Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +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 Freestyle +100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	József Balla Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Ladislau Şimon 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

• 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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	József Balla (HUN)	DQ / 5:07	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0	0
0	0	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	TF / 3:39	Harry Geris (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	TF / 1:16	Carlos Braconi (ARG)	4	4
0.5	0.5	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	17 - 7	Einar Gundersen (NOR)	3.5	3.5
0	0	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	DQ / 5:19	Heinz Eichelbaum (FRG)	4	4
0	0	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	TF / 4:50	Lázaro Morales (CUB)	4	4
0	0	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	TF / 3:58	Doljingiin Adyaatömör (MGL)	4	4
0		Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	DQ / 5:12	József Balla (HUN)	0	4
0	0	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	TF / 1:16	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	4	4
5	1	Harry Geris (CAN)	13 - 10	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	3	3
8	4	Carlos Braconi (ARG)	TF / 2:14	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	0	0.5
7.5	4	Einar Gundersen (NOR)	DQ / 4:49	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	0	0
8	4	Heinz Eichelbaum (FRG)	TF / 4:42	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	0	0
8	4	Lázaro Morales (CUB)	DQ / 5:06	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	0	0
4		Doljingiin Adyaatömör (MGL)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Doljingiin Adyaatömör (MGL)	TF / 1:01	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	0	4
5	1	József Balla (HUN)	10 - 9	Jimmy Jackson (USA)	3	7
0	0	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	TF / 0:44	Harry Geris (CAN)	4	9
3	0	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	TF / 2:37	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	4	4.5
0	0	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	TF / 7:54	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	4	4
0		Ladislau Şimon (ROU)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	DQ / 5:19	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)	4	8
5	0	József Balla (HUN)	TF / 3:46	Yorihide Isogai (JPN)	4	7
1	1	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	8 - 3	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	3	3
8.5	4	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	TF / 4:12	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	0	4

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 11	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	1	2
6	1	József Balla (HUN)	6 - 3	Nikola Dinev (BUL)	3	6
4		Roland Gehrke (GDR)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Roland Gehrke (GDR)	DQ / 8:40	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0	2
6	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 7	József Balla (HUN)	1	7

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4	József Balla (HUN)	DQ / 5:07	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	0
	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 11	Soslan Andiyev (URS)	1	1
6	3	Ladislau Şimon (ROU)	5 - 7	József Balla (HUN)	1	5

Final standings

1.  Soslan Andiyev (URS)
2.  József Balla (HUN)
3.  Ladislau Şimon (ROU)
4.  Roland Gehrke (GDR)
5.  Nikola Dinev (BUL)
6.  Yorihide Isogai (JPN)
7.  Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (IRI)
8.  Mamadou Sakho (SEN)

References

• Official Report