# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Momir Petković Yugoslavia |
| Silver | Vladimir Cheboksarov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Ivan Kolev 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 | Giuseppe Vitucci (ITA) | TF / 4:21 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | TF / 1:18 | Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Houshang Montazeralzohour (IRI) | DQ / 5:05 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Chandler (USA) | 9 - 8 | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Ibrahim Diop (SEN) | DQ / 7:31 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | David Cummings (CAN) | IN / 7:40 | Ion Enache (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 2 - 16 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | TF / 2:12 | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | DQ / 7:19 | Giuseppe Vitucci (ITA) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 9 - 16 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN) | TF / 3:20 | Houshang Montazeralzohour (IRI) | 4 | 8 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 14 - 5 | Daniel Chandler (USA) | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) | 4 - 10 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | David Cummings (CAN) | IN / 6:00 | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Ion Enache (ROU) | 6 - 4 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | TF / 1:22 | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | | Ibrahim Diop (SEN) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | D1 / 7:56 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 6 - 6 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 0 | Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN) | TF / 6:49 | Daniel Chandler (USA) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 7 - 2 | André Bouchoule (FRA) | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | Ion Enache (ROU) | 8 - 8 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Leif Andersson (SWE) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 1 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | 9 - 6 | Adam Ostrowski (POL) | 3 | 7 |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 6 - 15 | Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 8 - 3 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 3 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 3 - 2 | Ion Enache (ROU) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 3 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 7 - 14 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | TF / 0:29 | Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 1 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 8 - 2 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 3 | 8 |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 3 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 5 - 9 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | TF / 2:07 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 0 | 6 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 6 - 6 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 1 | |
| | 3 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 7 - 14 | Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS) | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Ivan Kolev (BUL) | 5 - 9 | Momir Petković (YUG) | 1 | 2 |

## Final standings

* Momir Petković (YUG)
* Vladimir Cheboksarov (URS)
* Ivan Kolev (BUL)
* Leif Andersson (SWE)
* Miroslav Janota (TCH)
* Kazuhiro Takanishi (JPN)
* Ion Enache (ROU)
* Adam Ostrowski (POL)