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

Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 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.

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	Salah Uddin (PAK)	TF / 3:53	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	4	4
4	4	Keijo Manni (FIN)	TF / 2:59	Shukri Akhmedov (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

• Official Report