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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Pierre Charbonneau Centre, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 21, 1976
Date Finished: July 21, 1976
| Gold: | Anatoly Bykov |
| Silver: | Vítězslav Mácha |
| Bronze: | Karl-Heinz Helbing |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | Mikko Huhtala | 24 | Finland | FIN | 0,0 | |
| 1T | Vítězslav Mácha | 28 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 0,0 | |
| 1T | Anatoly Bykov | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 0,0 | |
| 4 | Petros Galaktopoulos | 31 | Greece | GRE | 3,0 | |
| 5T | Hans Kiss | 24 | Austria | AUT | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Yanko Shopov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Karl-Heinz Helbing | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Yasuo Nagatomo | 24 | Japan | JPN | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Stanisław Krzesiński | 26 | Poland | POL | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Gheorghe Ciobotaru | 22 | Romania | ROU | 4,0 | |
| 5T | Jan Karlsson | 30 | Sweden | SWE | 4,0 | |
| 12T | Idalberto Barban | 23 | Cuba | CUB | 5,0 | |
| 12T | Klaus-Peter Göpfert | 27 | East Germany | GDR | 5,0 | |
| 14 | John Matthews | 24 | United States | USA | 7,0 | eliminated |
| 15T | Brian Renken | 21 | Canada | CAN | 8,0 | eliminated |
| 15T | Mihály Toma | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 8,0 | eliminated |
| Unit | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 1976-07-21 | Ciobotaru (ROU) DQ (6:50), Nagatomo (JPN) |
| Match #2 | 1976-07-21 | Karlsson (SWE) fall (2:40), Kiss (AUT) |
| Match #3 | 1976-07-21 | Krzesiński (POL) DQ (7:53), Barban (CUB) |
| Match #4 | 1976-07-21 | Huhtala (FIN) DQ (4:24), Matthews (USA) |
| Match #5 | 1976-07-21 | Göpfert (GDR) decision (9-6), Galaktopoulos (GRE) |
| Match #6 | 1976-07-21 | Mácha (TCH) DQ (6:57), Renken (CAN) |
| Match #7 | 1976-07-21 | Helbing (FRG) DQ (4:34), Shopov (BUL) |
| Match #8 | 1976-07-21 | Bykov (URS) DQ (7:44), Toma (HUN) |