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

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	16 from 16 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..

The world’s top wrestlers in this class were not present due to the Soviet-led boycott. In their absence the groups were won by American Ed Banach and Japan’s Akira Ota, who went through undefeated. The final lasted only 4:02 when it was stopped with Banach ahead, 15-3, winning the gold medal on technical superiority. Banach’s twin brother, Lou, also won a gold medal in Los Angeles, winning the heavyweight division two nights later. Ota never medalled at the World Championships, but he would return in 1988 at Seoul and repeat as Olympic silver medalist.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Ed Banach	USA	–	–	Gold
2	Akira Ota	JPN	–	–	Silver
3	Noel Loban	GBR	–	–	Bronze
4	Clark Davis	CAN	–	–
5	Macauley Appah	NGR	–	–
6	İsmail Temiz	TUR	–	–
7	Abdul Majeed	PAK	–	–
8	Michele Azzola	ITA	–	–
AC	Frank Andersson	SWE	Eliminated r4/4 Group A	12,0
AC	Edwin Lins	AUT	Eliminated r2/4 Group A	1,0
AC	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN	Eliminated r2/4 Group A	0,0
AC	Ilie Matei	ROU	Withdrew r2/4 Group A	0,0
AC	Bodo Lukowski	FRG	Eliminated r3/3 Group B	4,0
AC	Jai Prakash	IND	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	3,0
AC	Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed	IRQ	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	1,0
AC	Mamadou Diallo	MTN	Eliminated r2/3 Group B	1,0

Group A - Round One (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Clark Davis	CAN	4,0
=1	Abdul Majeed	PAK	4,0
=1	Ed Banach	USA	4,0
4	İsmail Temiz	TUR	3,0
5	Frank Andersson	SWE	1,0
=6	Edwin Lins	AUT	0,0
=6	Ilie Matei	ROU	0,0
=6	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN	0,0

Match #1	Ed Banach	USA	decision (15-2) (3:42)	Edwin Lins	AUT
Match #2	Abdul Majeed	PAK	decision (12-0) (3:37)	Ilie Matei	ROU
Match #3	İsmail Temiz	TUR	decision (6-5)	Frank Andersson	SWE
Match #4	Clark Davis	CAN	fall (2:05)	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN

Group A - Round Two (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Frank Andersson	SWE	9,0
2	Ed Banach	USA	7,5
3	Abdul Majeed	PAK	7,0
4	Clark Davis	CAN	4,0
5	İsmail Temiz	TUR	3,0
6	Edwin Lins	AUT	1,0	eliminated
7	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Abdul Majeed	PAK	decision (11-6)	Edwin Lins	AUT
Match #2	Ed Banach	USA	decision (11-0)	İsmail Temiz	TUR
Match #3	Frank Andersson	SWE	fall (1:17)	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN
Match #4	Clark Davis	CAN	bye

Group A - Round Three (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Frank Andersson	SWE	13,0
2	Ed Banach	USA	11,0
3	Abdul Majeed	PAK	8,0
4	İsmail Temiz	TUR	6,0
5	Clark Davis	CAN	4,5

Match #1	Ed Banach	USA	decision (11-2)	Clark Davis	CAN
Match #2	İsmail Temiz	TUR	decision (3-3)	Abdul Majeed	PAK
Match #3	Frank Andersson	SWE	bye

Group A - Round Four (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ed Banach	USA	15,0
2	Frank Andersson	SWE	12,0	eliminated
3	Abdul Majeed	PAK	8,0
4	Clark Davis	CAN	7,5

Match #1	Clark Davis	CAN	decision (8-5)	Frank Andersson	SWE
Match #2	Ed Banach	USA	fall (0:48)	Abdul Majeed	PAK

Group A - Final (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ed Banach	USA	7,0
2	Clark Davis	CAN	4,5
3	İsmail Temiz	TUR	0,0

Match #1	Clark Davis	CAN	fall (5:05)	İsmail Temiz	TUR
Match #2	Ed Banach	USA		İsmail Temiz	TUR
Match #3	Ed Banach	USA		Clark Davis	CAN

Group B - Round One (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Noel Loban	GBR	3,0
=1	Jai Prakash	IND	3,0
=1	Akira Ota	JPN	3,0
=1	Macauley Appah	NGR	3,0
=5	Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed	IRQ	1,0
=5	Michele Azzola	ITA	1,0
=5	Mamadou Diallo	MTN	1,0
8	Bodo Lukowski	FRG	0,0

Match #1	Akira Ota	JPN	decision (7-1)	Michele Azzola	ITA
Match #2	Jai Prakash	IND	decision (9-2)	Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed	IRQ
Match #3	Noel Loban	GBR	passivity (5:45)	Bodo Lukowski	FRG
Match #4	Macauley Appah	NGR	decision (6-5)	Mamadou Diallo	MTN

Group B - Round Two (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Noel Loban	GBR	7,0
=1	Akira Ota	JPN	7,0
3	Michele Azzola	ITA	5,0
4	Bodo Lukowski	FRG	4,0
=5	Jai Prakash	IND	3,0	eliminated
=5	Macauley Appah	NGR	3,0
=7	Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed	IRQ	1,0	eliminated
=7	Mamadou Diallo	MTN	1,0	eliminated

Match #1	Akira Ota	JPN	fall (1:15)	Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed	IRQ
Match #2	Michele Azzola	ITA	fall (0:47)	Jai Prakash	IND
Match #3	Bodo Lukowski	FRG	fall (4:01)	Macauley Appah	NGR
Match #4	Noel Loban	GBR	fall (1:37)	Mamadou Diallo	MTN

Group B - Round Three (7 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Noel Loban	GBR	11,0
=1	Akira Ota	JPN	11,0
3	Michele Azzola	ITA	5,0	eliminated
4	Bodo Lukowski	FRG	4,0	eliminated
5	Macauley Appah	NGR	3,0

Match #1	Akira Ota	JPN	fall (2:09)	Bodo Lukowski	FRG
Match #2	Noel Loban	GBR	fall (4:22)	Michele Azzola	ITA
Match #3	Macauley Appah	NGR	bye

Group B - Final (8 August 1984)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Akira Ota	JPN	7,0
2	Noel Loban	GBR	5,0
3	Macauley Appah	NGR	0,0

Match #1	Akira Ota	JPN	decision (13-0) (3:48)	Macauley Appah	NGR
Match #2	Noel Loban	GBR	fall (1:59)	Macauley Appah	NGR
Match #3	Akira Ota	JPN	decision (4-2)	Noel Loban	GBR

Final Round (9 August 1984)

Match 1/2	Ed Banach	USA	decision (15-3) (4:02)	Akira Ota	JPN
Match 3/4	Noel Loban	GBR	decision (5-1)	Clark Davis	CAN
Match 5/6	Macauley Appah	NGR	walkover