Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg


The Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medalists

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.
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;Penalties
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00'20 - 844
11'13 - 933
44TF / 4:10'00
00'23 - 544
3326 - 28'11
440 - 24'00
00'TF / 5:0144
336 - 13'11
00'38 - 744
00'20 - 544
0Bye

Round 2

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00'TF / 1:0244
84TF / 1:56'01
30'TF / 1:3348
3315 - 18'11
739 - 11'14
10'TF / 2:2948
00'TF / 1:0144
846 - 19'03
54TF / 5:22'00
40'TF / 4:4944
0Bye

Round 3

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51'13 - 1033
84TF / 8:54'01
30'32 - 147
10'24 - 948
10'TF / 6:4744
84DQ / 7:17'03
94TF / 2:41'04
335 - 10'15

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
8.53.57 - 18'0.51.5
637 - 14'14
10'26 - 845
84TF / 7:35'03
74TF / 4:15'04
5'Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
61'11 - 534.5
51'12 - 834
8.53.511 - 22'0.53.5
4'Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
843 - 22'04.5
71'9 - 438
84TF / 8:4203.5

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
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35 - 10'1
21'11 - 53
637 - 1014

Final standings

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