The winners were determined according to the penalty points system. A wrestler with 6 or more penalty points will drop out of the competition. When there were two or three participants left, a special final round was held to determine the distribution of medals between them.
Penalty Points
- 0 - pure victory, removal of the opponent for passivity or due to injury;
- 0.5 - victory for a clear advantage;
- 1 - victory on points;
- 2 - draw;
- 2.5 - draw, passivity;
- 3 - defeat on points;
- 3.5 - defeat behind the obvious advantage of the opponent;
- 4 - pure defeat, withdrawal due to passivity or due to injury.
Circle 1
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| four | four | John de Jesus ( PUR ) | TF / 2:13 | Gombyn Hishigbaatar ( MGL ) | 0 | 0 |
| four | four | Konstantin Alexandru ( ROU ) | TF / 7:52 | Quddusi Ozdemir ( TUR ) | 0 | 0 |
| four | four | William Rosado ( USA ) | TF / 5:35 | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Michael Gulay ( HUN ) | 4 - 10 | Ray Takahashi ( CAN ) | one | one |
| four | four | Miguel Alonso ( CUB ) | 8 - 25 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Soban Rukhi ( IRI ) | TF / 6:15 | Jorge Frías ( MEX ) | four | four |
| 3 | 3 | Kim Hwa-Kung ( KOR ) | 10 - 11 | Lee Yong-Nam ( PRK ) | one | one |
| four | four | Claudio Pollio ( ITA ) | TF / 7:14 | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | 0 | 0 |
| four | four | Jürgen Mobius ( Gdr ) | TF / 4:55 | Willie Heckman ( FRG ) | 0 | 0 |
Circle 2
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 8 | four | John de Jesus ( PUR ) | TF / 1:56 | Quddusi Ozdemir ( TUR ) | 0 | 0 |
| one | one | Gombyn Hishigbaatar ( MGL ) | 13 - 11 | William Rosado ( USA ) | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | TF / 8:00 | Michael Gulay ( HUN ) | four | 7 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Ray Takahashi ( CAN ) | 2 - 13 | Miguel Alonso ( CUB ) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | TF / 5:35 | Soban Rukhi ( IRI ) | four | four |
| 8 | four | Jorge Frías ( MEX ) | TF / 2:31 | Kim Hwa-Kung ( KOR ) | 0 | 3 |
| one | 0 | Lee Yong-Nam ( PRK ) | 35 - 7 | Claudio Pollio ( ITA ) | four | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | DQ / 6:50 | Jürgen Mobius ( Gdr ) | four | 8 |
| 0 | | Willie Heckman ( FRG ) | | Missed | | |
| four | | Konstantin Alexandru ( ROU ) | | DNA | | |
Circle 3
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| four | four | Willie Heckman ( FRG ) | TF / 7:24 | Gombyn Hishigbaatar ( MGL ) | 0 | one |
| four | four | Quddusi Ozdemir ( TUR ) | DQ / 7:00 | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | four | Ray Takahashi ( CAN ) | 3 - 18 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | four | Miguel Alonso ( CUB ) | 11 - 38 | Kim Hwa-Kung ( KOR ) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | one | Soban Rukhi ( IRI ) | 14 - 13 | Lee Yong-Nam ( PRK ) | 3 | four |
| 0 | | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | | Missed | | |
Circle 4
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 0 | 0 | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | 25 - 2 | Willie Heckman ( FRG ) | four | 8 |
| 2 | one | Gombyn Hishigbaatar ( MGL ) | 11 - 11 | Quddusi Ozdemir ( TUR ) | 3 | 7 |
| one | one | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | 9 - 7 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | four | Soban Rukhi ( IRI ) | TF / 2:37 | Kim Hwa-Kung ( KOR ) | 0 | 3 |
| four | | Lee Yong-Nam ( PRK ) | | Missed | | |
Circle 5
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 8 | four | Lee Yong-Nam ( PRK ) | 2 - 16 | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | four | Gombyn Hishigbaatar ( MGL ) | TF / 4:16 | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | 0 | one |
| four | one | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | 16 - 13 | Kim Hwa-Kung ( KOR ) | 3 | 6 |
Final
The results of preliminary fights were taken into account in the final.
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| one | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | 9 - 7 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | 3 | |
| four | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | D2 / 8:00 | Roman Dmitriev ( URS ) | four | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | Hassan Isaev ( BUL ) | DQ / 7:06 | Akira Kudo ( JPN ) | four | 8 |
