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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kilograms), Men

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	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.

Suren Nalbandyan had been 1975 World Youth Champion but was unknown at the senior level prior to 1976. He made the Soviet team early in the year, however, by winning the Soviet Championships. He went on to win the gold medal in this class but did not dominate, winning only one match by fall. He won his last three matches by close decisions over Romanian Ştefan Rusu, Poland’s Andrzej Supron, and East German Heinz-Helmut Wehling, silver medalist in 1972 as a featherweight. Nalbandyan would also compete at the 1980 Olympics, placing fourth, but he never competed at the World Championships on the senior level. He was the first Armenian Soviet to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal. Rusu would return to the 1980 Olympics and win the gold medal in this class, completing his set with a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics as a welterweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	–	–	Silver
3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	–	–	Bronze
4	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	–	–
5	Andrzej Supron	POL	–	–
6	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	–	–
7	Erol Mutlu	TUR	–	–
8	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	–	–
AC	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	Eliminated r4/6	8,0
AC	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	Eliminated r4/6	9,0
AC	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Pat Marcy	USA	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Ferenc Toma	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7,5
AC	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Sergio Fiszman	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	John McPhedran	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Erasmo Estrada	CUB	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Arona Mané	SEN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (20 July 1976 — 12:28)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	0,0
=1	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	0,0
=1	Ferenc Toma	HUN	0,0
=1	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI	0,0
=1	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	0,0
=1	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	0,0
=1	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	0,0
=1	Erol Mutlu	TUR	0,0
=1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	0,0
=1	Pat Marcy	USA	0,0
11	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	1,0
12	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	3,0
=13	Sergio Fiszman	ARG	4,0
=13	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL	4,0
=13	John McPhedran	CAN	4,0
=13	Erasmo Estrada	CUB	4,0
=13	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN	4,0
=13	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR	4,0	withdrew
=13	Andrzej Supron	POL	4,0
=13	Arona Mané	SEN	4,0
=13	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	4,0

Match #1	Pat Marcy	USA	fall (5:00)	Mohamed Bahamou	MAR
Match #2	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	decision (6-4)	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG
Match #3	Erol Mutlu	TUR	DQ (5:10)	Erasmo Estrada	CUB
Match #4	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	fall (5:32)	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE
Match #5	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI	fall (1:55)	Arona Mané	SEN
Match #6	Ferenc Toma	HUN	fall (5:26)	Sergio Fiszman	ARG
Match #7	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	DQ (7:23)	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL
Match #8	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	decision (13-1)	Andrzej Supron	POL
Match #9	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	fall (2:04)	John McPhedran	CAN
Match #10	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	fall (6:25)	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN
Match #11	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	bye

Round Two (21 July 1976 — 12:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	0,0
=1	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	0,0
=1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	0,0
=4	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	1,0
=4	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	1,0
=6	Erol Mutlu	TUR	3,0
=6	Pat Marcy	USA	3,0
=8	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	4,0
=8	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL	4,0
=8	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	4,0
=8	Ferenc Toma	HUN	4,0
=8	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI	4,0
=8	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN	4,0
=8	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	4,0
=8	Andrzej Supron	POL	4,0
=8	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	4,0
=17	Sergio Fiszman	ARG	8,0	eliminated
=17	John McPhedran	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=17	Erasmo Estrada	CUB	8,0	eliminated
=17	Arona Mané	SEN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	decision (10-4)	Pat Marcy	USA
Match #2	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	decision (7-6)	Erol Mutlu	TUR
Match #3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	fall (2:22)	Erasmo Estrada	CUB
Match #4	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	fall (0:44)	Arona Mané	SEN
Match #5	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	decision (22-8)	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI
Match #6	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	DQ (6:56)	Ferenc Toma	HUN
Match #7	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL	fall (1:30)	Sergio Fiszman	ARG
Match #8	Andrzej Supron	POL	fall (5:04)	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL
Match #9	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	fall (2:49)	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR
Match #10	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN	decision (18-2)	John McPhedran	CAN

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 11:51)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	0,0
=1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	0,0
3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	1,0
4	Erol Mutlu	TUR	3,0
=5	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	4,0
=5	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	4,0
=5	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	4,0
8	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	4,5
=9	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	5,0
=9	Andrzej Supron	POL	5,0
=11	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL	7,0	eliminated
=11	Pat Marcy	USA	7,0	eliminated
13	Ferenc Toma	HUN	7,5	eliminated
=14	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	8,0	eliminated
=14	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI	8,0	eliminated
=14	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	fall (7:14)	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA
Match #2	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	DQ (4:01)	Pat Marcy	USA
Match #3	Erol Mutlu	TUR	DQ (7:08)	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN
Match #4	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	decision (13-2)	Ferenc Toma	HUN
Match #5	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	fall (2:50)	Ja'far Alizadeh Koldkeshi	IRI
Match #6	Andrzej Supron	POL	decision (9-7)	Nedelcho Nedev	BUL
Match #7	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	DQ (3:45)	Takeshi Kobayashi	JPN
Match #8	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	fall (0:18)	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL

Round Four (23 July 1976 — 12:15)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	1,0
=1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	1,0
3	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	3,0
=4	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	5,0
=4	Andrzej Supron	POL	5,0
6	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	5,5
7	Erol Mutlu	TUR	6,0	eliminated
8	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN	7,0	eliminated
9	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR	8,0	eliminated
10	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	DQ (7:40)	Gian Matteo Ranzi	ITA
Match #2	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	decision (9-3)	Markku Yli-Isotalo	FIN
Match #3	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	decision (10-7)	Erol Mutlu	TUR
Match #4	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	decision (5-3)	Ștefan Rusu	ROU
Match #5	Andrzej Supron	POL	fall (1:47)	Kim Hae-Myeong	KOR

Round Five (23 July 1976 — 20:56)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	2,0
2	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	3,0
3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	5,0
4	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	5,5
5	Andrzej Supron	POL	8,0	eliminated
6	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE	fall (4:54)	Manfred Schöndorfer	FRG
Match #2	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	DQ (7:54)	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR
Match #3	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	decision (7-4)	Andrzej Supron	POL

Final Round (24 July 1976 — 10:45)

Match #1	Suren Nalbandyan	URS	decision (12-9)	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR
Match #2	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	DQ (6:53)	Lars-Erik Skiöld	SWE