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

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.
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44TF / 2:13'00
44TF / 7:52'00
44TF / 5:35'00
334 - 10'11
448 - 25'00
00'TF / 6:1544
3310 - 11'11
44TF / 7:14'00
44TF / 4:5500

Round 2

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84TF / 1:56'00
11'13 - 1137
00'TF / 8:0047
4.53.52 - 13'0.54.5
00'TF / 5:3544
84TF / 2:31'03
10'35 - 748
00'DQ / 6:5048
0Bye
4DNA

Round 3

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44TF / 7:24'01
44DQ / 7:00'00
8.543 - 18'00
8.5411 - 38'00
51'14 - 1334
0'Bye

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00'25 - 248
21'11 - 1137
11'9 - 733
94TF / 2:37'03
4Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
842 - 16'00
64TF / 4:16'01
4116 - 1336

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
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1'9 - 73
4D2 / 8:0045
30'DQ / 7:0648

Final standings

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