| Date | 7 – 9 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA | |
| Participants | 7 from 7 countries | |
| Format | Two groups of competitors. Placement within each group decided by a series of matches with positive points awarded for each result, from 4.0 for victory by fall, to 0.0 for defeat by fall. When three wrestlers remained within a group, they wrestled a round-robin series to determine the top three placements within the group. The winners of each group then wrestled for 1st and 2nd place. Runners-up in each group wrestled for 3rd and 4th place. Third-place finishers within each group wrestled for 5th and 6th place. | |
Due to the Soviet-led boycott this class had only seven competitors, the smallest wrestling class since the 1932 Olympics. Soviet Sergey Kornaliyev, World Champion in 1981-82 and 1984 European Champion, could not compete, nor could the 1983 World Champion, North Korean Kim Chol-Hwan. Japan’s Takashi Irie and American Bobby Weaver, silver medalist at the 1979 Worlds, won Groups A and B, respectively, and advanced to the gold medal match. Weaver won the gold by throwing Irie in 2:58. Korean Son Gap-Do, runner-up at the 1981 World Championships, won the bronze medal by defeating China’s Gao Wenhe on points, 13-7.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 268 | Bobby Weaver |  USA | Gold | ||
| 2 | 135 | Takashi Irie |  JPN | Silver | ||
| 3 | 160 | Son Gap-Do |  KOR | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 27 | Gao Wenhe |  CHN | |||
| 5 | 82 | Reiner Heugabel |  FRG | |||
| 6 | 219 | Kent Andersson |  SWE | |||
| 7 | 116 | Sunil Dutt |  IND | |||
| 40 | Iván Garcés |  ECU | ||||
| 67 | Jukka-Pekka Tanner |  FIN | ||||
| 61 | Jarmo Övermark | FIN | ||||
| 164 | Abdel Malek El-Aouad |  MAR |
| Date | 7 August 1984 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 135 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 4.0 | ||
| =1 | 160 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 4.0 | ||
| =3 | 116 | Sunil Dutt | IND | 0.0 | ||
| =3 | 219 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 0.0 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 07 Aug | Son Gap-Do | KOR | Decision (12-0) (1:48) | Sunil Dutt | IND | |
| Match #2 | 07 Aug | Takashi Irie | JPN | Fall (0:37) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
| Date | 7 August 1984 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 135 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 7.0 | ||
| =1 | 219 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 7.0 | ||
| 3 | 160 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 5.0 | ||
| 4 | 116 | Sunil Dutt | IND | 1.0 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 07 Aug | Takashi Irie | JPN | Decision (8-7) | Son Gap-Do | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 07 Aug | Kent Andersson | SWE | Decision (0-0) | Sunil Dutt | IND |
| Date | 8 August 1984 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 135 | Takashi Irie | JPN | 7.0 | ||
| 2 | 160 | Son Gap-Do | KOR | 5.0 | ||
| 3 | 219 | Kent Andersson | SWE | 0.0 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 08 Aug | Takashi Irie | JPN | Decision (8-7) | Son Gap-Do | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 08 Aug | Son Gap-Do | KOR | Decision (12-0) (3:28) | Kent Andersson | SWE | |
| Match #3 | 08 Aug | Takashi Irie | JPN | Fall (0:37) | Kent Andersson | SWE |
| Date | 8 August 1984 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 268 | Bobby Weaver | USA | 8.0 | ||
| 2 | 27 | Gao Wenhe | CHN | 3.0 | ||
| 3 | 82 | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | 1.0 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 08 Aug | Gao Wenhe | CHN | Decision (9-4) | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | |
| Match #2 | 08 Aug | Bobby Weaver | USA | Fall (2:56) | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | |
| Match #3 | 08 Aug | Bobby Weaver | USA | Decision (13-0) (2:32) | Gao Wenhe | CHN |
| Date | 9 August 1984 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 09 Aug | Bobby Weaver | USA | Fall (2:58) | Takashi Irie | JPN | |
| Match 3/4 | 09 Aug | Son Gap-Do | KOR | Decision (13-7) | Gao Wenhe | CHN | |
| Match 5/6 | 09 Aug | Reiner Heugabel | FRG | Passivity | Kent Andersson | SWE |
