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Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 30 July to 11 August 1984 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 9 3 1 13
2 Japan Japan 2 5 2 9
3 South Korea South Korea 2 1 4 7
4 Romania Romania 2 1 3 6
5 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 1 2 5
6 West Germany West Germany 1 2 0 3
7 Finland Finland 1 1 1 3
8 Italy Italy 1 0 0 1
9 Sweden Sweden 0 2 2 4
10 Canada Canada 0 1 1 2
Greece Greece 0 1 1 2
12 Mexico Mexico 0 1 0 1
Syria Syria 0 1 0 1
14 Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Turkey Turkey 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Greco-Roman[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Vincenzo Maenza
Italy
Markus Scherer
West Germany
Ikuzo Saito
Japan
52 kg Atsuji Miyahara
Japan
Daniel Aceves
Mexico
Bang Dae-du
South Korea
57 kg Pasquale Passarelli
West Germany
Masaki Eto
Japan
Haralambos Holidis
Greece
62 kg Kim Weon-kee
South Korea
Kentolle Johansson
Sweden
Hugo Dietsche
Switzerland
68 kg Vlado Lisjak
Yugoslavia
Tapio Sipila
Finland
James Martinez
United States
74 kg Jouko Salomaki
Finland
Roger Tallroth
Sweden
Stefan Rusu
Romania
82 kg Ion Draica
Romania
Dimitrios Thanopoulos
Greece
Soren Claeson
Sweden
90 kg Steven Fraser
United States
Ilie Matei
Romania
Frank Andersson
Sweden
100 kg Vasile Andrei
Romania
Greg Gibson
United States
Jozef Tertelje
Yugoslavia
100+ kg Jeffrey Blatnick
United States
Refik Memisevic
Yugoslavia
Victor Dolipschi
Romania

Freestyle[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Robert Weaver
United States
Takashi Irie
Japan
Son Gab-do
South Korea
52 kg Saban Trstena
Yugoslavia
Kim Jong-kyu
South Korea
Yuji Takada
Japan
57 kg Hideaki Tomiyama
Japan
Barry Davis
United States
Kim Eui-kon
South Korea
62 kg Randy Lewis
United States
Kosei Akaishi
Japan
Lee Jung-keun
South Korea
68 kg You In-tak
South Korea
Andrew Rein
United States
Jukka Rauhala
Finland
74 kg David Schultz
United States
Martin Knosp
West Germany
Saban Sejdi
Yugoslavia
82 kg Mark Schultz
United States
Hideyuki Nagashima
Japan
Chris Rinke
Canada
90 kg Ed Banach
United States
Akira Ohta
Japan
Noel Loban
Great Britain
100 kg Lou Banach
United States
Joseph Atiyeh
Syria
Vasile Puscasu
Romania
100+ kg Bruce Baumgartner
United States
Bob Molle
Canada
Ayhan Taskin
Turkey

Statistics[]

  • There were 267 total athletes from 44 countries.
  • Sunil Dutt was the youngest participant with 16 years and 242 days.
  • Ali Lachkar was the oldest participant with 34 years and 296 days.
  • 3 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Japan won 9 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • South Korea won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Yugoslavia won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Canada won its first medal in the sport since Berlin 1936.
  • Switzerland won its first medal in the sport since London 1948.
  • Great Britain won its first medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
  • Turkey won its first medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
  • Yugoslavia won its first 2 gold medals in the sport since Montreal 1976.
  • Finland won its first gold medal in the sport since Montreal 1976.
  • Mexico won its first-ever medal in the sport.
  • Syria won its first-ever Olympic medal and its only medal of Los Angeles 1984.
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