# Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1984 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ed Banach United States |
| Silver | Akira Ota Japan |
| Bronze | Noel Loban Great Britain |

## Tournament results

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

### Legend

* TF — Won by Fall
* ST — Won by Technical Superiority, 12 points difference
* PP — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference, the loser with points
* PO — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference, the loser without points
* SP — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference, the loser with points
* SO — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference, the loser without points
* P0 — Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
* P1 — Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-7 points
* PS — Won by Passivity, while leading by 8-11 points
* DC — Won by Decision, 0-0 score
* PA — Won by Opponent Injury
* DQ — Won by Forfeit
* DNA — Did not appear
* L — Losses
* ER — Round of Elimination
* CP — Classification Points
* TP — Technical Points

### Eliminatory round
#### Group A

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 1 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 0-4 ST | 2-15 | Ed Banach (USA) | 0 |
| 0 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 4-0 ST | 12-0 | Ilie Matei (ROU) | 1 |
| 0 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 1 |
| 1 | Amadou Diop (SEN) | 0-4 TF | 2:05 | Clark Davis (CAN) | 0 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 2 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 1-3 PP | 6-11 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 0 |
| 0 | Ed Banach (USA) | 3.5-0 SO | 11-0 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 1 |
| 1 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 4-0 TF | 1:17 | Amadou Diop (SEN) | 2 |
| 0 | Clark Davis (CAN) | | | Bye | |
| 1 | Ilie Matei (ROU) | | | DNA | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 1 | Clark Davis (CAN) | .5-3.5 SP | 2-11 | Ed Banach (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 1-3 PP | 3-3 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 1 |
| 1 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 1-3 PP | 5-8 | Clark Davis (CAN) | 1 |
| 0 | Ed Banach (USA) | 4-0 TF | 0:48 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 2 |
| 1 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | | | Bye | |
| Final ||||||
| | Ed Banach (USA) | 3.5-0 SO | 11-0 | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | |
| | Clark Davis (CAN) | .5-3.5 SP | 2-11 | Ed Banach (USA) | |
| | İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 0-4 TF | 5:05 | Clark Davis (CAN) | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Final |
| Ed Banach (USA) | 0 | - | 15 | 7 |
| Clark Davis (CAN) | 1 | - | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 1 | - | 6 | 0 |
| Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Frank Andersson (SWE) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Edwin Lins (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Amadou Diop (SEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ilie Matei (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Michele Azzola (ITA) | 1 |
| 1 | Abdul Breesam Rahman (IRQ) | 1-3 PP | 2-9 | Jai Prakash (IND) | 0 |
| 1 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 0-3 P1 | 5:45 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 0 |
| 0 | Macauley Appah (NGR) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | Mamadou Diallo (MTN) | 1 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 1:15 | Abdul Breesam Rahman (IRQ) | 2 |
| 1 | Michele Azzola (ITA) | 4-0 TF | 0:47 | Jai Prakash (IND) | 1 |
| 1 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 4-0 TF | 4:01 | Macauley Appah (NGR) | 1 |
| 0 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 4-0 TF | 1:37 | Mamadou Diallo (MTN) | 2 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 2:09 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 2 |
| 2 | Michele Azzola (ITA) | 0-4 TF | 4:22 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 0 |
| 1 | Macauley Appah (NGR) | | | Bye | |
| 1 | Jai Prakash (IND) | | | DNA | |
| Final ||||||
| | Macauley Appah (NGR) | 0-4 ST | 0-13 | Akira Ota (JPN) | |
| | Noel Loban (GBR) | 4-0 TF | 1:59 | Macauley Appah (NGR) | |
| | Akira Ota (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 4-2 | Noel Loban (GBR) | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Final |
| Akira Ota (JPN) | 0 | - | 11 | 7 |
| Noel Loban (GBR) | 0 | - | 11 | 5 |
| Macauley Appah (NGR) | 1 | - | 3 | 0 |
| Michele Azzola (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Jai Prakash (IND) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Abdul Breesam Rahman (IRQ) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mamadou Diallo (MTN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 5th place match ||||
| İsmail Temiz (TUR) | 0-4 PA | | Macauley Appah (NGR) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Clark Davis (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 1-5 | Noel Loban (GBR) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Ed Banach (USA) | 4-0 ST | 15-3 | Akira Ota (JPN) |

## Final standings

* Ed Banach (USA)
* Akira Ota (JPN)
* Noel Loban (GBR)
* Clark Davis (CAN)
* Macauley Appah (NGR)
* İsmail Temiz (TUR)
* Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)
* Frank Andersson (SWE)