title: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg
  
  The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Yang Jung-Mo South Korea |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Zevegiin Oidov Mongolia |
  | Bronze | Gene Davis 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 4 | Marco Terán (ECU) | TF / 5:47 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | 0 | 0 |
  | 1 | 1 | Gene Davis (USA) | 15 - 8 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 3 | 3 |
  | 3 | 3 | Mihály Fodor (HUN) | 4 - 6 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | 1 | 1 |
  | 4 | 4 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | TF / 1:41 | Sergey Timofeyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Benjamin Varela (PUR) | TF / 1:30 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0.5 | 0.5 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 18 - 7 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
  | 1 | 1 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 8 - 6 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 3 | 3 |
  | 1 | 1 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | 8 - 4 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
  | 0 | | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 0 | 0 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | DQ / 7:35 | Marco Terán (ECU) | 4 | 8 |
  | 4 | 4 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | TF / 8:38 | Gene Davis (USA) | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | 0 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | DQ / 7:12 | Mihály Fodor (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
  | 1 | 0 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | DQ / 8:24 | Kenneth Dawes (GBR) | 4 | 8 |
  | 0 | 0 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | TF / 1:22 | Benjamin Varela (PUR) | 4 | 8 |
  | 4 | 4 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | TF / 0:33 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 0 | 0.5 |
  | 4.5 | 1 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 10 - 7 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | 1 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 4 - 4 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | 3 | 4 |
  | 3 | | Petre Coman (ROU) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | 4 | Petre Coman (ROU) | 2 - 14 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | 4 | Théodule Toulotte (FRA) | TF / 8:23 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
  | 1 | 0 | Gene Davis (USA) | TF / 7:53 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | 4 | 5 |
  | 3 | 3 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | 13 - 17 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 1 | 5 |
  | 1 | 0.5 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 17 - 6 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 3.5 | 7.5 |
  | 7.5 | 3 | Egon Beiler (CAN) | 5 - 9 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | 4 | Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN) | D2 / 5:55 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 1 | 0 | Gene Davis (USA) | 29 - 13 | Sergei Timofeyev (URS) | 4 | 7 |
  | 3 | 0 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | DQ / 5:36 | Helmut Strumpf (GDR) | 4 | 9 |
  | 9 | 4 | Eduard Giray (FRG) | TF / 3:21 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | 1 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | 18 - 12 | Gene Davis (USA) | 3 | 4 |
  | 8 | 4 | Ivan Yankov (BUL) | TF / 8:46 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
  | 1 | | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 6
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 0 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | TF / 5:54 | Gene Davis (USA) | 4 | 8 |
  | 10 | 4 | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | DQ / 7:44 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 0 | 3 |
  
  ### Final
  
  Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Gene Davis (USA) | 15 - 8 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 3 | |
  | | 0 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | TF / 5:54 | Gene Davis (USA) | 4 | 5 |
  | 4 | 1 | Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) | 10 - 8 | Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) | 3 | 3 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
  * Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
  * Gene Davis (USA)
  * Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI)
  * Ivan Yankov (BUL)
  * Sergei Timofeyev (URS)
  * Kenkichi Maekawa (JPN)
  * Helmut Strumpf (GDR)
  