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Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	18 from 18 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.

Bulgarian Khasan Isaev came in as the heavy favorite, having won the World Championship in 1974-75 and the European Championships in 1973 and 1975. He was beaten in round four, however, by Soviet Roman Dmitriyev, the defending gold medalist. Isaev, Dmitriyev, and Japan’s Akira Kudo advanced to the final, where Kudo and Dmitriyev met, only to see them both disqualified for passivity. This gave the gold medal to Isaev, despite his loss to Dmitriyev, with Kudo taking bronze.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Hasan Isaev	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Akira Kudo	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	–	–
5	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	–	–
6	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	–	–
7	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	–	–
8	Willi Heckmann	FRG	–	–
AC	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	Eliminated r4/6	9,0
AC	Ray Takahashi	CAN	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	Miguel Alonso	CUB	Eliminated r3/6	8,5
AC	Mihály Gyulai	HUN	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Billy Rosado	USA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Claudio Pollio	ITA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Jorge Frías	MEX	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	John de Jesús	PUR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 11:49)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hasan Isaev	BUL	0,0
=1	Willi Heckmann	FRG	0,0
=1	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	0,0
=1	Akira Kudo	JPN	0,0
=1	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	0,0
=1	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	0,0
=1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	0,0
=8	Ray Takahashi	CAN	1,0
=8	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	1,0
=10	Mihály Gyulai	HUN	3,0
=10	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	3,0
=12	Miguel Alonso	CUB	4,0
=12	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	4,0
=12	Claudio Pollio	ITA	4,0
=12	Jorge Frías	MEX	4,0
=12	John de Jesús	PUR	4,0
=12	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	4,0	withdrew
=12	Billy Rosado	USA	4,0

Match #1	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	fall (2:13)	John de Jesús	PUR
Match #2	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	fall (7:52)	Constantin Alexandru	ROU
Match #3	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	fall (5:35)	Billy Rosado	USA
Match #4	Ray Takahashi	CAN	decision (10-4)	Mihály Gyulai	HUN
Match #5	Hasan Isaev	BUL	decision (25-8)	Miguel Alonso	CUB
Match #6	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	fall (6:15)	Jorge Frías	MEX
Match #7	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	decision (11-10)	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR
Match #8	Akira Kudo	JPN	fall (7:14)	Claudio Pollio	ITA
Match #9	Willi Heckmann	FRG	fall (4:55)	Jürgen Möbius	GDR

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 11:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hasan Isaev	BUL	0,0
=1	Willi Heckmann	FRG	0,0
=1	Akira Kudo	JPN	0,0
=1	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	0,0
=1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	0,0
=6	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	1,0
=6	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	1,0
8	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	3,0
9	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	4,0
=10	Ray Takahashi	CAN	4,5
=10	Miguel Alonso	CUB	4,5
=12	Mihály Gyulai	HUN	7,0	eliminated
=12	Billy Rosado	USA	7,0	eliminated
=14	Jürgen Möbius	GDR	8,0	eliminated
=14	Claudio Pollio	ITA	8,0	eliminated
=14	Jorge Frías	MEX	8,0	eliminated
=14	John de Jesús	PUR	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	fall (1:56)	John de Jesús	PUR
Match #2	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	decision (13-11)	Billy Rosado	USA
Match #3	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	fall (8:00)	Mihály Gyulai	HUN
Match #4	Miguel Alonso	CUB	decision (13-2)	Ray Takahashi	CAN
Match #5	Hasan Isaev	BUL	fall (5:35)	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI
Match #6	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	fall (2:31)	Jorge Frías	MEX
Match #7	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	decision (35-7)	Claudio Pollio	ITA
Match #8	Akira Kudo	JPN	DQ (6:50)	Jürgen Möbius	GDR
Match #9	Willi Heckmann	FRG	bye

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 11:50)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Hasan Isaev	BUL	0,0
=1	Akira Kudo	JPN	0,0
=1	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	0,0
4	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	1,0
5	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	3,0
=6	Willi Heckmann	FRG	4,0
=6	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	4,0
=6	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	4,0
9	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	5,0
=10	Ray Takahashi	CAN	8,5	eliminated
=10	Miguel Alonso	CUB	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	fall (7:24)	Willi Heckmann	FRG
Match #2	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	DQ (7:00)	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	Hasan Isaev	BUL	decision (18-3)	Ray Takahashi	CAN
Match #4	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	decision (38-11)	Miguel Alonso	CUB
Match #5	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	decision (14-13)	Li Yong-Nam	PRK
Match #6	Akira Kudo	JPN	bye

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 14:54)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Akira Kudo	JPN	0,0
2	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1,0
3	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	2,0
=4	Hasan Isaev	BUL	3,0
=4	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	3,0
6	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	4,0
7	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR	7,0	eliminated
8	Willi Heckmann	FRG	8,0	eliminated
9	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Akira Kudo	JPN	decision (25-2)	Willi Heckmann	FRG
Match #2	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	criteria (11-11)	Kuddusi Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	decision (9-7)	Hasan Isaev	BUL
Match #4	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	fall (2:37)	Sobhan Rouhi	IRI
Match #5	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	bye

Round Five (31 July 1976 — 10:40)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Akira Kudo	JPN	0,0
2	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	1,0
3	Hasan Isaev	BUL	4,0
=4	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR	6,0	eliminated
=4	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL	6,0	eliminated
6	Li Yong-Nam	PRK	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Akira Kudo	JPN	decision (16-2)	Li Yong-Nam	PRK
Match #2	Roman Dmitriyev	URS	fall (4:16)	Gombyn Khishigbaatar	MGL
Match #3	Hasan Isaev	BUL	decision (16-13)	Kim Hwa-Gyeong	KOR

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 19:38)

Match #1	Akira Kudo	JPN	DQ (passivity)	Roman Dmitriyev	URS
Match #2	Hasan Isaev	BUL	DQ (7:06)	Akira Kudo	JPN