Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

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Men's freestyle 90 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMaurice Richard Arena
Dates27–31 July
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ben Peterson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stelică Morcov  Romania
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The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.[1]

Medalists

Gold Levan Tediashvili
 Soviet Union
Silver Ben Peterson
 United States
Bronze Stelică Morcov
 Romania

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  Maurice Allan (GBR) 4 - 32  Frank Andersson (SWE) 0 0
0 0  Levan Tediashvili (URS) TF / 1:47  Wayne Thomas (ISV) 4 4
4 4  Peter Neumair (FRG) TF / 0:46  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 0 0
3 3  Géza Molnár (HUN) 3 - 6  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) 1 1
0 0  Muhammad Salah-ud-din (PAK) TF / 3:53  Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL) 4 4
4 4  Keijo Manni (FIN) TF / 2:59  Shukri Lyutviev (BUL) 0 0
1 1  Ben Peterson (USA) 7 - 4  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 3 3
0.5 0.5  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) 13 - 5  İsmail Temiz (TUR) 3.5 3.5
0 0  Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) TF / 8:32  Alireza Soleimani (IRI) 4 4
4 4  Michel Grangier (FRA) TF / 0:59  Terry Paice (CAN) 0 0
0  Ambroise Sarr (SEN) Bye

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  Ambroise Sarr (SEN) TF / 3:59  Maurice Allan (GBR) 0 4
4 4  Frank Andersson (SWE) 2 - 16  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 0 0
8 4  Wayne Thomas (ISV) TF / 0:40  Peter Neumair (FRG) 0 4
0 0  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) DQ / 5:46  Géza Molnár (HUN) 4 7
1 0  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) TF / 1:50  
Salah Uddin (PAK
)
4 4
8 4  Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL) TF / 5:35  Keijo Manni (FIN) 0 4
3 3  
Shukri Akhmedov (BUL
)
13 - 14  Ben Peterson (USA) 1 2
4 1  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 9 - 8  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) 3 3.5
6.5 3  İsmail Temiz (TUR) 7 - 13  Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) 1 1
4 0  Alireza Soleimani (IRI) 21 - 7  Michel Grangier (FRA) 4 8
0  Terry Paice (CAN) Bye

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0  Terry Paice (CAN) DQ / 5:20  Ambroise Sarr (SEN) 4 8
8 4  Maurice Allan (GBR) TF / 1:05  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 0 0
4 0  Frank Andersson (SWE) TF / 3:56  Peter Neumair (FRG) 4 8
0 0  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) TF / 5:11  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) 4 5
8 4  
Salah Uddin (PAK
)
TF / 5:17  Keijo Manni (FIN) 0 4
7 4  
Shukri Akhmedov (BUL
)
DQ / 7:26  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 0 4
2 0  Ben Peterson (USA) 19 - 2  Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) 4 5
3.5 0  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) TF / 2:55  Alireza Soleimani (IRI) 4 8

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 3  Terry Paice (CAN) 3 - 8  Frank Andersson (SWE) 1 5
0 0  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 17 - 3  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 4 4
5 0  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) TF / 0:57  Keijo Manni (FIN) 4 8
2 0  Ben Peterson (USA) TF / 7:39  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) 4 7.5
4 0  Stelică Morcov (ROU) DQ / 8:36  Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) 4 9

Round 5

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 4  Terry Paice (CAN) DQ / 4:30  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 0 0
8.5 3.5  Frank Andersson (SWE) 6 - 17  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 0.5 4.5
8.5 3.5  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) 4 - 13  Ben Peterson (USA) 0.5 2.5
4  Stelică Morcov (ROU) Bye

Round 6

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 3  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 2 - 7  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 1 1
7.5 3  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 8 - 13  Ben Peterson (USA) 1 3.5

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1  Ben Peterson (USA) 7 - 4  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 3
6 3  Stelică Morcov (ROU) 2 - 7  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 1
2 1  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 11 - 5  Ben Peterson (USA) 3 4

Final standings

  1.  Levan Tediashvili (URS)
  2.  Ben Peterson (USA)
  3.  Stelică Morcov (ROU)
  4.  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
  5.  Terry Paice (CAN)
  6.  Paweł Kurczewski (POL)
  7.  Frank Andersson (SWE)
  8.  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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