Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 31 July 1976 at Centre Pierre Charbonneau.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
12 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 |  Japan |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  United States |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Yugoslavia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Poland |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  South Korea |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Romania |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 |  East Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Iran |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mongolia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  West Germany |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists[]
Greco-Roman[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Alexey Shumakov
|
Gheorghe Berceanu
|
Stefan Anghelov
|
| 52 kg | Vakhtang Blagidze
|
Nicu Ginga
|
Koichiro Hirayama
|
| 57 kg | Pertti Ukkola
|
Ivan Frgic
|
Farhat Mustafin
|
| 62 kg | Kazimierz Lipien
|
Nelson Davidian
|
Laszlo Reczi
|
| 68 kg | Suren Nalbandyan
|
Stefan Rusu
|
Heinz-Helmut Wehling
|
| 74 kg | Anatolyi Bykov
|
Vitezslav Macha
|
Karlheinz Helbing
|
| 82 kg | Momir Petkovic
|
Vladimir Cheboksarov
|
Ivan Kolev
|
| 90 kg | Valery Rezantsev
|
Stoyan Ivanov
|
Czeslaw Kwiecinski
|
| 100 kg | Nikolai Bolboshin
|
Kamen Goranov
|
Andrzej Skrzylewski
|
| 100+ kg | Alexandr Kolchinski
|
Alexandr Tomov
|
Roman Codreanu
|
Freestyle[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Khassan Issaev
|
Roman Dmitriev
|
Akira Kudo
|
| 52 kg | Yuji Takada
|
Alexandr Ivanov
|
Jeon Hae-sup
|
| 57 kg | Vladimir Umin
|
Hans-Dieter Bruchert
|
Masao Arai
|
| 62 kg | Yang Jung-mo
|
Zeveg Oidov
|
Gene Davis
|
| 68 kg | Pavel Pinigin
|
Lloyd Keaser
|
Yasaburo Sugawara
|
| 74 kg | Jiichiro Date
|
Mansour Barzegar
|
Stanley Dzeidzic
|
| 82 kg | John Peterson
|
Viktor Novojilov
|
Adolf Seger
|
| 90 kg | Levan Tediashvili
|
Benjamin Peterson
|
Stelica Morcov
|
| 100 kg | Ivan Yarygin
|
Russell Hellickson
|
Dimo Kostov
|
| 100+ kg | Soslan Andiev
|
Jozsef Balla
|
Ladislau Simon
|
Statistics[]
- There were 331 total athletes from 41 countries.
- Biambajav Javkhlantegs was the youngest participant with 16 years and 271 days.
- Nicolae Martinescu was the oldest participant with 36 years and 151 days.
- 8 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Bulgaria won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Finland won its first gold medal in the sport since Melbourne 1956.
- Yugoslavia won its first gold medal in the sport since Tokyo 1964.
- Mongolia won its only medal of Montreal 1976.
- South Korea won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Tokyo 1964.
