# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hasan Isaev Bulgaria |
| Silver | Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Akira Kudo Japan |

## 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 | John de Jesús (PUR) | TF / 2:13 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Constantin Alexandru (ROU) | TF / 7:52 | Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | William Rosado (USA) | TF / 5:35 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Mihály Gyulai (HUN) | 4 - 10 | Ray Takahashi (CAN) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Miguel Alonso (CUB) | 8 - 25 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Sobhan Rouhi (IRI) | TF / 6:15 | Jorge Frias (MEX) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Kim Hwa-gyeong (KOR) | 10 - 11 | Li Yong-nam (PRK) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | TF / 7:14 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Jürgen Möbius (GDR) | TF / 4:55 | Willi Heckmann (FRG) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | John de Jesus (PUR) | TF / 1:56 | Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | 13 - 11 | William Rosado (USA) | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | TF / 8:00 | Mihály Gyulai (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Ray Takahashi (CAN) | 2 - 13 | Miguel Alonso (CUB) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | TF / 5:35 | Sobhan Rouhi (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Jorge Frías (MEX) | TF / 2:31 | Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR) | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Li Yong-Nam (PRK) | 35 - 7 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | DQ / 6:50 | Jürgen Möbius (GDR) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | | Willi Heckmann (FRG) | | Bye | | |
| 4 | | Constantin Alexandru (ROU) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 4 | Willi Heckmann (FRG) | TF / 7:24 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR) | DQ / 7:00 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Ray Takahashi (CAN) | 3 - 18 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Miguel Alonso (CUB) | 11 - 38 | Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Sobhan Rouhi (IRI) | 14 - 13 | Li Yong-Nam (PRK) | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | | Akira Kudo (JPN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | 25 - 2 | Willi Heckmann (FRG) | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | 11 - 11 | Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 9 - 7 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | Sobhan Rouhi (IRI) | TF / 2:37 | Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR) | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | Li Yong-Nam (PRK) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Li Yong-Nam (PRK) | 2 - 16 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | TF / 4:16 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | 16 - 13 | Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR) | 3 | 6 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 1 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 9 - 7 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | 3 | |
| | 4 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | D2 / 8:00 | Roman Dmitriyev (URS) | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | Hasan Isaev (BUL) | DQ / 7:06 | Akira Kudo (JPN) | 4 | 8 |

## Final standings

* Hasan Isaev (BUL)
* Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
* Akira Kudo (JPN)
* Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL)
* Kim Hwa-Kyung (KOR)
* Li Yong-Nam (PRK)
* Kuddusi Özdemir (TUR)
* Willi Heckmann (FRG)