# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jiichiro Date Japan |
| Silver | Mansour Barzegar Iran |
| Bronze | Stanley Dziedzic United States |

## 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 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 6 - 6 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 21 - 0 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | DQ / 5:55 | Keith Haward (GBR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | TF / 1:23 | Ivan David (ISV) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Yakup Topuz (TUR) | 3 - 16 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 2 - 16 | Yu Jae-gwon (KOR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Brian Renken (CAN) | TF / 1:31 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Bruce Akers (AUS) | 1 - 24 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | TF / 1:41 | Dennis Herrick (PUR) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | DQ / 3:18 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | TF / 4:28 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 11 - 5 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 - 5 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Keith Haward (GBR) | TF / 2:45 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Yakup Topuz (TUR) | 6 - 12 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 1 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | 16 - 6 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 11 - 4 | Bruce Akers (AUS) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 11 - 4 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | TF / 1:39 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Dennis Herrick (PUR) | TF / 4:11 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Ivan David (ISV) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | DQ / 8:49 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 0 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 13 - 4 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 11 - 6 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 3 | 3 |
| 4.5 | 4 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | IN / 5:05 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 0 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 1 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | 12 - 9 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | TF / 7:03 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 5 - 11 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 1 | 1 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4.5 | 1 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 10 - 4 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | DQ / 7:45 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 12 - 16 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 1 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | TF / 2:13 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | | Bye | | |
| 4.5 | | Dan Karabin (TCH) | | DNA | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 2 | 1 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 9 - 6 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 3 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 23 - 8 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | TF / 4:06 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 8 - 11 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 1 | |
| | 1 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 10 - 5 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | TF / 6:07 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 1 |

## Final standings

* Jiichiro Date (JPN)
* Mansour Barzegar (IRI)
* Stanley Dziedzic (USA)
* Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS)
* Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU)
* Fred Hempel (GDR)
* Jarmo Övermark (FIN)
* Kiro Ristov (YUG)