Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Venue | Anaheim Convention Center |
Dates | 30 July – 11 August |
Competitors | 267 from 44 nations |
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines. Competition took place at the arena at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[1]
Background
The dominant Soviet Union which won 12 gold wrestling gold medals in Montreal 1976 was notably absent due to the boycott.[2]
Medal summary
Freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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48 kg details | Bobby Weaver United States | Takashi Irie Japan | Son Gab-Do South Korea |
52 kg details | Shaban Tërstena Yugoslavia | Kim Jong-kyu South Korea | Yuji Takada Japan |
57 kg details | Hideaki Tomiyama Japan | Barry Davis United States | Kim Eui-Kon South Korea |
62 kg details | Randall Lewis United States | Kosei Akaishi Japan | Lee Jung-Keun South Korea |
68 kg details | You In-Tak South Korea | Andrew Rein United States | Jukka Rauhala Finland |
74 kg details | Dave Schultz United States | Martin Knosp West Germany | Shaban Sejdiu Yugoslavia |
82 kg details | Mark Schultz United States | Hideyuki Nagashima Japan | Christopher Rinke Canada |
90 kg details | Ed Banach United States | Akira Ota Japan | Noel Loban Great Britain |
100 kg details | Lou Banach United States | Joseph Atiyeh Syria | Vasile Pușcașu Romania |
+100 kg details | Bruce Baumgartner United States | Robert Molle Canada | Ayhan Taşkin Turkey |
Greco-Roman
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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48 kg details | Vincenzo Maenza Italy | Markus Scherer West Germany | Ikuzo Saito Japan |
52 kg details | Atsuji Miyahara Japan | Daniel Aceves Mexico | Bang Dae-Du South Korea |
57 kg details | Pasquale Passarelli West Germany | Masaki Eto Japan | Charalambos Cholidis Greece |
62 kg details | Kim Weon-Kee South Korea | Kent-Olle Johansson Sweden | Hugo Dietsche Switzerland |
68 kg details | Vlado Lisjak Yugoslavia | Tapio Sipilä Finland | James Martinez United States |
74 kg details | Jouko Salomäki Finland | Roger Tallroth Sweden | Ștefan Rusu Romania |
82 kg details | Ion Draica Romania | Dimitrios Thanopoulos Greece | Sören Claeson Sweden |
90 kg details | Steve Fraser United States | Ilie Matei Romania | Frank Andersson Sweden |
100 kg details | Vasile Andrei Romania | Greg Gibson United States | Jožef Tertei Yugoslavia |
+100 kg details | Jeff Blatnick United States | Refik Memišević Yugoslavia | Victor Dolipschi Romania |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
Participating nations
A total of 267 wrestlers from 44 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:[1]
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ U.S. News & World Report - Vol. 96 - Page 110
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2007.