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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	17 from 17 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.

At one time Finland produced many of the world’s best wrestlers, but they had not won an Olympic gold medal since 1956. Nobody expected that to change in Montréal as Soviet Farkhat Mustafin had won the 1976 Europeans and the 1974-75 World Championships. The final round matched Mustafin, Yugoslavian Ivica Frgić, and Finland’s Pertti Ukkola. Ukkola had won a bronze medal at the 1975 Worlds, but his 6-5 decision victory over Mustafin in round two was considered a big upset. His final match was just as close, a 5-4 victory over Frgić which brought the Finn the gold medal. He would later win the 1977 World Championships, with the same podium as in Montréal, with Mustafin second and Frgić third. Ukkola also won the 1977 European Championships, again with Mustafin in second place.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	Ivica Frgić	YUG	–	–	Silver
3	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	Yoshima Suga	JPN	–	–
5	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	–	–
6	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	–	–
7	József Doncsecz	HUN	–	–
8	Josef Krysta	TCH	–	–
AC	Joe Sade	USA	Eliminated r4/7	8,5
AC	Józef Lipień	POL	Eliminated r4/7	10,0
AC	Doug Yeats	CAN	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Luís Grilo	POR	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Per Lindholm	SWE	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	An Han-Yeong	KOR	Eliminated r2/7	6,5
AC	Hans-Jürgen Veil	FRG	Eliminated r2/7	7,0
AC	Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL	Eliminated r2/7	7,5
AC	Ali Lachkar	MAR	Withdrew r2/7	0,0

Round One (20 July 1976 — 11:41)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	0,0
=1	Doug Yeats	CAN	0,0
=1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	0,0
=1	Ali Lachkar	MAR	0,0	withdrew
=1	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	0,0
=1	Josef Krysta	TCH	0,0
=7	Yoshima Suga	JPN	1,0
=7	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	1,0
=7	Ivica Frgić	YUG	1,0
=10	József Doncsecz	HUN	3,0
=10	An Han-Yeong	KOR	3,0
=10	Per Lindholm	SWE	3,0
=13	Hans-Jürgen Veil	FRG	4,0
=13	Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL	4,0
=13	Józef Lipień	POL	4,0
=13	Luís Grilo	POR	4,0
=13	Joe Sade	USA	4,0

Match #1	Ali Lachkar	MAR	DQ (---)	Luís Grilo	POR
Match #2	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	DQ (5:51)	Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL
Match #3	Josef Krysta	TCH	fall (0:58)	Joe Sade	USA
Match #4	Yoshima Suga	JPN	decision (6-5)	An Han-Yeong	KOR
Match #5	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	DQ (---)	Józef Lipień	POL
Match #6	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	DQ (5:31)	Hans-Jürgen Veil	FRG
Match #7	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	decision (9-2)	József Doncsecz	HUN
Match #8	Ivica Frgić	YUG	decision (8-1)	Per Lindholm	SWE
Match #9	Doug Yeats	CAN	bye

Round Two (21 July 1976 — 12:13)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	0,5
=2	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	1,0
=2	Josef Krysta	TCH	1,0
4	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	3,0
=5	Doug Yeats	CAN	4,0
=5	József Doncsecz	HUN	4,0
=5	Yoshima Suga	JPN	4,0
=5	Luís Grilo	POR	4,0
=5	Per Lindholm	SWE	4,0
=5	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	4,0
=5	Ivica Frgić	YUG	4,0
12	Joe Sade	USA	4,5
13	Józef Lipień	POL	5,0
14	An Han-Yeong	KOR	6,5	eliminated
15	Hans-Jürgen Veil	FRG	7,0	eliminated
16	Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL	7,5	eliminated

Match #1	Luís Grilo	POR	fall (4:05)	Doug Yeats	CAN
Match #2	Joe Sade	USA	decision (22-11)	Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL
Match #3	Josef Krysta	TCH	decision (16-9)	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL
Match #4	Józef Lipień	POL	decision (16-12)	Yoshima Suga	JPN
Match #5	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	decision (8-x)	An Han-Yeong	KOR
Match #6	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	decision (6-5)	Farkhat Mustafin	URS
Match #7	Per Lindholm	SWE	criteria (7-7)	Hans-Jürgen Veil	FRG
Match #8	József Doncsecz	HUN	decision (5-2)	Ivica Frgić	YUG

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 11:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	3,0
=2	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,0
=2	József Doncsecz	HUN	4,0
=2	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	4,0
=2	Josef Krysta	TCH	4,0
=2	Ivica Frgić	YUG	4,0
=7	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	4,5
=7	Joe Sade	USA	4,5
9	Yoshima Suga	JPN	5,0
10	Józef Lipień	POL	6,0
=11	Doug Yeats	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=11	Luís Grilo	POR	8,0	eliminated
=11	Per Lindholm	SWE	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	fall (5:14)	Doug Yeats	CAN
Match #2	Joe Sade	USA	decision (30-1)	Luís Grilo	POR
Match #3	Yoshima Suga	JPN	decision (9-6)	Josef Krysta	TCH
Match #4	Józef Lipień	POL	decision (9-4)	Pertti Ukkola	FIN
Match #5	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	decision (14-6)	Mihai Boțilă	ROU
Match #6	József Doncsecz	HUN	DQ (8:23)	Per Lindholm	SWE
Match #7	Ivica Frgić	YUG	bye

Round Four (23 July 1976 — 11:55)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,5
=1	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	4,5
=3	Yoshima Suga	JPN	5,0
=3	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	5,0
=3	Ivica Frgić	YUG	5,0
6	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL	6,0	eliminated
7	Josef Krysta	TCH	7,0	eliminated
8	József Doncsecz	HUN	7,5	eliminated
9	Joe Sade	USA	8,5	eliminated
10	Józef Lipień	POL	10,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ivica Frgić	YUG	decision (7-3)	Krasimir Stefanov	BUL
Match #2	Yoshima Suga	JPN	fall (2:12)	Joe Sade	USA
Match #3	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	decision (12-x)	Josef Krysta	TCH
Match #4	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	decision (29-4)	Józef Lipień	POL
Match #5	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	decision (14-3)	József Doncsecz	HUN

Round Five (23 July 1976 — 20:11)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,5
=1	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	4,5
3	Ivica Frgić	YUG	6,0
4	Yoshima Suga	JPN	8,0	eliminated
5	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ivica Frgić	YUG	decision (9-4)	Yoshima Suga	JPN
Match #2	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	DQ (5:19)	Mihai Boțilă	ROU
Match #3	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	bye

Round Six (24 July 1976)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,5
2	Ivica Frgić	YUG	6,0	eliminated
3	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ivica Frgić	YUG	DQ (6:03)	Farkhat Mustafin	URS
Match #2	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	bye

Final Round (24 July 1976 — 20:20)

Match #1	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	decision (5-4)	Ivica Frgić	YUG
Match #2	Farkhat Mustafin	URS	bye