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Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle (>100 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	15 from 15 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

Soviet Soslan Andiyev was a heavy favorite in this class, having won the 1973 and 1975 World Championships and the 1974-75 Europeans. He dominated the class, winning six matches easily. Silver went to Hungarian József Balla, who lost in the first round to Andiyev by disqualification. Andiyev would win the 1977-78 Worlds and defended his Olympic gold medal in Moskva in 1980, with Balla again taking the silver. Because of Andiyev, Balla would win six medals at the World and Europeans, but his only title came in winning the 1983 European Championship.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	–	–	Gold
2	József Balla	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	Roland Gehrke	GDR	–	–
5	Nikola Dinev	BUL	–	–
6	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	–	–
7	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	–	–
8	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	–	–
AC	Jimmy Jackson	USA	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Harry Geris	CAN	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Einar Gundersen	NOR	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Carlos Braconi	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Lázaro Morales	CUB	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Heinz Eichelbaum	FRG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 21:01)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Dinev	BUL	0,0
=1	Roland Gehrke	GDR	0,0
=1	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	0,0
=1	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	0,0
=1	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	0,0
=1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	0,0
=1	Jimmy Jackson	USA	0,0
8	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	0,5
9	Einar Gundersen	NOR	3,5
=10	Carlos Braconi	ARG	4,0
=10	Harry Geris	CAN	4,0
=10	Lázaro Morales	CUB	4,0
=10	Heinz Eichelbaum	FRG	4,0
=10	József Balla	HUN	4,0
=10	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL	4,0

Match #1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	DQ (5:07)	József Balla	HUN
Match #2	Jimmy Jackson	USA	fall (3:39)	Harry Geris	CAN
Match #3	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	fall (1:16)	Carlos Braconi	ARG
Match #4	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	decision (17-7)	Einar Gundersen	NOR
Match #5	Nikola Dinev	BUL	DQ (5:19)	Heinz Eichelbaum	FRG
Match #6	Roland Gehrke	GDR	fall (4:50)	Lázaro Morales	CUB
Match #7	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	fall (3:58)	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL
Match #8	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 21:13)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Dinev	BUL	0,0
=1	Roland Gehrke	GDR	0,0
=1	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	0,0
=1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	0,0
5	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	0,5
6	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	3,0
=7	József Balla	HUN	4,0
=7	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	4,0
=7	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL	4,0
=7	Jimmy Jackson	USA	4,0
11	Harry Geris	CAN	5,0
12	Einar Gundersen	NOR	7,5	eliminated
=13	Carlos Braconi	ARG	8,0	eliminated
=13	Lázaro Morales	CUB	8,0	eliminated
=13	Heinz Eichelbaum	FRG	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	József Balla	HUN	DQ (5:12)	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI
Match #2	Soslan Andiyev	URS	fall (1:16)	Jimmy Jackson	USA
Match #3	Harry Geris	CAN	decision (13-10)	Yorihide Isogai	JPN
Match #4	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	fall (2:14)	Carlos Braconi	ARG
Match #5	Nikola Dinev	BUL	DQ (4:49)	Einar Gundersen	NOR
Match #6	Roland Gehrke	GDR	fall (4:42)	Heinz Eichelbaum	FRG
Match #7	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	DQ (5:06)	Lázaro Morales	CUB
Match #8	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL	bye

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 21:18)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Dinev	BUL	0,0
=1	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	0,0
=1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	0,0
4	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	3,0
=5	Roland Gehrke	GDR	4,0
=5	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	4,0
7	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	4,5
8	József Balla	HUN	5,0
9	Jimmy Jackson	USA	7,0	eliminated
10	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL	8,0	eliminated
11	Harry Geris	CAN	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	fall (1:01)	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	MGL
Match #2	József Balla	HUN	decision (10-9)	Jimmy Jackson	USA
Match #3	Soslan Andiyev	URS	fall (0:44)	Harry Geris	CAN
Match #4	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	fall (2:37)	Mamadou Sakho	SEN
Match #5	Nikola Dinev	BUL	fall (7:54)	Roland Gehrke	GDR
Match #6	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	bye

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 21:17)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	0,0
2	Soslan Andiyev	URS	1,0
3	Nikola Dinev	BUL	3,0
4	Roland Gehrke	GDR	4,0
5	József Balla	HUN	5,0
6	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	7,0	eliminated
7	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	8,0	eliminated
8	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	DQ (5:19)	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI
Match #2	József Balla	HUN	fall (3:46)	Yorihide Isogai	JPN
Match #3	Soslan Andiyev	URS	decision (8-3)	Nikola Dinev	BUL
Match #4	Roland Gehrke	GDR	fall (4:12)	Mamadou Sakho	SEN

Round Five (30 July 1976 — 22:21)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	2,0
2	Ladislau Șimon	ROU	3,0
3	Roland Gehrke	GDR	4,0
4	József Balla	HUN	6,0
5	Nikola Dinev	BUL	6,0	eliminated

Match #1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	decision (11-5)	Ladislau Șimon	ROU
Match #2	József Balla	HUN	decision (6-3)	Nikola Dinev	BUL
Match #3	Roland Gehrke	GDR	bye

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 12:30)

Match #1	Soslan Andiyev	URS	DQ (8:40)	Roland Gehrke	GDR
Match #2	József Balla	HUN	decision (7-5)	Ladislau Șimon	ROU