Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.[1]

Men's freestyle 62 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMaurice Richard Arena
Dates27–31 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Jung-Mo  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zevegiin Oidov  Mongolia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gene Davis  United States
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Medalists edit

Gold Yang Jung-Mo
  South Korea
Silver Zevegiin Oidov
  Mongolia
Bronze Gene Davis
  United States

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
4 4   Marco Terán (ECU) TF / 5:47   Théodule Toulotte (FRA) 0 0
1 1   Gene Davis (USA) 15 - 8   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 3 3
3 3   Mihály Fodor (HUN) 4 - 6   Eduard Giray (FRG) 1 1
4 4   Kenneth Dawes (GBR) TF / 1:41   Sergey Timofeyev (URS) 0 0
4 4   Benjamin Varela (PUR) TF / 1:30   Helmut Strumpf (GDR) 0 0
0.5 0.5   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) 18 - 7   Egon Beiler (CAN) 3.5 3.5
1 1   Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) 8 - 6   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) 3 3
1 1   Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) 8 - 4   Petre Coman (ROU) 3 3
0   Ivan Yankov (BUL) Bye

Round 2 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0   Ivan Yankov (BUL) DQ / 7:35   Marco Terán (ECU) 4 8
4 4   Théodule Toulotte (FRA) TF / 8:38   Gene Davis (USA) 0 1
3 0   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) DQ / 7:12   Mihály Fodor (HUN) 4 7
1 0   Eduard Giray (FRG) DQ / 8:24   Kenneth Dawes (GBR) 4 8
0 0   Sergei Timofeyev (URS) TF / 1:22   Benjamin Varela (PUR) 4 8
4 4   Helmut Strumpf (GDR) TF / 0:33   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) 0 0.5
4.5 1   Egon Beiler (CAN) 10 - 7   Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) 3 4
4 1   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) 4 - 4   Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) 3 4
3   Petre Coman (ROU) Bye

Round 3 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 4   Petre Coman (ROU) 2 - 14   Ivan Yankov (BUL) 0 0
8 4   Théodule Toulotte (FRA) TF / 8:23   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 0 3
1 0   Gene Davis (USA) TF / 7:53   Eduard Giray (FRG) 4 5
3 3   Sergei Timofeyev (URS) 13 - 17   Helmut Strumpf (GDR) 1 5
1 0.5   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) 17 - 6   Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) 3.5 7.5
7.5 3   Egon Beiler (CAN) 5 - 9   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) 1 5
4   Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) Bye

Round 4 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
8 4   Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) D2 / 5:55   Ivan Yankov (BUL) 4 4
1 0   Gene Davis (USA) 29 - 13   Sergei Timofeyev (URS) 4 7
3 0   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) DQ / 5:36   Helmut Strumpf (GDR) 4 9
9 4   Eduard Giray (FRG) TF / 3:21   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) 0 1
5   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) Bye

Round 5 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
6 1   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) 18 - 12   Gene Davis (USA) 3 4
8 4   Ivan Yankov (BUL) TF / 8:46   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 0 3
1   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) Bye

Round 6 edit

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1 0   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) TF / 5:54   Gene Davis (USA) 4 8
10 4   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) DQ / 7:44   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 0 3

Final edit

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1   Gene Davis (USA) 15 - 8   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 3
0   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) TF / 5:54   Gene Davis (USA) 4 5
4 1   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) 10 - 8   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) 3 3

Final standings edit

  1.   Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
  2.   Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
  3.   Gene Davis (USA)
  4.   Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)
  5.   Ivan Yankov (BUL)
  6.   Sergei Timofeyev (URS)
  7.   Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)
  8.   Helmut Strumpf (GDR)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links edit