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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	13 from 13 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.0; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-4.0; loss by fall-4.0). 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.

There was no heavier favorite in Olympic wrestling in 1976 than Soviet Valery Rezantsev. Rezantsev was the defending Olympic Champion and had won the last five World titles. Rezantsev won his first four matches with only 1.0 bad points, and then defeated Bulgarian Stoyan Nikolov in the final round on criteria (tie-breakers), 6-6. Rezantsev retired after the 1976 Olympics, ending his career with 10 international gold medals in 10 competitions, also winning the European title three times.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	–	–	Gold
2	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	–	–
5	293	Frank Andersson	SWE	–	–
6	134	István Séllyei	HUN	–	–
=7	184	Sadao Sato	JPN	–	–
=7	347	James Johnson	USA	–	–
AC	147	Hashem Kolahi	IRI	eliminated r3/6	8.0
AC	111	Fred Theobald	FRG	eliminated r3/6	9.0
AC	74	Michel Grangier	FRA	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	276	Petre Dicu	ROU	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	292	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	eliminated r2/6	8.0

Round One

Date	20 July 1976 — 20:25

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	184	Sadao Sato	JPN	0.0
=1	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	0.0
=1	293	Frank Andersson	SWE	0.0
=1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	0.0
=1	347	James Johnson	USA	0.0
=6	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	1.0
=6	134	István Séllyei	HUN	1.0
=8	276	Petre Dicu	ROU	3.0
=8	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	3.0
=10	74	Michel Grangier	FRA	4.0
=10	111	Fred Theobald	FRG	4.0
=10	147	Hashem Kolahi	IRI	4.0
=10	292	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Sadao Sato	JPN	Fall (2:00)	Fred Theobald	FRG
Match #2	20 Jul	Valery Rezantsev	URS	Dq (7:54)	Michel Grangier	FRA
Match #3	20 Jul	István Séllyei	HUN	Decision (7-2)	Petre Dicu	ROU
Match #4	20 Jul	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Decision (10-3)	Darko Nišavić	YUG
Match #5	20 Jul	James Johnson	USA	Fall (1:20)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #6	20 Jul	Frank Andersson	SWE	Decision (25-9)	Hashem Kolahi	IRI
Match #7	20 Jul	Czesław Kwieciński	POL

Round Two

Date	21 July 1976 — 20:06

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	0.0	–
=1	293	Frank Andersson	SWE	0.0	–
=1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	0.0	–
4	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	1.0	–
=5	134	István Séllyei	HUN	4.0	–
=5	147	Hashem Kolahi	IRI	4.0	–
=5	184	Sadao Sato	JPN	4.0	–
=5	347	James Johnson	USA	4.0	–
=5	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	4.0	–
10	111	Fred Theobald	FRG	5.0	–
=11	74	Michel Grangier	FRA	7.0	eliminated
=11	276	Petre Dicu	ROU	7.0	eliminated
13	292	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	Fall (2:00)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #2	21 Jul	Fred Theobald	FRG	Decision (11-x)	Michel Grangier	FRA
Match #3	21 Jul	Valery Rezantsev	URS	Fall (2:51)	Petre Dicu	ROU
Match #4	21 Jul	Darko Nišavić	YUG	Decision (4-2)	István Séllyei	HUN
Match #5	21 Jul	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Fall (8:02)	James Johnson	USA
Match #6	21 Jul	Frank Andersson	SWE	Fall (1:32)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #7	21 Jul	Hashem Kolahi	IRI

Round Three

Date	22 July 1976 — 20:54

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	0.0	–
=1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	0.0	–
3	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	2.0	–
4	293	Frank Andersson	SWE	3.0	–
=5	134	István Séllyei	HUN	4.0	–
=5	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	4.0	–
=7	147	Hashem Kolahi	IRI	8.0	eliminated
=7	184	Sadao Sato	JPN	8.0	eliminated
=7	347	James Johnson	USA	8.0	eliminated
10	111	Fred Theobald	FRG	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	Fall (0:12)	Hashem Kolahi	IRI
Match #2	22 Jul	Valery Rezantsev	URS	Fall (3:55)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #3	22 Jul	István Séllyei	HUN	Dq (5:06)	Fred Theobald	FRG
Match #4	22 Jul	Darko Nišavić	YUG	Dq (7:28)	James Johnson	USA
Match #5	22 Jul	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Decision (10-4)	Frank Andersson	SWE

Round Four

Date	23 July 1976 — 20:18

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	1.0	–
2	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	2.0	–
3	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	3.0	–
4	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	5.0	–
5	293	Frank Andersson	SWE	6.0	eliminated
6	134	István Séllyei	HUN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Valery Rezantsev	URS	Decision (9-3)	Czesław Kwieciński	POL
Match #2	23 Jul	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Dq (4:55)	István Séllyei	HUN
Match #3	23 Jul	Darko Nišavić	YUG	Decision (3-2)	Frank Andersson	SWE

Round Five

Date	24 July 1976 — 11:16

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	332	Valery Rezantsev	URS	2.0	–
2	238	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	3.0	–
3	19	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	5.0	–
4	360	Darko Nišavić	YUG	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	Dq (---)	Darko Nišavić	YUG
Match #2	24 Jul	Valery Rezantsev	URS	Criteria (6-6)	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL

Final Round

Date	24 July 1976 — 21:35

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul 21:35	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Dq (6:46)	Czesław Kwieciński	POL