# 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)