Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Anaheim Convention Center
Dates 30 July – 11 August
Competitors 267 from 44 nations

At the 1984 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. 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

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
 Bobby Weaver (USA)  Takashi Irie (JPN)  Son Gab-Do (KOR)
52 kg
 Šaban Trstena (YUG)  Kim Jong-kyu (KOR)  Yuji Takada (JPN)
57 kg
 Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN)  Barry Davis (USA)  Kim Eui-Kon (KOR)
62 kg
 Randall Lewis (USA)  Kosei Akaishi (JPN)  Lee Jung-Keun (KOR)
68 kg
 You In-Tak (KOR)  Andrew Rein (USA)  Jukka Rauhala (FIN)
74 kg
 Dave Schultz (USA)  Martin Knosp (FRG)  Šaban Sejdi (YUG)
82 kg
 Mark Schultz (USA)  Hideyuki Nagashima (JPN)  Christopher Rinke (CAN)
90 kg
 Ed Banach (USA)  Akira Ota (JPN)  Noel Loban (GBR)
100 kg
 Lou Banach (USA)  Joseph Atiyeh (SYR)  Vasile Pușcașu (ROU)
+100 kg
 Bruce Baumgartner (USA)  Robert Molle (CAN)  Ayhan Taşkin (TUR)

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
 Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)  Markus Scherer (FRG)  Ikuzo Saito (JPN)
52 kg
 Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)  Daniel Aceves (MEX)  Bang Dae-Du (KOR)
57 kg
 Pasquale Passarelli (FRG)  Masaki Eto (JPN)  Charalambos Cholidis (GRE)
62 kg
 Kim Weon-Kee (KOR)  Kent-Olle Johansson (SWE)  Hugo Dietsche (SUI)
68 kg
 Vlado Lisjak (YUG)  Tapio Sipilä (FIN)  James Martinez (USA)
74 kg
 Jouko Salomäki (FIN)  Roger Tallroth (SWE)  Ştefan Rusu (ROU)
82 kg
 Ion Draica (ROU)  Dimitrios Thanopoulos (GRE)  Sören Claeson (SWE)
90 kg
 Steve Fraser (USA)  Ilie Matei (ROU)  Frank Andersson (SWE)
100 kg
 Vasile Andrei (ROU)  Greg Gibson (USA)  Jožef Tertei (YUG)
+100 kg
 Jeff Blatnick (USA)  Refik Memišević (YUG)  Victor Dolipschi (ROU)
From left to right: Joseph Atiyeh, Lou Banach and Vasile Pușcașu.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)93113
2 Japan (JPN)2529
3 South Korea (KOR)2147
4 Romania (ROU)2136
5 Yugoslavia (YUG)2125
6 West Germany (FRG)1203
7 Finland (FIN)1113
8 Italy (ITA)1001
9 Sweden (SWE)0224
10 Canada (CAN)0112
 Greece (GRE)0112
12 Mexico (MEX)0101
 Syria (SYR)0101
14 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (16 nations)20202060


Participating nations

A total of 267 wrestlers from 44 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:

See also

References

  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
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