# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia |
| Bronze | Karl-Heinz Helbing West Germany |

## 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 | Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) | IN / 5:25 | Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) | D2 / 8:00 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Brahim Toughza (MAR) | DQ / 8:00 | Hans Kiss (AUT) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | DQ / 5:15 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Idalberto Barban (CUB) | 13 - 10 | John Matthews (USA) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | DQ / 8:17 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | TF / 4:54 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | DQ / 7:54 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | DQ / 7:56 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) | DQ / 6:50 | Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | TF / 2:40 | Hans Kiss (AUT) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | DQ / 7:53 | Idalberto Barbán (CUB) | 4 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | DQ / 4:24 | John Matthews (USA) | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 9 - 6 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | DQ / 6:57 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | D1 / 4:34 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | DQ / 7:44 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) | | DNA | | |
| 4 | | Brahim Toughza (MAR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 3 | Yasuo Nagatomo (JPN) | 5 - 10 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) | TF / 5:41 | Hans Kiss (AUT) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) | TF / 1:14 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 0 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 12 - 3 | Idalberto Barbán (CUB) | 3.5 | 8.5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 12 - 2 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 3.5 | 7.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) | TF / 3:55 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 7 - 6 | Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU) | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 5 - 9 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 1 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 3 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 3 - 4 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 6 | | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 0 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | TF / 2:09 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 4 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | DQ / 8:54 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) | 4 | 10 |
| 1.5 | | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 4 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | DQ / 7:56 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 0 | |
| | 0 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | DQ / 8:52 | Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 7 - 3 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 3 | 3 |

## Final standings

* Anatoly Bykov (URS)
* Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
* Karl-Heinz Helbing (FRG)
* Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
* Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR)
* Gheorghe Ciobotaru (ROU)
* Jan Karlsson (SWE)
* Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)