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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kilograms), Men

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	18 from 18 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.

The last few major internationals had been spread among several different wrestlers, but Soviet Anatoly Bykov had won the 1975 World title. Bykov kept winning, aided by a controversial victory in round five over East German Klaus-Peter Göpfert, who was disqualified for passivity with only six seconds left in the match and the score tied, 5-5. Bykov then won the gold medal with a final round victory over Czechoslovak Vítězslav Mácha, the defending champion. Bykov would also win a silver medal in this class in 1980 at Moskva. Mácha was competing in his third Olympics and would also compete in 1980, placing sixth in this class.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	–	–	Silver
3	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	–	–	Bronze
4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	–	–
5	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	–	–
6	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	–	–
7	Jan Karlsson	SWE	–	–
8	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	–	–
AC	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Yanko Shopov	BUL	Eliminated r3/6	7,5
AC	Hans Kiss	AUT	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Idalberto Barban	CUB	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	John Matthews	USA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Brian Renken	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Mihály Toma	HUN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Brahim Toughza	MAR	Withdrew r2/6	4,0
AC	Jamtsyn Davaajav	MGL	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (20 July 1976 — 21:07)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hans Kiss	AUT	0,0
=1	Yanko Shopov	BUL	0,0
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	0,0
=1	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	0,0
=1	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN	0,0
=1	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	0,0
=1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	0,0
8	Idalberto Barban	CUB	1,0
9	John Matthews	USA	3,0
=10	Brian Renken	CAN	4,0
=10	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	4,0
=10	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4,0
=10	Mihály Toma	HUN	4,0
=10	Brahim Toughza	MAR	4,0	withdrew
=10	Jamtsyn Davaajav	MGL	4,0	withdrew
=10	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	4,0
=10	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	4,0
=10	Jan Karlsson	SWE	4,0

Match #1	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN	injury (5:25)	Jamtsyn Davaajav	MGL
Match #2	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	DQ (passivity)	Jan Karlsson	SWE
Match #3	Hans Kiss	AUT	DQ (---)	Brahim Toughza	MAR
Match #4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	DQ (5:15)	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL
Match #5	Idalberto Barban	CUB	decision (13-10)	John Matthews	USA
Match #6	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	DQ (8:17)	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR
Match #7	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	fall (4:54)	Brian Renken	CAN
Match #8	Yanko Shopov	BUL	DQ (7:54)	Mihály Toma	HUN
Match #9	Anatoly Bykov	URS	DQ (7:56)	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG

Round Two (21 July 1976 — 20:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	0,0
=1	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	0,0
=1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	0,0
4	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	3,0
=5	Hans Kiss	AUT	4,0
=5	Yanko Shopov	BUL	4,0
=5	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4,0
=5	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN	4,0
=5	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	4,0
=5	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	4,0
=5	Jan Karlsson	SWE	4,0
=12	Idalberto Barban	CUB	5,0
=12	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	5,0
14	John Matthews	USA	7,0	eliminated
=15	Brian Renken	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=15	Mihály Toma	HUN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	DQ (6:50)	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN
Match #2	Jan Karlsson	SWE	fall (2:40)	Hans Kiss	AUT
Match #3	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	DQ (7:53)	Idalberto Barban	CUB
Match #4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	DQ (4:24)	John Matthews	USA
Match #5	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	decision (9-6)	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE
Match #6	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	DQ (6:57)	Brian Renken	CAN
Match #7	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	DQ (4:34)	Yanko Shopov	BUL
Match #8	Anatoly Bykov	URS	DQ (7:44)	Mihály Toma	HUN

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 21:07)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	0,0
=2	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	0,5
=2	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	0,5
=4	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4,0
=4	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	4,0
=6	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	5,0
=6	Jan Karlsson	SWE	5,0
=8	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	7,0	eliminated
=8	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN	7,0	eliminated
10	Yanko Shopov	BUL	7,5	eliminated
=11	Hans Kiss	AUT	8,0	eliminated
=11	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL	8,0	eliminated
13	Idalberto Barban	CUB	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Jan Karlsson	SWE	decision (10-5)	Yasuo Nagatomo	JPN
Match #2	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	fall (5:41)	Hans Kiss	AUT
Match #3	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	fall (1:14)	Stanisław Krzesiński	POL
Match #4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	decision (12-3)	Idalberto Barban	CUB
Match #5	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	decision (12-2)	Yanko Shopov	BUL
Match #6	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	fall (3:55)	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE
Match #7	Anatoly Bykov	URS	bye

Round Four (23 July 1976 — 19:46)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	1,0
2	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	1,5
3	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	3,5
4	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4,0
5	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	6,0
6	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU	7,0	eliminated
7	Jan Karlsson	SWE	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (7-6)	Gheorghe Ciobotaru	ROU
Match #2	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	decision (9-5)	Jan Karlsson	SWE
Match #3	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	decision (4-3)	Mikko Huhtala	FIN
Match #4	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	bye

Round Five (23 July 1976 — 20:55)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	1,0
2	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	1,5
3	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4,0
4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	7,5	eliminated
5	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR	10,0	eliminated

Match #1	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	fall (2:09)	Mikko Huhtala	FIN
Match #2	Anatoly Bykov	URS	DQ (8:54)	Klaus-Peter Göpfert	GDR
Match #3	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	bye

Final Round (24 July 1976 — 21:05)

Match #1	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	DQ (8:52)	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG
Match #2	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (7-3)	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH