US Mens Freestyle Team
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The 1984 US men's freestyle team won 7 gold medals and 2 silvers in 10 weight classes. The Soviets were not part of the 1984 games; however, that performance was still outstanding. You had some real hammers on that team: Baumgartner, the Schultz brothers, the Banach brothers, Randy Lewis, etc.
Although 84 olympics was great without the Russians its not the greatest. Look at 83 worlds results. 62kg lee roy smith -silver, 74kg dave shultz - gold, 100kg greg gibson - silver, 100+ kg bruce baumgarter - bronze. No other medals with the Russians in the field.
Agree, but for the life of me I can't remember what they were drinking.
1972 team with Gable, Peterson brothers, and Chris Taylor was very good too.
We need @NoVa Lion and @androcles to enter this discussion to remove the recency bias.
I was at Munich in 72. US got 3 gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in FS. One of our best showings.
Wow, you were at Munich! You should post a story about that sometime.
One big difference today is no Soviet Union (thankfully!). Many of the breakaway satellite states are strong in the sport, meaning the Team USA task is more difficult now.
Obviously we'll never know about their 1984 team composition, but 2 of their 5 golds in 1985 were Georgians.
OTOH, who would've ever thought 30 years ago that perhaps the all-time greatest Russian freestyle wrestler would coach at Michigan.
Obviously we'll never know about their 1984 team composition, but 2 of their 5 golds in 1985 were Georgians.
OTOH, who would've ever thought 30 years ago that perhaps the all-time greatest Russian freestyle wrestler would coach at Michigan.
Ahhh 1984 Olympics brings back fond memories. Good times, good times.....
My roommate and I frequented the local McDonads in the months leading up to the Olympics. And by frequent I mean 3-4 times a day.
No purchase was necessary to pick up an Olympic game ticket. Each ticket would represent a different event. If the US won gold you got a free hamburger, a silver got you fries, and a bronze a small drink.
I am sure some marketing Exec lost their job over this one, but they obviously did not account properly for the loss of the Russians and their Eastern European brethren.
The result being we had amassed a mountain of tickets by opening ceremonies. We ate at McDonalds for free 3-4 days a week for several months. On the day the tickets expired we sat down and cashed in the remaining hord. We ate 23 hamburgers and more than a dozen fries in one sitting.
I don't think I went back for several years. Just writing this I can still taste it.
My roommate and I frequented the local McDonads in the months leading up to the Olympics. And by frequent I mean 3-4 times a day.
No purchase was necessary to pick up an Olympic game ticket. Each ticket would represent a different event. If the US won gold you got a free hamburger, a silver got you fries, and a bronze a small drink.
I am sure some marketing Exec lost their job over this one, but they obviously did not account properly for the loss of the Russians and their Eastern European brethren.
The result being we had amassed a mountain of tickets by opening ceremonies. We ate at McDonalds for free 3-4 days a week for several months. On the day the tickets expired we sat down and cashed in the remaining hord. We ate 23 hamburgers and more than a dozen fries in one sitting.
I don't think I went back for several years. Just writing this I can still taste it.
Now I understand.
you should take the waffle house challenge with that ability to chow down
Coincidentally or otherwise, this is also the day after nationals at OKST.
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