Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
# Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Pertti Ukkola Finland |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ivan Frgić Yugoslavia |
| Bronze | Farhat Mustafin Soviet Union |

## 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 | Luís Grilo (POR) | DQ / 8:00 | Ali Lachkar (MAR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan (MGL) | DQ / 5:51 | Krasimir Stefanov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Joseph Sade (USA) | TF / 0:58 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) | 6 - 5 | An Han-yeong (KOR) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Józef Lipień (POL) | DQ / 8:00 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | DQ / 5:31 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | 9 - 2 | József Doncsecz (HUN) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | 1 - 8 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | | Douglas Yeats (CAN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 4 | Douglas Yeats (CAN) | TF / 4:05 | Luís Grilo (POR) | 0 | 4 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan (MGL) | 11 - 22 | Joseph Sade (USA) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Krasimir Stefanov (BUL) | 9 - 16 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) | 12 - 16 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 1 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | An Han-Young (KOR) | 0 - 8 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 6 - 5 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG) | 7 - 7 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | József Doncsecz (HUN) | 5 - 2 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | | Ali Lachkar (MAR) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | Douglas Yeats (CAN) | TF / 5:14 | Krasimir Stefanov (BUL) | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Luís Grilo (POR) | 1 - 30 | Joseph Sade (USA) | 0 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | 6 - 9 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 9 - 4 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3.5 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 6 - 14 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 0 | József Doncsecz (HUN) | DQ / 8:23 | Per Lindholm (SWE) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 7 - 3 | Krasimir Stefanov (BUL) | 3 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Joseph Sade (USA) | TF / 2:12 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | 0 - 12 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 4 - 29 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | 0 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 0.5 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 14 - 3 | József Doncsecz (HUN) | 3.5 | 7.5 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 1 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 9 - 4 | Yoshima Suga (JPN) | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | DQ / 5:19 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 0 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | | Bye | | |

### Final

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

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 6 - 5 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | 3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Farhat Mustafin (URS) | DQ / 6:03 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | 4 - 5 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 1 | 2 |

## Final standings

* Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
* Ivan Frgić (YUG)
* Farhat Mustafin (URS)
* Yoshima Suga (JPN)
* Mihai Boţilă (ROU)
* Krasimir Stefanov (BUL)
* József Doncsecz (HUN)
* Josef Krysta (TCH)
