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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kg), Men

Date	31 July – 2 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Participants	17 from 17 countries
Format	Two groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top four in each group advanced to placement matches for 1st-8th place.

Soviet Georgian Mikhail Mamiashvili was the top wrestler in this class in 1984 but he could not compete in Los Angeles due to the Soviet-led boycott. In his absence the favorite was Romanian Ştefan Rusu, Olympic gold medalist in 1976 and 1980 as a lightweight. In round two of Group B, however, Rusu lost to Finland’s Jouko Salomäki and Salomäki would win the group and head to the gold medal match against Sweden’s Roger Tallroth, silver medalist at the 1982 European Championships. Salomäki opened a big lead, 5-0, in the final, but Tallroth fought back and made it close, eventually losing, 5-4. Rusu did manage to win the bronze medal match over Korean Kim Yeong-Nam on points, 6-1. Mamiashvili would compete at the 1988 Olympics, winning the middleweight gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Group Placement	Round Eliminated	CP
1	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	–	–	–	Gold
2	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	–	–	–	Silver
3	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	–	–	–	Bronze
4	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	–	–	–
5	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	–	–	–
6	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	–	–	–
7	253	Chris Catalfo	USA	–	–	–
8	46	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	–	–	–
=9	247	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	5th Group A	eliminated r4/4 Group A	4.0
=9	24	Jeff Stuebing	CAN	5th Group B	eliminated r3/4 Group B	4.0
=11	80	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	6th Group A	eliminated r3/4 Group A	5.5
=11	168	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	6th Group B	eliminated r2/4 Group B	1.5
=13	140	Takahiro Mukai	JPN	7th Group A	eliminated r2/4 Group A	1.0
=13	39	Romelio Salas	COL	7th Group B	eliminated r2/4 Group B	1.0
=15	3	Óscar Strático	ARG	=8th Group A	eliminated r2/4 Group A	0.0
=15	–	Ali Hussain Faris	IRQ	8th Group B	eliminated r2/4 Group B	0.5
=15	162	Issam Awarke	LBN	=8th Group A	eliminated r2/4 Group A	0.0
DNS	107	Antonios Papadopoulos	GRE	–	–	–
DNS	127	Vittoriano Romanacci	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	194	Muhammad Gul	PAK	–	–	–
DNS	231	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	–	–	–

Group A - Round One

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	4.0
=1	80	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	4.0
=3	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	3.0
=3	247	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	3.0
=5	140	Takahiro Mukai	JPN	1.0
=5	253	Chris Catalfo	USA	1.0
=7	3	Óscar Strático	ARG	0.0
=7	162	Issam Awarke	LBN	0.0
=7	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	Decision (12-0) (2:23)	Óscar Strático	ARG
Match #2	31 Jul	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	Decision (12-6)	Chris Catalfo	USA
Match #3	31 Jul	Martial Mischler	FRA	Decision (13-0) (2:02)	Issam Awarke	LBN
Match #4	31 Jul	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	Decision (10-9)	Takahiro Mukai	JPN
Match #5	31 Jul	Roger Tallroth	SWE

Group A - Round Two

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	8.0	–
2	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	6.0	–
=3	80	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	5.0	–
=3	253	Chris Catalfo	USA	5.0	–
5	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	4.0	–
6	247	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	3.0	–
7	140	Takahiro Mukai	JPN	1.0	eliminated
=8	3	Óscar Strático	ARG	0.0	eliminated
=8	162	Issam Awarke	LBN	0.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Roger Tallroth	SWE	Decision (12-0) (1:25)	Óscar Strático	ARG
Match #2	31 Jul	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	Decision (7-2)	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG
Match #3	31 Jul	Chris Catalfo	USA	Dq (1:40)	Issam Awarke	LBN
Match #4	31 Jul	Martial Mischler	FRA	Decision (13-1) (2:42)	Takahiro Mukai	JPN
Match #5	31 Jul	Celal Taşkıran	TUR

