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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤82 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.

Serbian Yugoslav Momir Petković was known for his magnificent moustache, but, prior to 1976, not for his wrestling. He came to Montréal with no international record, having never competed at the Worlds or Europeans, but he left a gold medalist. Petković was helped by a weak field with no major favorites. In round three he faced Soviet Vladimir Cheboksarov in a desperately close match which ended in a 6-6 tie, but Petković was declared the winner on criteria, or various tie-breaking methods. Petković won all six of his matches, winning by disqualification in round one, and then taking six straight decisions to win the gold medal. He would later win silver medals at the World Championships in 1978-79 and 1981, but never again won a major international. Cheboksarov won silver while the bronze went to Bulgarian Ivan Kolev, who lost his final match to Petković.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Momir Petković	YUG	–	–	Gold
2	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Ivan Kolev	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	Leif Andersson	SWE	–	–
5	Miroslav Janota	TCH	–	–
6	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	–	–
7	Ion Enache	ROU	–	–
8	Adam Ostrowski	POL	–	–
AC	Keijo Manni	FIN	Eliminated r4/6	8,5
AC	André Bouchoule	FRA	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Dan Chandler	USA	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	David Cummings	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Houshang Montazeralzohour	IRI	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Pino Vitucci	ITA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (20 July 1976 — 20:44)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ivan Kolev	BUL	0,0
=1	Keijo Manni	FIN	0,0
=1	Adam Ostrowski	POL	0,0
=1	Ion Enache	ROU	0,0
=1	Leif Andersson	SWE	0,0
=1	Miroslav Janota	TCH	0,0
=1	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	0,0
=1	Momir Petković	YUG	0,0
9	Dan Chandler	USA	1,0
10	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	3,0
=11	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	4,0
=11	David Cummings	CAN	4,0
=11	André Bouchoule	FRA	4,0
=11	Houshang Montazeralzohour	IRI	4,0
=11	Pino Vitucci	ITA	4,0
=11	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	4,0
=11	Ibrahim Diop	SEN	4,0	withdrew

Match #1	Keijo Manni	FIN	fall (4:21)	Pino Vitucci	ITA
Match #2	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	fall (1:18)	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN
Match #3	Momir Petković	YUG	DQ (5:05)	Houshang Montazeralzohour	IRI
Match #4	Dan Chandler	USA	decision (9-8)	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN
Match #5	Miroslav Janota	TCH	DQ (7:31)	Ibrahim Diop	SEN
Match #6	Ion Enache	ROU	injury (7:40)	David Cummings	CAN
Match #7	Ivan Kolev	BUL	decision (16-2)	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #8	Leif Andersson	SWE	fall (2:12)	Franz Pitschmann	AUT
Match #9	Adam Ostrowski	POL	bye

Round Two (21 July 1976 — 20:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ivan Kolev	BUL	0,0
=1	Adam Ostrowski	POL	0,0
3	Momir Petković	YUG	0,5
=4	Ion Enache	ROU	1,0
=4	Miroslav Janota	TCH	1,0
=4	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	1,0
=7	Keijo Manni	FIN	3,0
=7	Leif Andersson	SWE	3,0
=9	André Bouchoule	FRA	4,0
=9	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	4,0
11	Dan Chandler	USA	4,5
12	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	6,0	eliminated
=13	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	8,0	eliminated
=13	David Cummings	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=13	Houshang Montazeralzohour	IRI	8,0	eliminated
=13	Pino Vitucci	ITA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Adam Ostrowski	POL	DQ (7:19)	Pino Vitucci	ITA
Match #2	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	decision (16-9)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #3	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	fall (3:20)	Houshang Montazeralzohour	IRI
Match #4	Momir Petković	YUG	decision (14-5)	Dan Chandler	USA
Match #5	Miroslav Janota	TCH	decision (10-4)	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN
Match #6	André Bouchoule	FRA	injury (6:00)	David Cummings	CAN
Match #7	Ion Enache	ROU	decision (6-4)	Leif Andersson	SWE
Match #8	Ivan Kolev	BUL	fall (1:22)	Franz Pitschmann	AUT

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 20:20)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ivan Kolev	BUL	1,0
2	Momir Petković	YUG	1,5
3	Miroslav Janota	TCH	2,0
4	Leif Andersson	SWE	3,0
=5	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	4,0
=5	Adam Ostrowski	POL	4,0
=5	Ion Enache	ROU	4,0
=5	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	4,0
9	Keijo Manni	FIN	5,0
10	André Bouchoule	FRA	7,0	eliminated
11	Dan Chandler	USA	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Keijo Manni	FIN	DQ (7:56)	Adam Ostrowski	POL
Match #2	Momir Petković	YUG	criteria (6-6)	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS
Match #3	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	fall (6:49)	Dan Chandler	USA
Match #4	Miroslav Janota	TCH	decision (7-2)	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #5	Ivan Kolev	BUL	criteria (8-8)	Ion Enache	ROU
Match #6	Leif Andersson	SWE	bye

Round Four (23 July 1976 — 20:19)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ivan Kolev	BUL	1,0
2	Momir Petković	YUG	2,5
3	Leif Andersson	SWE	4,0
4	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	4,5
=5	Miroslav Janota	TCH	5,0
=5	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	5,0
=7	Adam Ostrowski	POL	7,0	eliminated
=7	Ion Enache	ROU	7,0	eliminated
9	Keijo Manni	FIN	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Leif Andersson	SWE	decision (9-6)	Adam Ostrowski	POL
Match #2	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	decision (15-6)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #3	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	decision (8-3)	Miroslav Janota	TCH
Match #4	Momir Petković	YUG	decision (3-2)	Ion Enache	ROU
Match #5	Ivan Kolev	BUL	bye

Round Five (23 July 1976 — 22:05)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Momir Petković	YUG	3,5
=2	Ivan Kolev	BUL	4,0
=2	Leif Andersson	SWE	4,0
4	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	6,0
5	Miroslav Janota	TCH	8,0	eliminated
6	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	decision (14-7)	Ivan Kolev	BUL
Match #2	Leif Andersson	SWE	fall (0:29)	Kazuhiro Takanishi	JPN
Match #3	Momir Petković	YUG	decision (8-2)	Miroslav Janota	TCH

Final Round (24 July 1976 — 10:59)

Match #1	Momir Petković	YUG	decision (9-5)	Ivan Kolev	BUL
Match #2	Vladimir Cheboksarov	URS	fall (2:07)	Leif Andersson	SWE