4	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3.0
=4	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3.0
=4	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	3.0
=8	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4.0
=8	Risto Darlev	YUG	4.0
=10	Vladimir Yumin	URS	5.0
=10	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	5.0
11	Gigel Anghel	ROU	7.0	eliminated
=13	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	8.0	eliminated
=13	Moisés López	MEX	8.0	eliminated
=13	Joe Corso	USA	8.0	eliminated
16	László Klinga	HUN	9.0	eliminated

Match #1	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	decision (13-10)	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL
Match #2	Masao Arai	JPN	fall (8:54)	Joe Corso	USA
Match #3	Miho Dukov	BUL	decision (32-1)	Gigel Anghel	ROU
Match #4	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	decision (24-9)	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR
Match #5	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	fall (6:47)	Risto Darlev	YUG
Match #6	Jorge Ramos	CUB	DQ (7:17)	Moisés López	MEX
Match #7	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	fall (2:41)	László Klinga	HUN
Match #8	Vladimir Yumin	URS	decision (10-5)	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 15:43)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1.0
2	Masao Arai	JPN	2.0
3	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3.0
4	Miho Dukov	BUL	3.5
5	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4.0
=6	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	5.0
=6	Vladimir Yumin	URS	5.0
8	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	6.5	eliminated
9	Jorge Ramos	CUB	7.0	eliminated
=10	Risto Darlev	YUG	8.0	eliminated
=10	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	8.0	eliminated

Match #1	Miho Dukov	BUL	decision (18-7)	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL
Match #2	Masao Arai	JPN	decision (14-7)	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK
Match #3	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	decision (26-8)	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE
Match #4	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	fall (7:35)	Risto Darlev	YUG
Match #5	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	fall (4:15)	Jorge Ramos	CUB
Match #6	Vladimir Yumin	URS	bye

Round Five (31 July 1976 — 11:44)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3.5
2	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	4.0
2	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4.0
4	Miho Dukov	BUL	4.5
5	Masao Arai	JPN	5.0
6	Vladimir Yumin	URS	6.0
7	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	8.5	eliminated

Match #1	Vladimir Yumin	URS	decision (11-5)	Masao Arai	JPN
Match #2	Miho Dukov	BUL	decision (12-8)	Ramezan Kheder	IRI
Match #3	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	decision (22-11)	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE
Match #4	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	bye

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 20:15)

Match #1	Masao Arai	JPN	decision (22-3)	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL
Match #2	Vladimir Yumin	URS	decision (9-4)	Miho Dukov	BUL
Match #3	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	fall (8:42)	Ramezan Kheder	IRI
Match #4	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	decision (10-7)	Masao Arai	JPN