# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kazimierz Lipień Poland |
| Silver | Nelson Davidyan Soviet Union |
| Bronze | László Réczi Hungary |

## 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 | Pekka Hjelt (FIN) | TF / 4:55 | Gary Alexander (USA) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | László Réczi (HUN) | TF / 5:46 | Gholam Reza Ghassab (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Domenico Giuffrida (ITA) | 5 - 19 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Howard Stupp (CAN) | 0 - 37 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Joaquim Jesus Vieira (POR) | TF / 4:40 | Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Mehmet Uysal (TUR) | 3 - 14 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | TF / 8:49 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Lars Malmkvist (SWE) | TF / 5:40 | Ion Păun (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | | Choi Gyeong-su (KOR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Choi Kyung-Soo (KOR) | TF / 1:58 | Pekka Hjelt (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Gary Alexander (USA) | DQ / 5:48 | László Réczi (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | Gholamreza Ghassab (IRI) | 27 - 14 | Domenico Giuffrida (ITA) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 30 - 4 | Howard Stupp (CAN) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | TF / 1:59 | Joaquim Jesus Vieira (POR) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) | 5 - 10 | Mehmet Uysal (TUR) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 2 - 15 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | 2 - 13 | Lars Malmkvist (SWE) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | | Ion Păun (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Ion Păun (ROU) | TF / 5:53 | Choi Kyung-Soo (KOR) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Pekka Hjelt (FIN) | DQ / 8:50 | László Réczi (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Gholamreza Ghassab (IRI) | TF / 4:15 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 16 - 0 | Stoyan Lazarov (BUL) | 4 | 7 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Mehmet Uysal (TUR) | TF / 2:36 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 0 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | DQ / 5:08 | Lars Malmkvist (SWE) | 4 | 8.5 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Ion Păun (ROU) | 11 - 4 | Pekka Hjelt (FIN) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | László Réczi (HUN) | 8 - 6 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | DQ / 8:55 | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) | 4 | 8.5 |
| 0 | | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 2 - 4 | László Réczi (HUN) | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Ion Păun (ROU) | 2 - 6 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 6 - 10 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Ion Păun (ROU) | IN / 1:25 | László Réczi (HUN) | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 7

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN) | 4 - 20 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 0 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 13 - 4 | László Réczi (HUN) | 3.5 | 5.5 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 3 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 2 - 4 | László Réczi (HUN) | 1 | |
| | 3 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 6 - 10 | Nelson Davidyan (URS) | 1 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) | 13 - 4 | László Réczi (HUN) | 3.5 | 4.5 |

## Final standings

* Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
* Nelson Davidyan (URS)
* László Réczi (HUN)
* Teruhiko Miyahara (JPN)
* Ion Păun (ROU)
* Pekka Hjelt (FIN)
* Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)
* Stoyan Lazarov (BUL)