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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date30 July – 1 August 1984 — 12:00-15:00-18:00-20:30 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationAnaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Participants13 from 13 countries
FormatTwo 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 two favorites were Sweden’s Frank Andersson, the 1979 and 1982 World Champion, and Romanian Ilie Matei, who also competed in freestyle in Los Angeles, rare for this era. In round four of Group A Andersson met American Steve Fraser and was upset, 4-1. Prior to this class no American had won a medal in Greco-Roman wrestling but Fraser advanced to the final against Matei in which he won the gold medal on criteria, after they tied 1-1. Matei led most of the match 1-0, but Fraser caught him in a front headlock with only a few seconds remaining to take the title. Andersson did win the bronze medal, defeating West German Uwe Sachs on points, 5-0.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCRECP
1Steve FraserUSAGold
2Ilie MateiROUSilver
3Frank AnderssonSWEBronze
4Uwe SachsFRG
5Jean-François CourtFRA
6Georgios PozidisGRE
7Toni HannulaFIN
8Franz MarxAUT
ACKarolj KopasYUGEliminated r2/4 Group A2,0
ACGarry KallosCANEliminated r2/4 Group A0,5
ACAbdul Rahman Bressam MohammedIRQEliminated r2/4 Group A0,0
ACKamal AbdahEGYEliminated r2/2 Group B0,5
ACHiroshi HaseJPNEliminated r2/2 Group B0,0

Group A - Round One (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Frank AnderssonSWE4,0
2Toni HannulaFIN3,5
3Georgios PozidisGRE3,0
4Karolj KopasYUG1,0
5Garry KallosCAN0,5
=6Abdul Rahman Bressam MohammedIRQ0,0
=6Steve FraserUSA0,0

Match #1 Georgios PozidisGRE
decision (5-4)
Karolj KopasYUG
Match #2 Frank AnderssonSWE
fall (1:01)
Abdul Rahman Bressam MohammedIRQ
Match #3 Toni HannulaFIN
decision (11-3)
Garry KallosCAN
Match #4 Steve FraserUSA bye

Group A - Round Two (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Frank AnderssonSWE12,0
2Georgios PozidisGRE7,0
3Toni HannulaFIN3,5
4Steve FraserUSA3,0
5Karolj KopasYUG2,0eliminated
6Garry KallosCAN0,5eliminated
7Abdul Rahman Bressam MohammedIRQ0,0

Match #1 Steve FraserUSA
decision (4-1)
Karolj KopasYUG
Match #2 Georgios PozidisGRE
decision (15-3)
Abdul Rahman Bressam MohammedIRQ
Match #3 Frank AnderssonSWE
decision (15-3)
Garry KallosCAN
Match #4 Toni HannulaFIN bye

Group A - Round Three (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Frank AnderssonSWE15,0
2Georgios PozidisGRE8,0
3Steve FraserUSA6,0
4Toni HannulaFIN3,5

Match #1 Steve FraserUSA
passivity (4:18)
Toni HannulaFIN
Match #2 Frank AnderssonSWE
decision (6-2)
Georgios PozidisGRE

Group A - Round Four (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Georgios PozidisGRE11,0
=2Frank AnderssonSWE9,0
=2Steve FraserUSA9,0
4Toni HannulaFIN3,5

Match #1 Georgios PozidisGRE
passivity (5:13)
Toni HannulaFIN
Match #2 Steve FraserUSA
decision (4-1)
Frank AnderssonSWE

Group A - Final (31 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Steve FraserUSA3,0
2Georgios PozidisGRE1,0

Match #1 Steve FraserUSA
decision (2-1)
Georgios PozidisGRE

Group B - Round One (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Ilie MateiROU4,0
=2Jean-François CourtFRA3,5
=2Uwe SachsFRG3,5
=4Franz MarxAUT0,5
=4Kamal AbdahEGY0,5
6Hiroshi HaseJPN0,0

Match #1 Jean-François CourtFRA
decision (13-4)
Franz MarxAUT
Match #2 Ilie MateiROU
decision (13-0) (1:52)
Hiroshi HaseJPN
Match #3 Uwe SachsFRG
decision (10-1)
Kamal AbdahEGY

Group B - Round Two (30 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Ilie MateiROU8,0
=2Jean-François CourtFRA6,5
=2Uwe SachsFRG6,5
4Franz MarxAUT1,5
5Kamal AbdahEGY0,5eliminated
6Hiroshi HaseJPN0,0eliminated

Match #1 Jean-François CourtFRA
decision (4-0)
Hiroshi HaseJPN
Match #2 Uwe SachsFRG
decision (7-4)
Franz MarxAUT
Match #3 Ilie MateiROU
decision (13-0) (3:54)
Kamal AbdahEGY

Group B - Final (31 July 1984)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Ilie MateiROU6,0
2Uwe SachsFRG3,0
3Jean-François CourtFRA1,0

Match #1 Ilie MateiROU
passivity (5:11)
Jean-François CourtFRA
Match #2 Uwe SachsFRG
decision (6:00)
Jean-François CourtFRA
Match #3 Ilie MateiROU
passivity (5:10)
Uwe SachsFRG

Final Round (1 August 1984)

Match 1/2 Steve FraserUSA
decision (1-1)
Ilie MateiROU
Match 3/4 Frank AnderssonSWE
decision (5-0)
Uwe SachsFRG
Match 5/6 Jean-François CourtFRA
decision (4-2)
Georgios PozidisGRE