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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kg), 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 (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.

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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	–	–	Gold
2	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	–	–	Silver
3	132	László Réczi	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	–	–
5	284	Ion Păun	ROU	–	–
6	66	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	–	–
7	118	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	–	–
8	24	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	–	–
AC	144	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	eliminated r3/7	8.0
AC	193	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	eliminated r3/7	8.0
AC	299	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	eliminated r3/7	8.5
AC	316	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	eliminated r3/7	8.5
AC	75	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	eliminated r2/7	7.5
AC	45	Howard Stupp	CAN	eliminated r2/7	8.0
AC	165	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	eliminated r2/7	8.0
AC	254	Joaquim Vieira	POR	eliminated r2/7	8.0
AC	338	Gary Alexander	USA	eliminated r2/7	8.0
DNS	60	Ragab El-Kilani	EGY	–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1976 — 11:50

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	24	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	0.0
=1	66	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	0.0
=1	132	László Réczi	HUN	0.0
=1	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0.0
=1	193	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	0.0
=1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0
=1	284	Ion Păun	ROU	0.0
=1	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0.0
9	118	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0.5
10	316	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	3.5
=11	45	Howard Stupp	CAN	4.0
=11	75	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	4.0
=11	144	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	4.0
=11	165	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	4.0
=11	254	Joaquim Vieira	POR	4.0
=11	299	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	4.0
=11	338	Gary Alexander	USA	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	Fall (4:55)	Gary Alexander	USA
Match #2	20 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Fall (5:46)	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI
Match #3	20 Jul	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	Decision (19-5)	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA
Match #4	20 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision (37-x)	Howard Stupp	CAN
Match #5	20 Jul	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	Fall (4:40)	Joaquim Vieira	POR
Match #6	20 Jul	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	Decision (14-3)	Mehmet Uysal	TUR
Match #7	20 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS	Fall (8:49)	Lionel Lacaze	FRA
Match #8	20 Jul	Ion Păun	ROU	Fall (5:40)	Lars Malmkvist	SWE
Match #9	20 Jul	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR

Round Two

Date	21 July 1976 — 11:45

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	66	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	0.0	–
=1	132	László Réczi	HUN	0.0	–
=1	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0.0	–
=1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0	–
=1	284	Ion Păun	ROU	0.0	–
=1	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0.0	–
7	24	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	3.0	–
=8	144	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	4.0	–
=8	193	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	4.0	–
=10	118	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4.5	–
=10	299	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	4.5	–
=10	316	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	4.5	–
13	75	Lionel Lacaze	FRA	7.5	eliminated
=14	45	Howard Stupp	CAN	8.0	eliminated
=14	165	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA	8.0	eliminated
=14	254	Joaquim Vieira	POR	8.0	eliminated
=14	338	Gary Alexander	USA	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	Fall (1:58)	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR
Match #2	21 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Dq (5:48)	Gary Alexander	USA
Match #3	21 Jul	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	Decision (27-14)	Domenico Giuffrida	ITA
Match #4	21 Jul	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	Decision (30-4)	Howard Stupp	CAN
Match #5	21 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Fall (1:59)	Joaquim Vieira	POR
Match #6	21 Jul	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	Decision (10-5)	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL
Match #7	21 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS	Decision (15-2)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #8	21 Jul	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	Decision (13-2)	Lionel Lacaze	FRA
Match #9	21 Jul	Ion Păun	ROU

Round Three

Date	22 July 1976 — 11:19

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	132	László Réczi	HUN	0.0	–
=1	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	0.0	–
=1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0	–
=1	284	Ion Păun	ROU	0.0	–
=1	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0.0	–
6	66	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	4.0	–
7	118	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4.5	–
8	24	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL	7.0	eliminated
=9	144	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI	8.0	eliminated
=9	193	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR	8.0	eliminated
=11	299	Lars Malmkvist	SWE	8.5	eliminated
=11	316	Mehmet Uysal	TUR	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Ion Păun	ROU	Fall (5:53)	Choi Gyeong-Su	KOR
Match #2	22 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Dq (8:50)	Pekka Hjelt	FIN
Match #3	22 Jul	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	Fall (4:15)	Gholam Reza Ghassab	IRI
Match #4	22 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision (16-x)	Stoyan Lazarov	BUL
Match #5	22 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS	Fall (2:36)	Mehmet Uysal	TUR
Match #6	22 Jul	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	Dq (5:08)	Lars Malmkvist	SWE

Round Four

Date	23 July 1976 — 11:45

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0	–
=1	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	0.0	–
=3	132	László Réczi	HUN	1.0	–
=3	284	Ion Păun	ROU	1.0	–
5	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	3.0	–
6	66	Pekka Hjelt	FIN	7.0	eliminated
7	118	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Ion Păun	ROU	Decision (11-4)	Pekka Hjelt	FIN
Match #2	23 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Decision (8-6)	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN
Match #3	23 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Dq (8:55)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #4	23 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS

Round Five

Date	23 July 1976 — 21:11

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0.0
2	132	László Réczi	HUN	2.0
3	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	3.0
=4	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	4.0
=4	284	Ion Păun	ROU	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Decision (4-2)	Nelson Davidyan	URS
Match #2	23 Jul	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	Decision (6-2)	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #3	23 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL

Round Six

Date	24 July 1976 — 10:36

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	132	László Réczi	HUN	2.0	–
2	240	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	3.0	–
=3	180	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN	4.0	–
=3	323	Nelson Davidyan	URS	4.0	–
5	284	Ion Păun	ROU	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS	Decision (10-6)	Kazimierz Lipień	POL
Match #2	24 Jul	László Réczi	HUN	Injury (1:25)	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #3	24 Jul	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN

Final Round

Date	24 July 1976 — 12:15

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Nelson Davidyan	URS	Decision (20-4)	Teruhiko Miyahara	JPN
Match #2	24 Jul	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	Decision (13-4)	László Réczi	HUN