Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMaurice Richard Arena
Dates20–24 July
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valery Rezantsev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stoyan Ivanov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Czesław Kwieciński  Poland
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Medalists edit

Gold Valery Rezantsev
  Soviet Union
Silver Stoyan Ivanov
  Bulgaria
Bronze Czesław Kwieciński
  Poland

Tournament results edit

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend
  • TF — Won by Fall
  • IN — Won by Opponent Injury
  • DQ — Won by Passivity
  • D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
  • FF — Won by Forfeit
  • DNA — Did not appear
  • TPP — Total penalty points
  • MPP — Match penalty points
Penalties
  • 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
  • 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0   Sadao Sato (JPN) TF / 2:00   Fred Theobald (FRG) 4 4
4 4   Michel Grangier (FRA) DQ / 7:54   Valery Rezantsev (URS) 0 0
3 3   Petre Dicu (ROU) 2 - 7   István Séllyei (HUN) 1 1
3 3   Darko Nišavić (YUG) 3 - 10   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 1 1
0 0   James Johnson (USA) TF / 1:20   Ambroise Sarr (SEN) 4 4
0 0   Frank Andersson (SWE) 25 - 9   Hashem Kolahi (IRI) 4 4
0   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) Bye

Round 2 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) TF / 2:00   Sadao Sato (JPN) 4 4
5 1   Fred Theobald (FRG) 11 - 4   Michel Grangier (FRA) 3 7
0 0   Valery Rezantsev (URS) TF / 2:51   Petre Dicu (ROU) 4 7
4 3   István Séllyei (HUN) 2 - 4   Darko Nišavić (YUG) 1 4
1 0   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) TF / 8:02   James Johnson (USA) 4 4
8 4   Ambroise Sarr (SEN) TF / 1:32   Frank Andersson (SWE) 0 0
4   Hashem Kolahi (IRI) Bye

Round 3 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
8 4   Hashem Kolahi (IRI) TF / 0:12   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 0 0
8 4   Sadao Sato (JPN) TF / 3:55   Valery Rezantsev (URS) 0 0
9 4   Fred Theobald (FRG) DQ / 5:06   István Séllyei (HUN) 0 4
4 0   Darko Nišavić (YUG) DQ / 7:28   James Johnson (USA) 4 8
2 1   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 10 - 4   Frank Andersson (SWE) 3 3

Round 4 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 3   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 3 - 9   Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1 1
8 4   István Séllyei (HUN) DQ / 4:55   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 0 2
5 1   Darko Nišavić (YUG) 3 - 2   Frank Andersson (SWE) 3 6

Round 5 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 0   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) DQ / 8:00   Darko Nišavić (YUG) 4 9
2 1   Valery Rezantsev (URS) 6 - 6   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 3 5

Final edit

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 3 - 9   Valeri Rezantsev (URS) 1
2 1   Valery Rezantsev (URS) 6 - 6   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 3
5 2   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) D1 / 6:46   Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 4 7

Final standings edit

  1.   Valery Rezantsev (URS)
  2.   Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
  3.   Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
  4.   Darko Nišavić (YUG)
  5.   Frank Andersson (SWE)
  6.   István Séllyei (HUN)
  7.   Sadao Sato (JPN) and   James Johnson (USA)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

External links edit