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

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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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Wrestling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 kg
+100 kg+100 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]

Medalists

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

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  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

  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.

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