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Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	20–24 July
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Suren Nalbandyan  Soviet Union Ștefan Rusu  Romania Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany
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Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 kg
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The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

Gold	Suren Nalbandyan  Soviet Union
Silver	Ștefan Rusu  Romania
Bronze	Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany

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
0	0	Patrick Marcy (USA)	TF / 5:00	Mohamed Bahamou (MAR)	4	4
3	3	Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)	4 - 6	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	1	1
0	0	Erol Mutlu (TUR)	DQ / 5:10	Erasmo Estrada (CUB)	4	4
0	0	Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)	TF / 5:32	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	4	4
4	4	Arona Mané (SEN)	TF / 1:55	Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)	0	0
0	0	Ferenc Toma (HUN)	TF / 5:26	Sergio Fiszman (ARG)	4	4
0	0	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	DQ / 7:23	Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)	4	4
4	4	Andrzej Supron (POL)	1 - 13	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	0	0
0	0	Jacques Van Lancker (BEL)	TF / 2:04	John McPhedran (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Kim Hae-myeong (KOR)	TF / 6:25	Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)	4	4
0		Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)	10 - 4	Patrick Marcy (USA)	3	3
4	1	Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)	7 - 6	Erol Mutlu (TUR)	3	3
1	0	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	TF / 2:22	Erasmo Estrada (CUB)	4	8
0	0	Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)	TF / 0:44	Arona Mané (SEN)	4	8
4	0	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	22 - 8	Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)	4	4
4	4	Ferenc Toma (HUN)	DQ / 6:56	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	0	0
8	4	Sergio Fiszman (ARG)	TF / 1:30	Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)	0	4
4	0	Andrzej Supron (POL)	TF / 5:04	Jacques van Lancker (BEL)	4	4
0	0	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	TF / 2:49	Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)	4	4
8	4	John McPhedran (CAN)	2 - 18	Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)	0	4
4		Mohamed Bahamou (MAR)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4	Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)	TF / 7:14	Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)	0	4
7	4	Patrick Marcy (USA)	DQ / 4:01	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	0	1
3	0	Erol Mutlu (TUR)	DQ / 7:08	Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)	4	4
4.5	0.5	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	13 - 2	Ferenc Toma (HUN)	3.5	7.5
8	4	Jafar Alizadeh (IRI)	TF / 2:50	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	0	0
7	3	Nedelcho Nedev (BUL)	7 - 9	Andrzej Supron (POL)	1	5
0	0	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	DQ / 3:45	Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN)	4	8
8	4	Jacques van Lancker (BEL)	TF / 0:18	Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)	0	4

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
9	4	Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)	DQ / 7:40	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	0	1
5	1	Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)	9 - 3	Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)	3	7
6	3	Erol Mutlu (TUR)	7 - 10	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	1	5.5
1	1	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	5 - 3	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	3	3
5	0	Andrzej Supron (POL)	TF / 1:47	Kim Hae-Myung (KOR)	4	8

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
9	4	Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)	TF / 4:54	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	0	5.5
5	4	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	DQ / 7:54	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	0	3
2	1	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	7 - 4	Andrzej Supron (POL)	3	8

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	9 - 12	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	1	3
9.5	4	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)	DQ / 6:53	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	0	3

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	5 - 3	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	3
	4	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	DQ / 7:54	Ștefan Rusu (ROU)	0	3
7	3	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	9 - 12	Suren Nalbandyan (URS)	1	2

Final standings

1.  Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
2.  Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
3.  Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
4.  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
5.  Andrzej Supron (POL)
6.  Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
7.  Erol Mutlu (TUR)
8.  Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight
1908:  Enrico Porro (ITA) 1912:  Emil Väre (FIN) 1920:  Emil Väre (FIN) 1924:  Oskari Friman (FIN) 1928:  Lajos Keresztes (HUN) 1932:  Erik Malmberg (SWE) 1936:  Lauri Koskela (FIN) 1948:  Gustav Freij (SWE) 1952:  Shazam Safin (URS) 1956:  Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN) 1960:  Avtandil Koridze (URS) 1964:  Kazım Ayvaz (TUR) 1968:  Muneji Munemura (JPN) 1972:  Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 1976:  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 1980:  Ștefan Rusu (ROM) 1984:  Vlado Lisjak (YUG) 1988:  Levon Julfalakyan (URS) 1992:  Attila Repka (HUN) 1996:  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 2000:  Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) 2004:  Farid Mansurov (AZE) 2008:  Steeve Guénot (FRA) 2012:  Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR) 2016:  Davor Štefanek (SRB) 2020:  Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) 2024:  Saeid Esmaeili (IRI)
1908: 66.5 kg 1912–1928: 67.5 kg 1932–1936: 66 kg 1948–1960: 67 kg 1964–1968: 70 kg 1972–1996: 68 kg 2000: 69 kg 2004–2016: 66 kg 2020–present: 67 kg

• Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics