Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg


The Men's Freestyle 74 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.
;Legend
;Penalties
TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
336 - 6'11
00'21 - 044
00'DQ / 5:5544
00'TF / 1:2344
443 - 16'00
442 - 16'00
44TF / 1:31'00
441 - 24'00
00'TF / 1:4144
44DQ / 3:18'00
0Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
44TF / 4:28'03
21'11 - 533
734 - 5'11
84TF / 2:45'00
736 - 12'15
0.50.5'16 - 63.53.5
51'11 - 437
11'11 - 433
00'TF / 1:3948
84TF / 4:11'00
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Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
84DQ / 8:49'02
3.50.5'13 - 43.56.5
21'11 - 633
4.54IN / 5:05'05
4.51'12 - 938
54TF / 7:03'00
635 - 1111

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
4.51'10 - 435
20'DQ / 7:4547
8312 - 16'16
8.54TF / 2:13'00
1Bye
4.5DNA

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
21'9 - 637.5
20'23 - 8410
94TF / 4:0600

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
38 - 11'1
1'10 - 536
54TF / 6:0701

Final standings

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