Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg wrestling event at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	20–24 July 1976
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Alexei Shumakov  Soviet Union Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania Stefan Angelov  Bulgaria

Medalists

Gold	Alexei Shumakov  Soviet Union
Silver	Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania
Bronze	Stefan Angelov  Bulgaria

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
4	4	Lee In-chang (KOR)	6 - 20	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Antonio Quistelli (ITA)	TF / 2:33	Khalil Rashid Mohamed Zadeh (IRI)	0	0
3	3	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	1
3	3	Aleksander Zajączkowski (POL)	6 - 11	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	1	1
0	0	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	17 - 1	Byambajavyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	4	4
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	DQ / 7:45	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	4	4
4	4	Michael Farina (USA)	4 - 19	Salih Bora (TUR)	0	0
0		Dietmar Hinz (GDR)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	16 - 12	Lee In-Chang (KOR)	3	7
0	0	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	DQ / 5:19	Antonio Quistelli (ITA)	4	8
4	4	Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI)	TF / 8:09	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	0	3
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	TF / 0:20	Aleksander Zajączkowski (POL)	4	7
5	4	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	TF / 2:25	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	0	0
8	4	Byambajavyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	DQ / 6:24	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	0	0
8	4	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	TF / 5:10	Michael Farina (USA)	0	4
0		Salih Bora (TUR)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Salih Bora (TUR)	18 - 22	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	1	2
0	0	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	DQ / 8:51	Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI)	4	8
3	0	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	TF / 6:00	Sirvano Valdes (CUB)	4	9
1	0	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	14 - 1	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	DQ / 5:50	Michael Farina (USA)	4	8

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4	Salih Bora (TUR)	DQ / 8:29	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	0	0
6	4	Dietmar Hinz (GDR)	TF / 2:08	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	0	1
4	1	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	8 - 4	Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)	3	7
0		Alexei Shumakov (URS)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	TF / 5:25	Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)	4	8
3	3	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1	2

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3 - 4	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	1
	1	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	5 - 4	Stefan Angelov (BUL)	3	6
4	3	Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)	6 - 10	Alexei Shumakov (URS)	1	2

Final standings

1.  Alexei Shumakov (URS)
2.  Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU)
3.  Stefan Angelov (BUL)
4.  Yoshite Moriwaki (JPN)
5.  Dietmar Hinz (GDR)
6.  Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN)
7.  Salih Bora (TUR)
8.  Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh (IRI) and  Michael Farina (USA)

External links

• Official Report Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine