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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date	27 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec / Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	21 from 21 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

In 1972 Soviet Georgian Levan Tediashvili had defeated the American John Petersen in the middleweight class, while Petersen’s brother Ben had won a gold medal as a light-heavyweight. In Montréal both Petersen brothers were back in the same classes, but Tediashvili had moved up to light-heavyweight, where he won another gold, shunting Ben Petersen back to the silver medal position. Tediashvili was considered the world’s greatest freestyler in this era and had not lost a match since 1971, having won the 1973-75 World Championships and the 1974/1976 European titles. After six rounds in Montréal only “Teddy” and Petersen remained with Tediashvili winning by decision, 11-5.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Ben Peterson	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Stelica Morcov	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	–	–
5	Terry Paice	CAN	–	–
6	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	–	–
7	Frank Andersson	SWE	–	–
8	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	–	–
AC	Keijo Manni	FIN	Eliminated r4/7	8,0
AC	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	Eliminated r4/7	9,0
AC	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL	Eliminated r3/7	7,0
AC	Maurice Allan	GBR	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Peter Neumair	FRG	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	Eliminated r3/7	8,0
AC	İsmail Temiz	TUR	Eliminated r2/7	6,5
AC	Géza Molnár	HUN	Eliminated r2/7	7,0
AC	Michel Grangier	FRA	Eliminated r2/7	8,0
AC	Wayne Thomas	ISV	Eliminated r2/7	8,0
AC	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh	MGL	Eliminated r2/7	8,0

Round One (27 July 1976 — 20:55)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL	0,0
=1	Terry Paice	CAN	0,0
=1	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	0,0
=1	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	0,0
=1	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK	0,0
=1	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	0,0
=1	Frank Andersson	SWE	0,0
=1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,0
9	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	0,5
=10	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	1,0
=10	Ben Peterson	USA	1,0
=12	Géza Molnár	HUN	3,0
=12	Stelica Morcov	ROU	3,0
14	İsmail Temiz	TUR	3,5
=15	Keijo Manni	FIN	4,0
=15	Michel Grangier	FRA	4,0
=15	Maurice Allan	GBR	4,0
=15	Peter Neumair	FRG	4,0
=15	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	4,0
=15	Wayne Thomas	ISV	4,0
=15	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh	MGL	4,0

Match #1	Frank Andersson	SWE	decision (32-4)	Maurice Allan	GBR
Match #2	Levan Tediashvili	URS	fall (1:47)	Wayne Thomas	ISV
Match #3	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	fall (0:46)	Peter Neumair	FRG
Match #4	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	decision (6-3)	Géza Molnár	HUN
Match #5	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK	fall (3:53)	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh	MGL
Match #6	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL	fall (2:59)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #7	Ben Peterson	USA	decision (7-4)	Stelica Morcov	ROU
Match #8	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	decision (13-5)	İsmail Temiz	TUR
Match #9	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	fall (8:32)	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI
Match #10	Terry Paice	CAN	fall (0:59)	Michel Grangier	FRA
Match #11	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	bye

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 20:52)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Terry Paice	CAN	0,0
=1	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	0,0
=1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,0
=4	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	1,0
=4	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	1,0
6	Ben Peterson	USA	2,0
7	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL	3,0
8	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	3,5
=9	Keijo Manni	FIN	4,0
=9	Maurice Allan	GBR	4,0
=9	Peter Neumair	FRG	4,0
=9	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	4,0
=9	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK	4,0
=9	Stelica Morcov	ROU	4,0
=9	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	4,0
=9	Frank Andersson	SWE	4,0
17	İsmail Temiz	TUR	6,5	eliminated
18	Géza Molnár	HUN	7,0	eliminated
=19	Michel Grangier	FRA	8,0	eliminated
=19	Wayne Thomas	ISV	8,0	eliminated
=19	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh	MGL	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Maurice Allan	GBR	fall (3:59)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #2	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision (16-2)	Frank Andersson	SWE
Match #3	Peter Neumair	FRG	fall (0:40)	Wayne Thomas	ISV
Match #4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	DQ (5:46)	Géza Molnár	HUN
Match #5	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	fall (1:50)	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK
Match #6	Keijo Manni	FIN	fall (5:35)	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh	MGL
Match #7	Ben Peterson	USA	decision (14-13)	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL
Match #8	Stelica Morcov	ROU	decision (9-8)	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB
Match #9	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	decision (13-7)	İsmail Temiz	TUR
Match #10	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	decision (21-7)	Michel Grangier	FRA
Match #11	Terry Paice	CAN	bye

Round Three (29 July 1976 — 20:19)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Terry Paice	CAN	0,0
=1	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	0,0
=1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,0
4	Ben Peterson	USA	2,0
5	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	3,5
=6	Keijo Manni	FIN	4,0
=6	Stelica Morcov	ROU	4,0
=6	Frank Andersson	SWE	4,0
=9	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	5,0
=9	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	5,0
11	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL	7,0	eliminated
=12	Maurice Allan	GBR	8,0	eliminated
=12	Peter Neumair	FRG	8,0	eliminated
=12	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	8,0	eliminated
=12	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK	8,0	eliminated
=12	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Terry Paice	CAN	DQ (5:20)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #2	Levan Tediashvili	URS	fall (1:05)	Maurice Allan	GBR
Match #3	Frank Andersson	SWE	fall (3:56)	Peter Neumair	FRG
Match #4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	fall (5:11)	Paweł Kurczewski	POL
Match #5	Keijo Manni	FIN	fall (5:17)	Muhammad Salah-ud-din	PAK
Match #6	Stelica Morcov	ROU	DQ (7:26)	Shukri Lyutviev	BUL
Match #7	Ben Peterson	USA	decision (19-2)	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN
Match #8	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	fall (2:55)	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI

Round Four (30 July 1976 — 21:28)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,0
2	Ben Peterson	USA	2,0
3	Terry Paice	CAN	3,0
=4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	4,0
=4	Stelica Morcov	ROU	4,0
=6	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	5,0
=6	Frank Andersson	SWE	5,0
8	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB	7,5	eliminated
9	Keijo Manni	FIN	8,0	eliminated
10	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Frank Andersson	SWE	decision (8-3)	Terry Paice	CAN
Match #2	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision (17-3)	Horst Stottmeister	GDR
Match #3	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	fall (0:57)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #4	Ben Peterson	USA	fall (7:39)	Bárbaro Morgan	CUB
Match #5	Stelica Morcov	ROU	DQ (8:36)	Yoshiaki Yatsu	JPN

Round Five (30 July 1976 — 22:16)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	0,0
2	Ben Peterson	USA	2,5
3	Stelica Morcov	ROU	4,0
4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	4,5
5	Terry Paice	CAN	7,0	eliminated
=6	Paweł Kurczewski	POL	8,5	eliminated
=6	Frank Andersson	SWE	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	DQ (4:30)	Terry Paice	CAN
Match #2	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	decision (17-6)	Frank Andersson	SWE
Match #3	Ben Peterson	USA	decision (13-4)	Paweł Kurczewski	POL
Match #4	Stelica Morcov	ROU	bye

Round Six (31 July 1976 — 11:31)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	1,0
2	Ben Peterson	USA	3,5
3	Stelica Morcov	ROU	7,0	eliminated
4	Horst Stottmeister	GDR	7,5	eliminated

Match #1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision (7-2)	Stelica Morcov	ROU
Match #2	Ben Peterson	USA	decision (13-8)	Horst Stottmeister	GDR

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 22:05)

Match #1	Levan Tediashvili	URS	decision (11-5)	Ben Peterson	USA