# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Suren Nalbandyan Soviet Union |
| Silver | Ștefan Rusu Romania |
| Bronze | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East 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 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | TF / 5:00 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 4 - 6 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | DQ / 5:10 | Erasmo Estrada (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | TF / 5:32 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Arona Mané (SEN) | TF / 1:55 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | TF / 5:26 | Sergio Fiszman (ARG) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | DQ / 7:23 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 1 - 13 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Jacques Van Lancker (BEL) | TF / 2:04 | John McPhedran (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Kim Hae-myeong (KOR) | TF / 6:25 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 10 - 4 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 7 - 6 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | TF / 2:22 | Erasmo Estrada (CUB) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | TF / 0:44 | Arona Mané (SEN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 22 - 8 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | DQ / 6:56 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Sergio Fiszman (ARG) | TF / 1:30 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 5:04 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | TF / 2:49 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | John McPhedran (CAN) | 2 - 18 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 4 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | TF / 7:14 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | DQ / 4:01 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | DQ / 7:08 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | 4 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 0.5 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 13 - 2 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | 3.5 | 7.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | TF / 2:50 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 7 - 9 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | DQ / 3:45 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | TF / 0:18 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 0 | 4 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | DQ / 7:40 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 9 - 3 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | 7 - 10 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 1 | 5.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 5 - 3 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 1:47 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | TF / 4:54 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 0 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | DQ / 7:54 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 7 - 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 3 | 8 |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 3 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 9 - 12 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 1 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 4 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | DQ / 6:53 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 5 - 3 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 3 | |
| | 4 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | DQ / 7:54 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 9 - 12 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 1 | 2 |

## Final standings

* Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
* Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
* Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
* Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
* Andrzej Supron (POL)
* Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
* Erol Mutlu (TUR)
* Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)