Group A - Round Three

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
=1	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	9.0	–
=1	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	9.0	–
3	253	Chris Catalfo	USA	8.5	–
4	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	7.5	–
5	80	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG	5.5	eliminated
6	247	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	3.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Roger Tallroth	SWE	Passivity (5:13)	Celal Taşkıran	TUR
Match #2	31 Jul	Chris Catalfo	USA	Decision (13-3)	Karl-Heinz Helbing	FRG
Match #3	31 Jul	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	Decision (7-3)	Martial Mischler	FRA

Group A - Round Four

Date	1 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	12.0	–
2	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	11.0	–
=3	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	9.0	–
=3	253	Chris Catalfo	USA	9.0	–
5	247	Celal Taşkıran	TUR	4.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	Decision (9-3)	Celal Taşkıran	TUR
Match #2	01 Aug	Roger Tallroth	SWE	Decision (13-4)	Chris Catalfo	USA
Match #3	01 Aug	Martial Mischler	FRA

Group A - Final

Date	1 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	228	Roger Tallroth	SWE	7.0
2	156	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	3.0
3	75	Martial Mischler	FRA	1.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Roger Tallroth	SWE	Passivity (5:46)	Martial Mischler	FRA
Match #2	01 Aug	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	Decision (7-3)	Martial Mischler	FRA
Match #3	01 Aug	Roger Tallroth	SWE	Decision (11-0)	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR

Group B - Round One

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	4.0
=1	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	4.0
3	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	3.5
4	46	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	3.0
5	39	Romelio Salas	COL	1.0
6	168	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	0.5
=7	24	Jeff Stuebing	CAN	0.0
=7	–	Ali Hussain Faris	IRQ	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	Decision (12-0) (4:34)	Jeff Stuebing	CAN
Match #2	31 Jul	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Decision (12-0) (1:23)	Ali Hussain Faris	IRQ
Match #3	31 Jul	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	Decision (12-5)	Romelio Salas	COL
Match #4	31 Jul	Karlo Kasap	YUG	Decision (13-3)	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR

Group B - Round Two

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	7.5	–
2	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	7.0	–
3	46	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	6.0	–
4	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	5.0	–
5	24	Jeff Stuebing	CAN	4.0	–
6	168	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	1.5	eliminated
7	39	Romelio Salas	COL	1.0	eliminated
8	–	Ali Hussain Faris	IRQ	0.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Jeff Stuebing	CAN	Fall (4:56)	Ali Hussain Faris	IRQ
Match #2	31 Jul	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Criteria (6:00)	Ștefan Rusu	ROU
Match #3	31 Jul	Karlo Kasap	YUG	Decision (13-0) (2:38)	Romelio Salas	COL
Match #4	31 Jul	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	Criteria (6:00)	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR

Group B - Round Three

Date	31 July 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	10.0	–
2	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	9.0	–
3	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	7.5	–
4	46	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	6.0	–
5	24	Jeff Stuebing	CAN	4.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Jeff Stuebing	CAN
Match #2	31 Jul	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	Decision (14-0) (4:15)	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY
Match #3	31 Jul	Karlo Kasap	YUG

Group B - Round Four

Date	1 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	14.0
2	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	12.0
3	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	8.5
4	46	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY	6.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	Decision (4-2)	Karlo Kasap	YUG
Match #2	01 Aug	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Grand superiority (3:50)	Mohamed Ibrahim Abdulsattar	EGY

Group B - Final

Date	1 August 1984

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	64	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	4.0
2	208	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	4.0
3	269	Karlo Kasap	YUG	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	Decision (4-2)	Karlo Kasap	YUG
Match #2	01 Aug	Karlo Kasap	YUG	Decision (5-1)	Jouko Salomäki	FIN
Match #3	01 Aug	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Criteria (6:00)	Ștefan Rusu	ROU

Final Round

Date	2 August 1984

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Decision (5-4)	Roger Tallroth	SWE
Match 3/4	02 Aug	Ștefan Rusu	ROU	Decision (6-1)	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR
Match 5/6	02 Aug	Karlo Kasap	YUG	Decision (6-3)	Martial Mischler	FRA