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

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]

Men's freestyle 90 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Maurice Richard Arena
Dates	27–31 July
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union Ben Peterson  United States Stelică Morcov  Romania

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.

External links

• Official Report