# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union |
| Silver | Stoyan Ivanov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Czesław Kwieciński Poland |

## 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 |
| 0 | 0 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | TF / 2:00 | Fred Theobald (FRG) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Michel Grangier (FRA) | DQ / 7:54 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 2 - 7 | István Séllyei (HUN) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | 3 - 10 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | James Johnson (USA) | TF / 1:20 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 25 - 9 | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | TF / 2:00 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Fred Theobald (FRG) | 11 - 4 | Michel Grangier (FRA) | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | TF / 2:51 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | István Séllyei (HUN) | 2 - 4 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | TF / 8:02 | James Johnson (USA) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) | TF / 1:32 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Hashem Kolahi (IRI) | TF / 0:12 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Sadao Sato (JPN) | TF / 3:55 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Fred Theobald (FRG) | DQ / 5:06 | István Séllyei (HUN) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | DQ / 7:28 | James Johnson (USA) | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 10 - 4 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 3 | 3 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 3 - 9 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | István Séllyei (HUN) | DQ / 4:55 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | 3 - 2 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 3 | 6 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | DQ / 8:00 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 6 - 6 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 3 | 5 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 3 - 9 | Valeri Rezantsev (URS) | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Valery Rezantsev (URS) | 6 - 6 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | D1 / 6:46 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 4 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Valery Rezantsev (URS)
* Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)
* Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
* Darko Nišavić (YUG)
* Frank Andersson (SWE)
* István Séllyei (HUN)
* Sadao Sato (JPN) and James Johnson (USA)