# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union |
| Silver | Russell Hellickson United States |
| Bronze | Dimo Kostov 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 |
| 3 | 3 | Reza Soukhteh-Saraei (IRI) | 6 - 8 | Kazuo Shimizu (JPN) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | TF / 2:35 | Keith Peache (GBR) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Steve Daniar (CAN) | TF / 2:44 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Enache Panaite (ROU) | 3 - 5 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) | 1 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Harald Büttner (GDR) | 5 - 13 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Tore Hem (NOR) | TF / 3:18 | Petr Drozda (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Daniel Verník (ARG) | TF / 0:17 | Robert N'Diaye (SEN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Hans-Peter Stratz (FRG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Hans-Peter Stratz (FRG) | 4 - 10 | Reza Soukhteh-Saraei (IRI) | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Kazuo Shimizu (JPN) | DQ / 6:52 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Keith Peache (GBR) | 6 - 14 | Steve Daniar (CAN) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | TF / 4:05 | Enache Panaite (ROU) | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) | 9 - 5 | Harald Büttner (GDR) | 3 | 6.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | TF / 1:26 | Daniel Verník (ARG) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Petr Drozda (TCH) | TF / 2:48 | Robert N'Diaye (SEN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | | Tore Hem (NOR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 4 | Hans-Peter Stratz (FRG) | TF / 2:58 | Kazuo Shimizu (JPN) | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Reza Soukhteh-Saraei (IRI) | TF / 8:26 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Steve Daniar (CAN) | FF | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) | 0 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | 5 - 16 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | 0.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Petr Drozda (TCH) | TF / 2:19 | Daniel Verník (ARG) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 3 | Kazuo Shimizu (JPN) | 6 - 9 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 14 - 5 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | TF / 5:30 | Petr Drozda (TCH) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 3 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 13 - 19 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | 1 | 2 |
| 4.5 | 0 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | TF / 3:53 | Petr Drozda (TCH) | 4 | 8 |
| 5.5 | | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) | | DNA | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3.5 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | 5 - 16 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | 0.5 | |
| | 3 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 13 - 19 | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Russell Hellickson (USA) | 12 - 6 | Dimo Kostov (BUL) | 3 | 6.5 |

## Final standings

* Ivan Yarygin (URS)
* Russell Hellickson (USA)
* Dimo Kostov (BUL)
* Petr Drozda (TCH)
* Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)
* Kazuo Shimizu (JPN)
* Hans-Peter Stratz (FRG)
* Daniel Verník (ARG)