Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg
# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Yang Jung-Mo South Korea |
| - | - |
| Silver | Zevegiin Oidov Mongolia |
| Bronze | Gene Davis 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 4 | Marco Terán (ECU) | TF / 5:47 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Gene Davis (USA) | 15 - 8 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Mihály Fodor (HUN) | 4 - 6 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | TF / 1:41 | Sergey Timofeyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Benjamin Varela (PUR) | TF / 1:30 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 18 - 7 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 8 - 6 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | 8 - 4 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 | 0 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | DQ / 7:35 | Marco Terán (ECU) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | TF / 8:38 | Gene Davis (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | DQ / 7:12 | Mihály Fodor (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | DQ / 8:24 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | TF / 1:22 | Benjamin Varela (PUR) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | TF / 0:33 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 0 | 0.5 |
| 4.5 | 1 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 10 - 7 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 4 - 4 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | | Petre Coman (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 4 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 2 - 14 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | TF / 8:23 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Gene Davis (USA) | TF / 7:53 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | 13 - 17 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0.5 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 17 - 6 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 3.5 | 7.5 |
| 7.5 | 3 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 5 - 9 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | D2 / 5:55 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | Gene Davis (USA) | 29 - 13 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | DQ / 5:36 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | TF / 3:21 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 1 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 18 - 12 | Gene Davis (USA) | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | TF / 8:46 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | | Bye | | |

### Round 6

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 0 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | TF / 5:54 | Gene Davis (USA) | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | DQ / 7:44 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Gene Davis (USA) | 15 - 8 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 3 | |
| | 0 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | TF / 5:54 | Gene Davis (USA) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 10 - 8 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 3 | 3 |

## Final standings

* Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
* Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
* Gene Davis (USA)
* Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)
* Ivan Yankov (BUL)
* Sergei Timofeyev (URS)
* Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)
* Helmut Strumpf (GDR)
