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Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	21 from 21 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.

The favorites were Iran’s Mansour Barzegar and Soviet Ruslan Ashuraliyev, who had won the last three World Championships, and also won World silver medals when they did not win the title. Ashuraliyev was eliminated after round five when he lost by decision to American Stan Dziedzic. Barzegar and Dziedzic were joined in the final round by Japan’s Jiichiro Date, bronze medalist at the 1975 Worlds. None of the finalists had yet met one another, so three final matches were needed. Date defeated both Barzegar and Dziedzic to win the gold medal, with Barzegar defeating Dziedzic to clinch silver. Dziedzic would win the 1977 World Championships, avenging his defeat to Barzegar in the final match.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	–	–	Silver
3	Stan Dziedzic	USA	–	–	Bronze
4	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	–	–
5	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	–	–
6	Fred Hempel	GDR	–	–
7	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	–	–
8	Kiro Ristov	YUG	–	–
AC	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	Eliminated r4/6	8,5
AC	Dan Karabin	TCH	Withdrew r4/6	4,5
AC	Jan Karlsson	SWE	Eliminated r3/6	6,0
AC	Yancho Pavlov	BUL	Eliminated r3/6	6,5
AC	Brian Renken	CAN	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Bruce Akers	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Mihály Toma	HUN	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Yakup Topuz	TUR	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Keith Haward	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Zevegiin Düvchin	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Dennis Herrick	PUR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Ivan David	ISV	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 10:40)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yancho Pavlov	BUL	0,0
=1	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	0,0
=1	Fred Hempel	GDR	0,0
=1	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA	0,0
=1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0,0
=1	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	0,0
=1	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	0,0
=1	Jan Karlsson	SWE	0,0
=1	Dan Karabin	TCH	0,0
=1	Stan Dziedzic	USA	0,0
11	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	1,0
12	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	3,0
=13	Bruce Akers	AUS	4,0
=13	Brian Renken	CAN	4,0
=13	Keith Haward	GBR	4,0
=13	Mihály Toma	HUN	4,0
=13	Ivan David	ISV	4,0	withdrew
=13	Zevegiin Düvchin	MGL	4,0
=13	Dennis Herrick	PUR	4,0
=13	Yakup Topuz	TUR	4,0
=13	Kiro Ristov	YUG	4,0

Match #1	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	criteria (6-6)	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS
Match #2	Yancho Pavlov	BUL	decision (21-x)	Mihály Toma	HUN
Match #3	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	DQ (5:55)	Keith Haward	GBR
Match #4	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	fall (1:23)	Ivan David	ISV
Match #5	Dan Karabin	TCH	decision (16-3)	Yakup Topuz	TUR
Match #6	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	decision (16-2)	Kiro Ristov	YUG
Match #7	Fred Hempel	GDR	fall (1:31)	Brian Renken	CAN
Match #8	Jan Karlsson	SWE	decision (24-1)	Bruce Akers	AUS
Match #9	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (1:41)	Dennis Herrick	PUR
Match #10	Stan Dziedzic	USA	DQ (3:18)	Zevegiin Düvchin	MGL
Match #11	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA	bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 21:01)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	0,0
=1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0,0
=1	Stan Dziedzic	USA	0,0
4	Dan Karabin	TCH	0,5
=5	Fred Hempel	GDR	1,0
=5	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	1,0
7	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	2,0
=8	Yancho Pavlov	BUL	3,0
=8	Jan Karlsson	SWE	3,0
=8	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	3,0
11	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	3,5
12	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA	4,0
=13	Brian Renken	CAN	5,0
=13	Kiro Ristov	YUG	5,0
=15	Bruce Akers	AUS	7,0	eliminated
=15	Mihály Toma	HUN	7,0	eliminated
=15	Yakup Topuz	TUR	7,0	eliminated
=18	Keith Haward	GBR	8,0	eliminated
=18	Zevegiin Düvchin	MGL	8,0	eliminated
=18	Dennis Herrick	PUR	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	fall (4:28)	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA
Match #2	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	decision (11-5)	Yancho Pavlov	BUL
Match #3	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	decision (5-4)	Mihály Toma	HUN
Match #4	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	fall (2:45)	Keith Haward	GBR
Match #5	Kiro Ristov	YUG	decision (12-6)	Yakup Topuz	TUR
Match #6	Dan Karabin	TCH	decision (16-6)	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR
Match #7	Brian Renken	CAN	decision (11-4)	Bruce Akers	AUS
Match #8	Fred Hempel	GDR	decision (11-4)	Jan Karlsson	SWE
Match #9	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (1:39)	Zevegiin Düvchin	MGL
Match #10	Stan Dziedzic	USA	fall (4:11)	Dennis Herrick	PUR

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 20:57)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0,0
2	Stan Dziedzic	USA	1,0
=3	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	2,0
=3	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	2,0
5	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	3,0
6	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	3,5
=7	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	4,5
=7	Dan Karabin	TCH	4,5
=9	Fred Hempel	GDR	5,0
=9	Kiro Ristov	YUG	5,0
11	Jan Karlsson	SWE	6,0	eliminated
12	Yancho Pavlov	BUL	6,5	eliminated
=13	Brian Renken	CAN	8,0	eliminated
=13	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	DQ (8:49)	Giuseppe Spagnoli	ITA
Match #2	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	decision (13-4)	Yancho Pavlov	BUL
Match #3	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	decision (11-6)	Jarmo Övermark	FIN
Match #4	Kiro Ristov	YUG	injury (5:05)	Dan Karabin	TCH
Match #5	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	decision (12-9)	Brian Renken	CAN
Match #6	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (7:03)	Fred Hempel	GDR
Match #7	Stan Dziedzic	USA	decision (11-5)	Jan Karlsson	SWE

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 19:52)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0,0
2	Stan Dziedzic	USA	1,0
3	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	2,0
4	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	4,5
5	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	5,0
6	Fred Hempel	GDR	6,0
7	Jarmo Övermark	FIN	7,0	eliminated
8	Kiro Ristov	YUG	8,0	eliminated
9	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	decision (10-4)	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU
Match #2	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	DQ (7:45)	Jarmo Övermark	FIN
Match #3	Fred Hempel	GDR	decision (16-12)	Kiro Ristov	YUG
Match #4	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (2:13)	Yu Jae-Gwon	KOR
Match #5	Stan Dziedzic	USA	walkover

Round Five (30 July 1976 — 21:47)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Jiichiro Date	JPN	0,0
=2	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	2,0
=2	Stan Dziedzic	USA	2,0
4	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS	7,5	eliminated
5	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU	9,0	eliminated
6	Fred Hempel	GDR	10,0	eliminated

Match #1	Stan Dziedzic	USA	decision (9-6)	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	URS
Match #2	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	decision (23-8)	Fred Hempel	GDR
Match #3	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (4:06)	Marin Pîrcălabu	ROU

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 21:35)

Match #1	Mansour Barzegar	IRI	decision (11-8)	Stan Dziedzic	USA
Match #2	Jiichiro Date	JPN	decision (10-5)	Stan Dziedzic	USA
Match #3	Jiichiro Date	JPN	fall (6:07)	Mansour Barzegar	IRI