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 | Alexander Kolchinsky Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Roman Codreanu Romania |

## 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 | János Rovnyai (HUN) | DQ / 7:22 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Richard Wolff (FRG) | DQ / 5:00 | Arne Robertsson (SWE) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Mamadou Sakho (SEN) | DQ / 3:20 | Seiji Matsunaga (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | TF / 1:14 | William Lee (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Henryk Tomanek (POL) | TF / 2:40 | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Einar Gundersen (NOR) | DQ / 4:57 | Carlos Braconi (ARG) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 0 | János Rovnyai (HUN) | TF / 1:34 | Richard Wolff (FRG) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | TF / 3:59 | Arne Robertsson (SWE) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Mamadou Sakho (SEN) | TF / 1:03 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Seiji Matsunaga (JPN) | DQ / 7:14 | William Lee (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | Henryk Tomanek (POL) | DQ / 6:54 | Einar Gundersen (NOR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | TF / 0:48 | Carlos Braconi (ARG) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | János Rovnyai (HUN) | DQ / 6:51 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | DQ / 5:15 | Richard Wolff (FRG) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | William Lee (USA) | DQ / 8:35 | Henryk Tomanek (POL) | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | TF / 2:33 | Einar Gundersen (NOR) | 4 | 8 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | D1 / 7:30 | William Lee (USA) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | TF / 0:23 | Henryk Tomanek (POL) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Final

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

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 0 | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | TF / 0:37 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | 4 | |
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) | 12 - 6 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | 3 | |
| 8 | 4 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) | IN / 0:32 | Aleksandar Tomov (BUL) | 0 | 3 |

## Final standings

* Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)
* Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
* Roman Codreanu (ROU)
* Henryk Tomanek (POL)
* William Lee (USA)
* János Rovnyai (HUN)
* Richard Wolff (FRG) and Einar Gundersen (NOR)
