title: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
  
  The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Suren Nalbandyan Soviet Union |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ștefan Rusu Romania |
  | Bronze | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany |
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 0 | 0 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | TF / 5:00 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | 4 | 4 |
  | 3 | 3 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 4 - 6 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 1 | 1 |
  | 0 | 0 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | DQ / 5:10 | Erasmo Estrada (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | TF / 5:32 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Arona Mané (SEN) | TF / 1:55 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | TF / 5:26 | Sergio Fiszman (ARG) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | DQ / 7:23 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 1 - 13 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Jacques Van Lancker (BEL) | TF / 2:04 | John McPhedran (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Kim Hae-myeong (KOR) | TF / 6:25 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | 10 - 4 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | 3 | 3 |
  | 4 | 1 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 7 - 6 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | 3 | 3 |
  | 1 | 0 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | TF / 2:22 | Erasmo Estrada (CUB) | 4 | 8 |
  | 0 | 0 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | TF / 0:44 | Arona Mané (SEN) | 4 | 8 |
  | 4 | 0 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 22 - 8 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | DQ / 6:56 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | 4 | Sergio Fiszman (ARG) | TF / 1:30 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 5:04 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | TF / 2:49 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 4 | 4 |
  | 8 | 4 | John McPhedran (CAN) | 2 - 18 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) | | DNA | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | 4 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | TF / 7:14 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 0 | 4 |
  | 7 | 4 | Patrick Marcy (USA) | DQ / 4:01 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | 0 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | DQ / 7:08 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4.5 | 0.5 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 13 - 2 | Ferenc Toma (HUN) | 3.5 | 7.5 |
  | 8 | 4 | Jafar Alizadeh (IRI) | TF / 2:50 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | 3 | Nedelcho Nedev (BUL) | 7 - 9 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 1 | 5 |
  | 0 | 0 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | DQ / 3:45 | Takeshi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4 | 8 |
  | 8 | 4 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | TF / 0:18 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 0 | 4 |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | 4 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) | DQ / 7:40 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | 1 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | 9 - 3 | Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN) | 3 | 7 |
  | 6 | 3 | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | 7 - 10 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 1 | 5.5 |
  | 1 | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 5 - 3 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
  | 5 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 1:47 | Kim Hae-Myung (KOR) | 4 | 8 |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | 4 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) | TF / 4:54 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 0 | 5.5 |
  | 5 | 4 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | DQ / 7:54 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 7 - 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 3 | 8 |
  
  ### Round 6
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | 3 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 9 - 12 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 1 | 3 |
  | 9.5 | 4 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | DQ / 6:53 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
  
  ### Final
  
  Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 5 - 3 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 3 | |
  | | 4 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | DQ / 7:54 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | 3 | Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR) | 9 - 12 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 1 | 2 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
  * Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
  * Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
  * Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
  * Andrzej Supron (POL)
  * Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
  * Erol Mutlu (TUR)
  * Markku Yli-Isotalo (FIN)
  