title: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg
  
  The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Jiichiro Date Japan |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Mansour Barzegar Iran |
  | Bronze | Stanley Dziedzic 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | 3 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 6 - 6 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 1 | 1 |
  | 0 | 0 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 21 - 0 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | DQ / 5:55 | Keith Haward (GBR) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | TF / 1:23 | Ivan David (ISV) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Yakup Topuz (TUR) | 3 - 16 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 2 - 16 | Yu Jae-gwon (KOR) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Brian Renken (CAN) | TF / 1:31 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Bruce Akers (AUS) | 1 - 24 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | TF / 1:41 | Dennis Herrick (PUR) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | DQ / 3:18 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 4 | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | TF / 4:28 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | 1 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 11 - 5 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
  | 7 | 3 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 - 5 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
  | 8 | 4 | Keith Haward (GBR) | TF / 2:45 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | 3 | Yakup Topuz (TUR) | 6 - 12 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 1 | 5 |
  | 0.5 | 0.5 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | 16 - 6 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
  | 5 | 1 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 11 - 4 | Bruce Akers (AUS) | 3 | 7 |
  | 1 | 1 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 11 - 4 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 3 | 3 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | TF / 1:39 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 4 | 8 |
  | 8 | 4 | Dennis Herrick (PUR) | TF / 4:11 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | | Ivan David (ISV) | | DNA | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | 4 | Giuseppe Spagnoli (ITA) | DQ / 8:49 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 0 | 2 |
  | 3.5 | 0.5 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 13 - 4 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 3.5 | 6.5 |
  | 2 | 1 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 11 - 6 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 3 | 3 |
  | 4.5 | 4 | Dan Karabin (TCH) | IN / 5:05 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 0 | 5 |
  | 4.5 | 1 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | 12 - 9 | Brian Renken (CAN) | 3 | 8 |
  | 5 | 4 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | TF / 7:03 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 5 - 11 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 1 | 1 |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4.5 | 1 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 10 - 4 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | 3 | 5 |
  | 2 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | DQ / 7:45 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 4 | 7 |
  | 8 | 3 | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | 12 - 16 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 1 | 6 |
  | 8.5 | 4 | Yoo Jae-Kwon (KOR) | TF / 2:13 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
  | 1 | | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | | Bye | | |
  | 4.5 | | Dan Karabin (TCH) | | DNA | | |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | 1 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 9 - 6 | Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) | 3 | 7.5 |
  | 2 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 23 - 8 | Fred Hempel (GDR) | 4 | 10 |
  | 9 | 4 | Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) | TF / 4:06 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
  
  ### Final
  
  Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 3 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 8 - 11 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 1 | |
  | | 1 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 10 - 5 | Stanley Dziedzic (USA) | 3 | 6 |
  | 5 | 4 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | TF / 6:07 | Jiichiro Date (JPN) | 0 | 1 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Jiichiro Date (JPN)
  * Mansour Barzegar (IRI)
  * Stanley Dziedzic (USA)
  * Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS)
  * Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU)
  * Fred Hempel (GDR)
  * Jarmo Övermark (FIN)
  * Kiro Ristov (YUG)
  