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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), 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 (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.0; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-4.0; loss by fall-4.0). 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	–	–	Gold
2	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	–	–	Silver
3	172	Masao Arai	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	–	–
5	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	–	–
6	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	–	–
7	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	–	–
8	251	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	–	–
AC	57	Jorge Ramos	CUB	eliminated r4/6	7
AC	258	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	eliminated r4/6	8
AC	358	Risto Darlev	YUG	eliminated r4/6	8
AC	127	László Klinga	HUN	withdrew r4/6	5
AC	269	Gigel Anghel	ROU	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	195	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	eliminated r3/6	8
AC	209	Moisés López	MEX	eliminated r3/6	8
AC	340	Joe Corso	USA	eliminated r3/6	8
AC	32	Mike Barry	CAN	eliminated r2/6	7
AC	6	Gordon Smith	AUS	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	85	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	230	Barry Oldridge	NZL	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	232	Ditta Allah	PAK	eliminated r2/6	8
DNS	63	Samir Khalifa Abdallah	EGY	–	–
DNS	156	Kamal Abdu	IRQ	–	–
DNS	264	Roberto Munoz	PUR	–	–
DNS	290	Arona Mané	SEN	–	–

Round One

Date	27 July 1976 — 12:23

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	0
=1	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	0
=1	209	Moisés López	MEX	0
=1	269	Gigel Anghel	ROU	0
=1	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	0
=1	340	Joe Corso	USA	0
=1	358	Risto Darlev	YUG	0
=1	251	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	0
=9	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1
=9	127	László Klinga	HUN	1
=9	172	Masao Arai	JPN	1
=12	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	3
=12	57	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3
=12	195	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	3
=15	6	Gordon Smith	AUS	4
=15	32	Mike Barry	CAN	4
=15	85	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	4
=15	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4
=15	230	Barry Oldridge	NZL	4
=15	232	Ditta Allah	PAK	4
=15	258	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Joe Corso	USA	Decision (20-8)	Ditta Allah	PAK
Match #2	27 Jul	Masao Arai	JPN	Decision (13-9)	Miho Dukov	BUL
Match #3	27 Jul	Gigel Anghel	ROU	Fall (4:10)	Gordon Smith	AUS
Match #4	27 Jul	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	Decision (23-5)	Mike Barry	CAN
Match #5	27 Jul	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	Decision (28-26)	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR
Match #6	27 Jul	Risto Darlev	YUG	Decision (24-x)	Barry Oldridge	NZL
Match #7	27 Jul	Moisés López	MEX	Fall (5:01)	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR
Match #8	27 Jul	László Klinga	HUN	Decision (13-6)	Jorge Ramos	CUB
Match #9	27 Jul	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	Decision (38-7)	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL
Match #10	27 Jul	Vladimir Yumin	URS	Decision (20-5)	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK
Match #11	27 Jul	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL

Round Two

Date	28 July 1976 — 11:25

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	0	–
=1	358	Risto Darlev	YUG	0	–
=1	251	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	0	–
=4	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1	–
=4	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1	–
=4	172	Masao Arai	JPN	1	–
=7	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	3	–
=7	57	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3	–
=7	269	Gigel Anghel	ROU	3	–
=10	195	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	4	–
=10	209	Moisés López	MEX	4	–
=10	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4	–
=10	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	4	–
=10	340	Joe Corso	USA	4	–
=10	258	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	4	–
16	127	László Klinga	HUN	5	–
17	32	Mike Barry	CAN	7	eliminated
=18	6	Gordon Smith	AUS	8	eliminated
=18	85	Amrik Singh Gill	GBR	8	eliminated
=18	230	Barry Oldridge	NZL	8	eliminated
=18	232	Ditta Allah	PAK	8	eliminated

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

Round Three

Date	29 July 1976 — 12:01-21:32

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	1	–
=1	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1	–
=1	172	Masao Arai	JPN	1	–
=4	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	3	–
=4	57	Jorge Ramos	CUB	3	–
=4	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3	–
=4	251	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	3	–
=8	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4	–
=8	358	Risto Darlev	YUG	4	–
=10	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	5	–
=10	258	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	5	–
11	269	Gigel Anghel	ROU	7	eliminated
=13	195	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR	8	eliminated
=13	209	Moisés López	MEX	8	eliminated
=13	340	Joe Corso	USA	8	eliminated
16	127	László Klinga	HUN	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	Decision (13-10)	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL
Match #2	29 Jul	Masao Arai	JPN	Fall (8:54)	Joe Corso	USA
Match #3	29 Jul	Miho Dukov	BUL	Decision (32-1)	Gigel Anghel	ROU
Match #4	29 Jul	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	Decision (24-9)	Jeong Yun-Ok	KOR
Match #5	29 Jul	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	Fall (6:47)	Risto Darlev	YUG
Match #6	29 Jul	Jorge Ramos	CUB	Dq (7:17)	Moisés López	MEX
Match #7	29 Jul	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	Fall (2:41)	László Klinga	HUN
Match #8	29 Jul	Vladimir Yumin	URS	Decision (10-5)	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR

Round Four

Date	30 July 1976 — 15:43

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	1	–
2	172	Masao Arai	JPN	2	–
3	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3	–
4	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	3.5	–
5	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4	–
=6	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	5	–
=6	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	5	–
8	251	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL	6.5	eliminated
9	57	Jorge Ramos	CUB	7	eliminated
=10	358	Risto Darlev	YUG	8	eliminated
=10	258	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Miho Dukov	BUL	Decision (18-7)	Zbigniew Żedzicki	POL
Match #2	30 Jul	Masao Arai	JPN	Decision (14-7)	Li Ho-Pyong	PRK
Match #3	30 Jul	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	Decision (26-8)	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE
Match #4	30 Jul	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	Fall (7:35)	Risto Darlev	YUG
Match #5	30 Jul	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	Fall (4:15)	Jorge Ramos	CUB
Match #6	30 Jul	Vladimir Yumin	URS

Round Five

Date	31 July 1976 — 11:44

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	87	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	3.5	–
=2	146	Ramezan Kheder	IRI	4	–
=2	221	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL	4	–
4	16	Miho Dukov	BUL	4.5	–
5	172	Masao Arai	JPN	5	–
6	336	Vladimir Yumin	URS	6	–
7	115	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Vladimir Yumin	URS	Decision (11-5)	Masao Arai	JPN
Match #2	31 Jul	Miho Dukov	BUL	Decision (12-8)	Ramezan Kheder	IRI
Match #3	31 Jul	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	Decision (22-11)	Georgios Chatziioannidis	GRE
Match #4	31 Jul	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL

Final Round

Date	31 July 1976 — 20:15

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Masao Arai	JPN	Decision (22-3)	Megdiin Khoilogdorj	MGL
Match #2	31 Jul	Vladimir Yumin	URS	Decision (9-4)	Miho Dukov	BUL
Match #3	31 Jul	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	Fall (8:42)	Ramezan Kheder	IRI
Match #4	31 Jul	Hans-Dieter Brüchert	GDR	Decision (10-7)	Masao Arai	JPN