Yang Jung-mo
Yang in 1976 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
| Representing South Korea | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1976 Montreal | 62 kg | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1978 Mexico City | 62 kg | |
| 1975 Minsk | 62 kg | |
| Asian Games | ||
| 1978 Bangkok | 62 kg | |
| 1974 Teheran | 62 kg | |
Yang Jung-Mo (Korean: 양정모; Hanja: 梁正模; born January 22, 1953) is a retired South Korean Olympic freestyle wrestler and the first Olympic champion from South Korea. He was born in Busan, South Korea. He received a gold medal in the featherweight division of wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2]
Olympic results
Source:[3]
1976 (as a men's freestyle 62 kg)
- Defeated Egon Beiler (CAN), won by points (18-7), penalty points - 0,5.
- Defeated Helmut Strumpf (GDR), won by fall, penalty points - 0.
- Defeated Vehbi Akdağ (TUR), won by points (17-6), penalty points - 0,5.
- Defeated Eduard Giray (FRG), won by technical superiority, penalty points - 0.
- Defeated Gene Davis (USA), won by fall, penalty points - 0.
- Lost to the World champion Zevegiin Oidov (MGL), lost by points (8-10), penalty points - 3. Total penalty points - 4.
He won gold medal according to special criteria for determining the winner:
- Gold medal - Yang Jung-Mo (KOR)
- Silver medal - Zevegiin Oidov (MGL)
- Bronze medal - Gene Davis (USA)
References
- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Jeong-Mo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kilograms), Men". Retrieved 2025-06-14.
External links
- Yang Jung-Mo at the International Wrestling Database
- Yang Jung-Mo at Olympics.com
- Yang Jung-Mo at Olympedia
- Jung-Mo Yang at databaseOlympics.com (archived)