title: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg
  
  The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Maurice Richard Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ben Peterson United States |
  | Bronze | Stelică Morcov Romania |
  
  ## 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
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 4 | Maurice Allan (GBR) | 4 - 32 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | TF / 1:47 | Wayne Thomas (ISV) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | TF / 0:46 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | 3 | Géza Molnár (HUN) | 3 - 6 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 1 | 1 |
  | 0 | 0 | Muhammad Salah-ud-din (PAK) | TF / 3:53 | Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | TF / 2:59 | Shukri Lyutviev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
  | 1 | 1 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 7 - 4 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
  | 0.5 | 0.5 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 13 - 5 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
  | 0 | 0 | Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) | TF / 8:32 | Alireza Soleimani (IRI) | 4 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Michel Grangier (FRA) | TF / 0:59 | Terry Paice (CAN) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 4 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) | TF / 3:59 | Maurice Allan (GBR) | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | 4 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 2 - 16 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | 4 | Wayne Thomas (ISV) | TF / 0:40 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | 0 | 4 |
  | 0 | 0 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | DQ / 5:46 | Géza Molnár (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
  | 1 | 0 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | TF / 1:50 | Salah Uddin (PAK) | 4 | 4 |
  | 8 | 4 | Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL) | TF / 5:35 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | 3 | Shukri Akhmedov (BUL) | 13 - 14 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 1 | 2 |
  | 4 | 1 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 9 - 8 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 3 | 3.5 |
  | 6.5 | 3 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 7 - 13 | Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) | 1 | 1 |
  | 4 | 0 | Alireza Soleimani (IRI) | 21 - 7 | Michel Grangier (FRA) | 4 | 8 |
  | 0 | | Terry Paice (CAN) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 0 | 0 | Terry Paice (CAN) | DQ / 5:20 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) | 4 | 8 |
  | 8 | 4 | Maurice Allan (GBR) | TF / 1:05 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 0 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | TF / 3:56 | Peter Neumair (FRG) | 4 | 8 |
  | 0 | 0 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | TF / 5:11 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 4 | 5 |
  | 8 | 4 | Salah Uddin (PAK) | TF / 5:17 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 0 | 4 |
  | 7 | 4 | Shukri Akhmedov (BUL) | DQ / 7:26 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | 0 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 19 - 2 | Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) | 4 | 5 |
  | 3.5 | 0 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | TF / 2:55 | Alireza Soleimani (IRI) | 4 | 8 |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | 3 | Terry Paice (CAN) | 3 - 8 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 1 | 5 |
  | 0 | 0 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 17 - 3 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 4 | 4 |
  | 5 | 0 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | TF / 0:57 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 4 | 8 |
  | 2 | 0 | Ben Peterson (USA) | TF / 7:39 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 4 | 7.5 |
  | 4 | 0 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | DQ / 8:36 | Yoshiaki Yatsu (JPN) | 4 | 9 |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | 4 | Terry Paice (CAN) | DQ / 4:30 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 8.5 | 3.5 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 6 - 17 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
  | 8.5 | 3.5 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 4 - 13 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 0.5 | 2.5 |
  | 4 | | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 6
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | 3 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 2 - 7 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 1 | 1 |
  | 7.5 | 3 | Horst Stottmeister (GDR) | 8 - 13 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 1 | 3.5 |
  
  ### Final
  
  Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 7 - 4 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 3 | |
  | 6 | 3 | Stelică Morcov (ROU) | 2 - 7 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 1 | |
  | 2 | 1 | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | 11 - 5 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 3 | 4 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Levan Tediashvili (URS)
  * Ben Peterson (USA)
  * Stelică Morcov (ROU)
  * Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
  * Terry Paice (CAN)
  * Paweł Kurczewski (POL)
  * Frank Andersson (SWE)
  * Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)
  