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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 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.

This event was expected to come down to Poland’s Kazimierz Lipień and Soviet Nelson Davydian, who had divided up the most recent World and European Championships. They both made the final along with Hungarian Lászlo Réczi, but all three had already met so there was no need for a final round. In round five Réczi had defeated Davydian on points, 4-2. Davydian then defeated Lipień on points, 10-6, in round six. The round seven match was decisive when Lipień defeated Réczi on points, 13-4, which was a superior decision. This gave Lipień only 3.5 bad points in the final round, to 4.0 for Davydian, and 4.5 for Réczi, which is how the medals were sorted out. Lipień’s twin brother, Józef, also won a silver medal in wrestling at Moskva in 1980, after having won the 1973 World Championships as a bantamweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	–	–	Gold
2	Nelson Davidyan	URS	–	–	Silver
3	László Réczi	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	–	–
5	Ion Păun	ROU	–	–
6	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	–	–
7	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	–	–
8	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	–	–
AC	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	Eliminated r3/7	8,5
AC	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	Eliminated r3/7	8,5
AC	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	Eliminated r2/7	7,5
AC	Howard Stupp	CAN	Eliminated r2/7	8,0
AC	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	Eliminated r2/7	8,0
AC	Joaquim Vieira	POR	Eliminated r2/7	8,0
AC	Gary Alexander	USA	Eliminated r2/7	8,0

Round One (20 July 1976 — 11:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	0,0
=1	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	0,0
=1	László Réczi	HUN	0,0
=1	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0,0
=1	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	0,0
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
=1	Ion Păun	ROU	0,0
=1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0,0
9	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0,5
10	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	3,5
=11	Howard Stupp	CAN	4,0
=11	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	4,0
=11	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	4,0
=11	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	4,0
=11	Joaquim Vieira	POR	4,0
=11	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	4,0
=11	Gary Alexander	USA	4,0

Match #1	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	fall (4:55)	Gary Alexander	USA
Match #2	László Réczi	HUN	fall (5:46)	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI
Match #3	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	decision (19-5)	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA
Match #4	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision (37-x)	Howard Stupp	CAN
Match #5	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	fall (4:40)	Joaquim Vieira	POR
Match #6	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	decision (14-3)	Mehmet Uysal	TUR
Match #7	Nelson Davidyan	URS	fall (8:49)	Lionel Lacaze	FRA
Match #8	Ion Păun	ROU	fall (5:40)	Lars Malmkvist	SWE
Match #9	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	bye

Round Two (21 July 1976 — 11:45)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	0,0
=1	László Réczi	HUN	0,0
=1	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0,0
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
=1	Ion Păun	ROU	0,0
=1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0,0
7	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	3,0
=8	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	4,0
=8	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	4,0
=10	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4,5
=10	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	4,5
=10	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	4,5
13	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	7,5	eliminated
=14	Howard Stupp	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=14	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	8,0	eliminated
=14	Joaquim Vieira	POR	8,0	eliminated
=14	Gary Alexander	USA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	fall (1:58)	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR
Match #2	László Réczi	HUN	DQ (5:48)	Gary Alexander	USA
Match #3	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	decision (27-14)	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA
Match #4	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	decision (30-4)	Howard Stupp	CAN
Match #5	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	fall (1:59)	Joaquim Vieira	POR
Match #6	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	decision (10-5)	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL
Match #7	Nelson Davidyan	URS	decision (15-2)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #8	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	decision (13-2)	Lionel Lacaze	FRA
Match #9	Ion Păun	ROU	bye

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 11:19)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	László Réczi	HUN	0,0
=1	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0,0
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
=1	Ion Păun	ROU	0,0
=1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0,0
6	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	4,0
7	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4,5
8	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	7,0	eliminated
=9	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	8,0	eliminated
=9	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	8,0	eliminated
=11	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	8,5	eliminated
=11	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Păun	ROU	fall (5:53)	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR
Match #2	László Réczi	HUN	DQ (8:50)	Pekka Hjelt	FIN
Match #3	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	fall (4:15)	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI
Match #4	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision (16-x)	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL
Match #5	Nelson Davidyan	URS	fall (2:36)	Mehmet Uysal	TUR
Match #6	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	DQ (5:08)	Lars Malmkvist	SWE

Round Four (23 July 1976 — 11:45)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
=1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0,0
=3	László Réczi	HUN	1,0
=3	Ion Păun	ROU	1,0
5	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	3,0
6	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	7,0	eliminated
7	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Păun	ROU	decision (11-4)	Pekka Hjelt	FIN
Match #2	László Réczi	HUN	decision (8-6)	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN
Match #3	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	DQ (8:55)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #4	Nelson Davidyan	URS	bye

Round Five (23 July 1976 — 21:11)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
2	László Réczi	HUN	2,0
3	Nelson Davidyan	URS	3,0
=4	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	4,0
=4	Ion Păun	ROU	4,0

Match #1	László Réczi	HUN	decision (4-2)	Nelson Davidyan	URS
Match #2	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	decision (6-2)	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #3	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	bye

Round Six (24 July 1976 — 10:36)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	László Réczi	HUN	2,0
2	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	3,0
=3	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	4,0
=3	Nelson Davidyan	URS	4,0
5	Ion Păun	ROU	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	decision (10-6)	Kazimierz Lipień	POL
Match #2	László Réczi	HUN	injury (1:25)	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #3	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	bye

Final Round (24 July 1976 — 12:15)

Match #1	Nelson Davidyan	URS	decision (20-4)	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN
Match #2	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision (13-4)	László Réczi	HUN