Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, as part of the wrestling program, was held at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.^[1]

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Anaheim Convention Center
Dates	8–10 August 1984
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Dave Schultz  United States Martin Knosp  West Germany Shaban Sejdiu  Yugoslavia
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Medalists

Gold	Dave Schultz  United States
Silver	Martin Knosp  West Germany
Bronze	Shaban Sejdiu  Yugoslavia

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
0	Mohamed Hamad (EGY)	1-3 PP	5-8	Romelio Salas (COL)	1
1	Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	.5-3.5 SP	1-9	Dave Schultz (USA)	0
1	Zane Coleman (NZL)	0-4 TF	5:03	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	0
1	Ignacio Ordóñez (ESP)	0-4 ST	0-14	Selahattin Sağan (TUR)	0
0	Ali Hussain Faris (IRQ)	4-0 TF	1:05	Muhammad Gul (PAK)	1
0	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)			Bye
Round 2
0	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	4-0 TF	2:00	Mohamed Hamad (EGY)	2
1	Romelio Salas (COL)	0-4 TF	2:50	Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	1
0	Dave Schultz (USA)	4-0 ST	12-0	Zane Coleman (NZL)	2
0	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	4-0 ST	12-0	Ignacio Ordóñez (ESP)	2
0	Selahattin Sağan (TUR)	3.5-.5 SP	9-1	Ali Hussain Faris (IRQ)	1
1	Muhammad Gul (PAK)			Bye
Round 3
2	Muhammad Gul (PAK)	0-4 TF	0:33	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	0
2	Romelio Salas (COL)	0-4 ST	0-12	Dave Schultz (USA)	0
1	Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	3-1 PP	9-5	Selahattin Sağan (TUR)	1
0	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	4-0 ST	13-1	Ali Hussain Faris (IRQ)	2
Round 4
1	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	1-3 PP	5-6	Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	1
0	Dave Schultz (USA)	4-0 TF	1:46	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	1
1	Selahattin Sağan (TUR)			Bye
Round 5
2	Selahattin Sağan (TUR)	0-3 PO	0-6	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	1
2	Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	1-3 PP	7-10	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	1
0	Dave Schultz (USA)			Bye
Final
	Dave Schultz (USA)	4-0 TF	1:46	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)
	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	0-3 PO	0-5	Dave Schultz (USA)
	Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	3.5-0 SO	8-0	Han Myung-Woo (KOR)

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Final
Dave Schultz (USA)	0	-	15.5	7
Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	1	-	15	3.5
Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	1	-	12	0
Pekka Rauhala (FIN)	2	5	11.5
Selahattin Sağan (TUR)	2	5	8.5
Ali Hussain Faris (IRQ)	2	3	4.5
Romelio Salas (COL)	2	3	3
Muhammad Gul (PAK)	2	3	0
Mohamed Hamad (EGY)	2	2	1
Ignacio Ordóñez (ESP)	2	2	0
Zane Coleman (NZL)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Marc Mongeon (CAN)	4-0 TF	4:30	Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR)	1
1	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	1-3 PP	2-5	Rajinder Singh (IND)	0
1	Mohamed Zayar (SYR)	0-3 P1	3:14	Houkreo Bambe (CMR)	0
1	Oscar Strático (ARG)	.5-3.5 SP	5-15	Seidu Olawale (NGR)	0
0	Martin Knosp (FRG)	4-0 TF	1:49	Kyriakos Bogiatzis (GRE)	1
0	Craig Green (AUS)			Bye
Round 2
1	Craig Green (AUS)	1-3 PP	2-6	Marc Mongeon (CAN)	0
2	Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR)	1-3 PP	4-7	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	1
0	Rajinder Singh (IND)	3-1 PP	4-3	Mohamed Zayar (SYR)	2
0	Houkreo Bambe (CMR)	3.5-0 PS	1:58	Oscar Strático (ARG)	2
1	Seidu Olawale (NGR)	0-4 TF	2:20	Martin Knosp (FRG)	0
1	Kyriakos Bogiatzis (GRE)			Bye
Round 3
1	Kyriakos Bogiatzis (GRE)	3-1 PP	4-2	Craig Green (AUS)	2
1	Marc Mongeon (CAN)	.5-3.5 SP	3-11	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	1
0	Rajinder Singh (IND)	3-1 PP	6-2	Seidu Olawale (NGR)	2
1	Houkreo Bambe (CMR)	0-4 TF	1:08	Martin Knosp (FRG)	0
Round 4
2	Kyriakos Bogiatzis (GRE)	0-4 ST	0-12	Marc Mongeon (CAN)	1
1	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:21	Houkreo Bambe (CMR)	2
1	Rajinder Singh (IND)	0-4 TF	1:31	Martin Knosp (FRG)	0
Round 5
2	Marc Mongeon (CAN)	0-3.5 SO	0-9	Rajinder Singh (IND)	1
2	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	0-4 TF	1:20	Martin Knosp (FRG)	0

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Martin Knosp (FRG)	0	-	20
Rajinder Singh (IND)	1	-	12.5
Naomi Higuchi (JPN)	2	5	11.5
Marc Mongeon (CAN)	2	5	11.5
Houkreo Bambe (CMR)	2	4	6.5
Kyriakos Bogiatzis (GRE)	2	4	3
Seidu Olawale (NGR)	2	3	4.5
Craig Green (AUS)	2	3	2
Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR)	2	2	1
Mohamed Zayar (SYR)	2	2	1
Oscar Strático (ARG)	2	2	0.5

Final round

	CP	TP
5th place match
Han Myung-Woo (KOR)	1-3 PP	3-7	Naomi Higuchi (JPN)
Bronze medal match
Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)	3-1 PP	5-1	Rajinder Singh (IND)
Gold medal match
Dave Schultz (USA)	3-1 PP	4-1	Martin Knosp (FRG)

Final standings

1.  Dave Schultz (USA)
2.  Martin Knosp (FRG)
3.  Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)
4.  Rajinder Singh (IND)
5.  Naomi Higuchi (JPN)
6.  Han Myung-Woo (KOR)
7.  Marc Mongeon (CAN)
8.  Pekka Rauhala (FIN)