Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle 90 kg

|games = 1976 Summer

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|venue = Maurice Richard Arena

|dates = 27–31 July 1976

|competitors = 21

|nations = 21

|gold = Levan Tediashvili

|goldNOC = URS

|silver = Ben Peterson

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Stelică Morcov

|bronzeNOC = ROU

|prev = 1972

|next = 1980

}}

{{WrestlingAt1976SummerOlympics}}

The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=12 April 2019}}

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

;Legend

  • TF — Won by Fall
  • IN — Won by Opponent Injury
  • DQ — Won by Passivity
  • D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
  • FF — Won by Forfeit
  • DNA — Did not appear
  • TPP — Total penalty points
  • MPP — Match penalty points

;Penalties

  • 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
  • 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

= Round 1 =

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! width="35" | MPP

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! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Allan|GBR|1976 Summer}}4 - 32style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}00
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}TF / 1:47style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Thomas|ISV|1976 Summer}}44
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Neumair|FRG|1976 Summer}}TF / 0:46style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}00
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Géza Molnár|HUN|1976 Summer}}3 - 6style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}11
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Salah-ud-din|PAK|1976 Summer}}TF / 3:53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh|MGL|1976 Summer}}44
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Keijo Manni|FIN|1976 Summer}}TF / 2:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shukri Ahmedov|BUL|1976 Summer}}00
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}7 - 4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}33
0.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bárbaro Morgan|CUB|1976 Summer}}13 - 5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|İsmail Temiz|TUR|1976 Summer}}3.53.5
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshiaki Yatsu|JPN|1976 Summer}}TF / 8:32style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alireza Soleimani|IRI|1976 Summer}}44
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Michel Grangier|FRA|1976 Summer}}TF / 0:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}00
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ambroise Sarr|SEN|1976 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 2 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

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! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ambroise Sarr|SEN|1976 Summer}}TF / 3:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Allan|GBR|1976 Summer}}04
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}2 - 16style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}00
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Thomas|ISV|1976 Summer}}TF / 0:40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Neumair|FRG|1976 Summer}}04
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}DQ / 5:46style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Géza Molnár|HUN|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|7
10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}TF / 1:50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Salah Uddin|PAK|1976 Summer}}44
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh|MGL|1976 Summer}}TF / 5:35style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Keijo Manni|FIN|1976 Summer}}04
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shukri Ahmedov|BUL|1976 Summer}}13 - 14style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}12
41style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}9 - 8style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bárbaro Morgan|CUB|1976 Summer}}33.5
bgcolor=pink|6.53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|İsmail Temiz|TUR|1976 Summer}}7 - 13style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshiaki Yatsu|JPN|1976 Summer}}11
40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alireza Soleimani|IRI|1976 Summer}}21 - 7style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Michel Grangier|FRA|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 3 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}DQ / 5:20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ambroise Sarr|SEN|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Allan|GBR|1976 Summer}}TF / 1:05style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}00
40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}TF / 3:56style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Neumair|FRG|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}TF / 5:11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}45
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Salah Uddin|PAK|1976 Summer}}TF / 5:17style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Keijo Manni|FIN|1976 Summer}}04
bgcolor=pink|74style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shukri Ahmedov|BUL|1976 Summer}}DQ / 7:26style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}04
20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}19 - 2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshiaki Yatsu|JPN|1976 Summer}}45
3.50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bárbaro Morgan|CUB|1976 Summer}}TF / 2:55style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alireza Soleimani|IRI|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8

= Round 4 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}3 - 8style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}15
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}17 - 3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}44
50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}TF / 0:57style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Keijo Manni|FIN|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}TF / 7:39style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bárbaro Morgan|CUB|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|7.5
40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}DQ / 8:36style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshiaki Yatsu|JPN|1976 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|9

= Round 5 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|74style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}DQ / 4:30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}00
bgcolor=pink|8.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}6 - 17style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}0.54.5
bgcolor=pink|8.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}4 - 13style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}0.52.5
4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 6 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}2 - 7style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}11
bgcolor=pink|7.53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}8 - 13style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}13.5

= Final =

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

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|

1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}7 - 4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}3
bgcolor=lightyellow

| 6

3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROU|1976 Summer}}2 - 7style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}1
21style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}11 - 5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}34

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Levan Tediashvili|URS|1976 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Ben Peterson|USA|1976 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Stelică Morcov|ROM|1976 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Horst Stottmeister|GDR|1976 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Terry Paice|CAN|1976 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Paweł Kurczewski|POL|1976 Summer}}
  7. {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Andersson|SWE|1976 Summer}}
  8. {{flagIOCathlete|Bárbaro Morgan|CUB|1976 Summer}}

References

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