Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nikolai Balboshin Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Kamen Goranov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Andrzej Skrzydlewski Poland |

## 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 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | TF / 2:24 | Bahram Moshtaghi (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Brad Rheingans (USA) | 4 - 3 | Tore Hem (NOR) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Yasunari Akiyama (JPN) | DQ / 8:53 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | József Farkas (HUN) | TF / 2:24 | Robert N'Diaye (SEN) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | TF / 1:23 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | TF / 1:52 | Heinz Schäfer (FRG) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Daniel Verník (ARG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Verník (ARG) | TF / 1:17 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Bahram Moshtaghi (IRI) | TF / 0:34 | Brad Rheingans (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Tore Hem (NOR) | TF / 5:40 | Yasunari Akiyama (JPN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | D2 / 8:00 | József Farkas (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Robert N'Diaye (SEN) | TF / 2:18 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | DQ / 5:51 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | | Heinz Schäfer (FRG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 0 | Heinz Schäfer (FRG) | TF / 1:57 | Daniel Verník (ARG) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 7 - 9 | Brad Rheingans (USA) | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | Tore Hem (NOR) | DQ / 8:56 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | József Farkas (HUN) | TF / 3:32 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) | TF / 5:51 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | 0 | 4 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | Heinz Schäfer (FRG) | TF / 2:59 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Brad Rheingans (USA) | TF / 3:58 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | Tore Hem (NOR) | TF / 1:14 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | 0 | 4 |

### Final

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

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 0 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | DQ / 5:51 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | 4 | |
| | 4 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | TF / 2:04 | Nikolai Balboshin (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Kamen Goranov (BUL) | 6 - 2 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) | 3 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Nikolai Balboshin (URS)
* Kamen Goranov (BUL)
* Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)
* Brad Rheingans (USA)
* Tore Hem (NOR)
* Heinz Schäfer (FRG)
* József Farkas (HUN) and Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
