Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 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.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Freestyle 1.2 Greco-Roman 2 Medal table 3 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight (-48 kg)	Bobby Weaver United States (USA)	Takashi Irie Japan (JPN)	Son Gab-Do South Korea (KOR)
Flyweight (48-52 kg)	Šaban Trstena Yugoslavia (YUG)	Kim Jong-Kyu South Korea (KOR)	Yuji Takada Japan (JPN)
Bantamweight (52-57 kg)	Hideaki Tomiyama Japan (JPN)	Barry Davis United States (USA)	Kim Eui-Kon South Korea (KOR)
Featherweight (57-62 kg)	Randall Lewis United States (USA)	Kosei Akaishi Japan (JPN)	Lee Jung-Keun South Korea (KOR)
Lightweight (62-68 kg)	You In-Tak South Korea (KOR)	Andrew Rein United States (USA)	Jukka Rauhala Finland (FIN)
Welterweight (68-74 kg)	Dave Schultz United States (USA)	Martin Knosp West Germany (FRG)	Šaban Sejdi Yugoslavia (YUG)
Middleweight (74-82 kg)	Mark Schultz United States (USA)	Hideyuki Nagashima Japan (JPN)	Christopher Rinke Canada (CAN)
Light heavyweight (82-90 kg)	Ed Banach United States (USA)	Akira Ota Japan (JPN)	Noel Loban Great Britain (GBR)
Heavyweight (90-100 kg)	Lou Banach United States (USA)	Joseph Atiyeh Syria (SYR)	Vasile Puscasu Romania (ROM)
Super heavyweight (+100 kg)	Bruce Baumgartner United States (USA)	Robert Molle Canada (CAN)	Ayhan Taskin Turkey (TUR)

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight (-48 kg)	Vincenzo Maenza Italy (ITA)	Markus Scherer West Germany (FRG)	Ikuzo Saito Japan (JPN)
Flyweight (48-52 kg)	Atsuji Miyahara Japan (JPN)	Daniel Aceves Mexico (MEX)	Bang Dae-Du South Korea (KOR)
Bantamweight (52-57 kg)	Pasquale Passarelli West Germany (FRG)	Masaki Eto Japan (JPN)	Charalambos Holidis Greece (GRE)
Featherweight (57-62 kg)	Kim Weon-Kee South Korea (KOR)	Kent-Olle Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Hugo Dietsche Switzerland (SUI)
Lightweight (62-68 kg)	Vlado Lisjak Yugoslavia (YUG)	Tapio Sipila Finland (FIN)	James Martinez United States (USA)
Welterweight (68-74 kg)	Jouko Salomaki Finland (FIN)	Roger Tallroth Sweden (SWE)	Stefan Rusu Romania (ROM)
Middleweight (74-82 kg)	Ion Draica Romania (ROM)	Demetrios Thanopoulos Greece (GRE)	Soren Claeson Sweden (SWE)
Light heavyweight (82-90 kg)	Steve Fraser United States (USA)	Ilie Matei Romania (ROM)	Frank Andersson Sweden (SWE)
Heavyweight (90-100 kg)	Vasile Andrei Romania (ROM)	Greg Gibson United States (USA)	Jozef Tertelije Yugoslavia (YUG)
Super heavyweight (+100 kg)	Jeff Blatnick United States (USA)	Refik Memišević Yugoslavia (YUG)	Victor Dolipschi Romania (ROM)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 (ROM)	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

[edit] References

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

v • d • e Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles) Archery • Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

v • d • e Wrestling at the Summer Olympics 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 List of medalists (Freestyle, Greco-Roman)