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.
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1976 Summer}} | 21 - 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zsigmond Kelevitz|AUS|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Segundo Olmedo|PAN|1976 Summer}} | TF / 2:43 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ko Jin-Won|KOR|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rafael González|PUR|1976 Summer}} | 13 - 16 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lennart Lundell|SWE|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ronald Joseph|ISV|1976 Summer}} | TF / 2:09 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rami Miron|ISR|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Doncho Zhekov|BUL|1976 Summer}} | 9 - 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|János Kocsis|HUN|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1976 Summer}} | TF / 7:79 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clive Llewellyn|CAN|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eberhard Probst|GDR|1976 Summer}} | TF / 1:32 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arona Mané|SEN|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Gilligan|GBR|1976 Summer}} | TF / 2:30 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sergio Fiszman|ARG|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Weisenberger|FRG|1976 Summer}} | 7 - 19 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Reza Navaei|IRI|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kari Övermark|FIN|1976 Summer}} | 4 - 20 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lloyd Keaser|USA|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yasaburo Sugawara|JPN|1976 Summer}} | 8 - 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Sarı|TUR|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdi|YUG|1976 Summer}} | 3 - 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1976 Summer}} | 19 - 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Segundo Olmedo|PAN|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zsigmond Kelevitz|AUS|1976 Summer}} | 11 - 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ko Jin-Won|KOR|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rafael González|PUR|1976 Summer}} | TF / 2:08 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ronald Joseph|ISV|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lennart Lundell|SWE|1976 Summer}} | 3 - 16 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rami Miron|ISR|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
4 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Doncho Zhekov|BUL|1976 Summer}} | 4 - 9 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
4 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|János Kocsis|HUN|1976 Summer}} | 7 - 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clive Llewellyn|CAN|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 7 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eberhard Probst|GDR|1976 Summer}} | TF / 4:51 | {{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Gilligan|GBR|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arona Mané|SEN|1976 Summer}} | TF / 4:49 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sergio Fiszman|ARG|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
4.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Weisenberger|FRG|1976 Summer}} | 24 - 14 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kari Övermark|FIN|1976 Summer}} | 3.5 | 8.5 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Reza Navaei|IRI|1976 Summer}} | TF / 6:40 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lloyd Keaser|USA|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yasaburo Sugawara|JPN|1976 Summer}} | TF / 2:31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdi|YUG|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Sarı|TUR|1976 Summer}} | 3 - 10 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1976 Summer}} | 9 - 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ko Jin-Won|KOR|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 6 |
5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zsigmond Kelevitz|AUS|1976 Summer}} | TF / 1:48 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rafael González|PUR|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
9 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lennart Lundell|SWE|1976 Summer}} | 3 - 17 | {{flagIOCathlete|Doncho Zhekov|BUL|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rami Miron|ISR|1976 Summer}} | DQ / 7:42 | {{flagIOCathlete|János Kocsis|HUN|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
2 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1976 Summer}} | 10 - 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eberhard Probst|GDR|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Gilligan|GBR|1976 Summer}} | TF / 5:56 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Weisenberger|FRG|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 4.5 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sergio Fiszman|ARG|1976 Summer}} | TF / 4:44 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Reza Navaei|IRI|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lloyd Keaser|USA|1976 Summer}} | DQ / 4:21 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yasaburo Sugawara|JPN|1976 Summer}} | 4 | 5 |
2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1976 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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3 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1976 Summer}} | 4 - 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1976 Summer}} | 3 | 4 |
8 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Zsigmond Kelevitz|AUS|1976 Summer}} | 4 - 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rami Miron|ISR|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 5 |
4.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Doncho Zhekov|BUL|1976 Summer}} | 13 - 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eberhard Probst|GDR|1976 Summer}} | 3.5 | 6.5 |
7 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|János Kocsis|HUN|1976 Summer}} | 3 - 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1976 Summer}} | 1 | 3 |
8.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Weisenberger|FRG|1976 Summer}} | TF / 1:55 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lloyd Keaser|USA|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Reza Navaei|IRI|1976 Summer}} | 1 - 16 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yasaburo Sugawara|JPN|1976 Summer}} | 0 | 5 |
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).