Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg

Wrestling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle Greco-Roman
  48 kg     48 kg  
  52 kg     52 kg  
  57 kg     57 kg  
  62 kg     62 kg  
  68 kg     68 kg  
  74 kg     74 kg
  82 kg     82 kg
  90 kg     90 kg
  100 kg     100 kg
  +100 kg     +100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold Alexander Kolchinsky
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Aleksandar Tomov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze Roman Codreanu
Romania (ROU)

Tournament results

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
Penalties

Round 1

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  János Rovnyai (HUN) DQ / 7:22  Roman Codreanu (ROU) 0 0
0 0  Richard Wolff (FRG) DQ / 5:00  Arne Robertsson (SWE) 4 4
4 4  Mamadou Sakho (SEN) DQ / 3:20  Seiji Matsunaga (JPN) 0 0
4 4  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) TF / 1:14  William Lee (USA) 0 0
4 4  Henryk Tomanek (POL) TF / 2:40  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) 0 0
0 0  Einar Gundersen (NOR) DQ / 4:57  Carlos Braconi (ARG) 4 4

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 0  János Rovnyai (HUN) TF / 1:34  Richard Wolff (FRG) 4 4
0 0  Roman Codreanu (ROU) TF / 3:59  Arne Robertsson (SWE) 4 8
8 4  Mamadou Sakho (SEN) TF / 1:03  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 0 4
4 4  Seiji Matsunaga (JPN) DQ / 7:14  William Lee (USA) 0 0
4 0  Henryk Tomanek (POL) DQ / 6:54  Einar Gundersen (NOR) 4 4
0 0  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) TF / 0:48  Carlos Braconi (ARG) 4 8

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
8 4  János Rovnyai (HUN) DQ / 6:51  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 0 4
0 0  Roman Codreanu (ROU) DQ / 5:15  Richard Wolff (FRG) 4 8
4 4  William Lee (USA) DQ / 8:35  Henryk Tomanek (POL) 0 4
0 0  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) TF / 2:33  Einar Gundersen (NOR) 4 8

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2 2  Roman Codreanu (ROU) D1 / 7:30  William Lee (USA) 4 8
4 0  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) TF / 0:23  Henryk Tomanek (POL) 4 8
0  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) Bye

Final

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) TF / 0:37  Roman Codreanu (ROU) 4
1 1  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) 12 - 6  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 3
8 4  Roman Codreanu (ROU) IN / 0:32  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) 0 3

Final standings

  1.  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)
  2.  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
  3.  Roman Codreanu (ROU)
  4.  Henryk Tomanek (POL)
  5.  William Lee (USA)
  6.  János Rovnyai (HUN)
  7.  Richard Wolff (FRG) and  Einar Gundersen (NOR)

References

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