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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kg), Men

Date	9 – 11 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Participants	11 from 11 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 best American wrestler in this class had been Greg Gibson, who won two silvers and one bronze medal at the 1981-83 World Championships, as well as the 1983 Pan American title. Gibson was beaten in the US Trials by Lou Banach, so Gibson elected to compete in Greco-Roman, winning a silver medal in that style at Los Angeles. Two days before this competition Banach’s brother, Ed, had won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Lou Banach easily won all his matches in Group B, and then met Syrian Joseph Atiyeh for the gold medal. That was not much of a match as Banach pinned Atiyeh in 1:01, but the silver medal Atiyeh won was the first ever for Syria at the Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	CP
1	250	Lou Banach	USA	–	–	Gold
2	230	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	–	–	Silver
3	207	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	244	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	–	–
5	134	Tamon Honda	JPN	–	–
6	108	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	–	–
7	114	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	–	–
8	14	Wayne Brightwell	CAN	–	–
AC	222	Karl-Johan Gustavsson	SWE	eliminated r2/3 Group A	0
AC	179	Oumar Samba Sy	MTN	withdrew r2/3 Group A	0
AC	214	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	eliminated r2/3 Group B	0
DNS	193	Abdul Majeed	PAK	–	–

Group A - Round One

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	114	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	4
=1	230	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	4
3	108	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	3
=4	179	Oumar Samba Sy	MTN	0
=4	207	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	0
=4	222	Karl-Johan Gustavsson	SWE	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	Decision (15-2) (5:08)	Karl-Johan Gustavsson	SWE
Match #2	09 Aug	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	Passivity (4:57)	Oumar Samba Sy	MTN
Match #3	09 Aug	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	Fall (4:42)	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU

Group A - Round Two

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	230	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	8	–
2	108	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	7	–
3	114	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	4	–
=4	207	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	0	–
=4	222	Karl-Johan Gustavsson	SWE	0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	Decision (12-0) (5:06)	Karl-Johan Gustavsson	SWE
Match #2	09 Aug	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	Fall (0:33)	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND
Match #3	09 Aug	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU

Group A - Round Three

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	230	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	12
2	108	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	7
3	114	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	5
4	207	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	Decision (6-5)	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND
Match #2	09 Aug	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	Injury (0:27)	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE

Group A - Final

Date	10 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	230	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	8
2	207	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	4
3	108	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Aug	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU
Match #2	10 Aug	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	Fall (4:42)	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU
Match #3	10 Aug	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR	Injury (0:27)	Georgios Poikilidis	GRE

Group B - Round One

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	134	Tamon Honda	JPN	4
=1	250	Lou Banach	USA	4
=3	14	Wayne Brightwell	CAN	0
=3	214	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	0
=3	244	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Fall (1:14)	Hayri Sezgin	TUR
Match #2	09 Aug	Tamon Honda	JPN	Fall (3:52)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #3	09 Aug	Wayne Brightwell	CAN

Group B - Round Two

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	250	Lou Banach	USA	8	–
2	134	Tamon Honda	JPN	4	–
3	244	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	3	–
4	14	Wayne Brightwell	CAN	1	–
5	214	Ambroise Sarr	SEN	0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	Decision (6-5)	Wayne Brightwell	CAN
Match #2	09 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Fall (1:45)	Ambroise Sarr	SEN
Match #3	09 Aug	Tamon Honda	JPN

Group B - Round Three

Date	9 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	250	Lou Banach	USA	11.5	–
2	244	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	6	–
3	134	Tamon Honda	JPN	5	–
4	14	Wayne Brightwell	CAN	1.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	Decision (9-4)	Tamon Honda	JPN
Match #2	09 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Decision (11-1)	Wayne Brightwell	CAN

Group B - Final

Date	10 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	250	Lou Banach	USA	8
2	244	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	3
3	134	Tamon Honda	JPN	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Aug	Hayri Sezgin	TUR	Decision (9-4)	Tamon Honda	JPN
Match #2	10 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Fall (1:56)	Tamon Honda	JPN
Match #3	10 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Fall (1:14)	Hayri Sezgin	TUR

Final Round

Date	11 August 1984

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	11 Aug	Lou Banach	USA	Fall (1:01)	Joseph Atiyeh	SYR
Match 3/4	11 Aug	Vasile Pușcașu	ROU	Decision (4-3)	Hayri Sezgin	TUR
Match 5/6	11 Aug	Tamon Honda	JPN