Ben Peterson - Wrestling Record Profile

Ben Peterson

Country
USA
Weight
90kg
Style
FS
Overall Record
201-44
Win Percentage
82.0
Pins
56
Techs
24

About Ben Peterson

Notable Wins:

Olympic Games

90kg
USA boycotted the Olympics
July 20, 1980
Moscow, Russia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score

Olympic Team Trials Finals

90kg
1st
June 18, 1980
Brockport, NY
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
202-43
Laurent Soucie
USA
5-4
Loss
201-43
Laurent Soucie
USA
5-4
Win
201-42
Laurent Soucie
USA
5-2
Win
200-42
Roy Baker
USA
10-3
Win
199-42
Roy Baker
USA
8-1
Win
198-42
Charlie Gadson
USA
Pin
Win
197-42
Charlie Gadson
USA
11-8

Olympic Team Trials

90kg
2nd
May 8, 1980
Madison, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
196-42
Laurent Soucie
USA
Pin
Win
196-41
Charlie Gadson
USA
Disqualified
Win
195-41
Dan Lewis
USA
17-8
Win
194-41
Unknown
USA
Disqualified
Win
193-41
Unknown
USA
Disqualified
Win
192-41
Drew Whitfield
USA
26-9 Tech
Win
191-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

AAU Nationals

90kg
1st
April 17, 1980
Madison, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
190-41
Laurent Soucie
USA
8-4
Win
189-41
Dan Lewis
USA
9-9
Win
188-41
Unknown
USA
Unknown
Win
187-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
186-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
185-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
April 2, 1980
Rapid City, SD
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
184-41
Alash Daudov
Soviet Union
16-1 Tech

World Cup

90kg
1st
March 29, 1980
Toledo, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
183-41
Abou Samra
Egypt
Pin
Win
182-41
Katshuara Ito
Japan
Pin
Win
181-41
Richard Deschatelets
Canada
16-2 Tech
Win
180-41
Alash Daudov
Soviet Union
11-6

Olympic Regional Qualifier

90kg
1st
March 22, 1980
River Forest, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
179-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
178-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
177-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
176-41
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Mayor Daley Freestyle Open

90kg
2nd
March 8, 1980
Chicago, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
175-41
Peter Zamzow
USA
Pin
Win
175-40
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
174-40
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
173-40
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

World Team Trials Finals

90kg
July 20, 1979
Squaw Valley, CA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
172-40
Roy Baker
USA
Unknown
Loss
172-39
Roy Baker
USA
Unknown

Pan American World Team Trials

90kg
2nd
June 2, 1979
Concordia, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
172-38
Steve Day
USA
20-7 Tech
Loss
171-38
Laurent Soucie
USA
6-3
Loss
171-37
Roy Baker
USA
Unknown
Win
171-36
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
170-36
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

World Cup

90kg
2nd
March 31, 1979
Toledo, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
169-36
Amir Dridi
Tunisia
Pin
Win
168-36
Pedro Nieves
Cuba
Pin
Win
167-36
Susumu Hirayama
Japan
Pin
Loss
166-36
Khasan Ortzev
Soviet Union
13-2 Tech

USWF Nationals

90kg
1st
March 22, 1979
Madison, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
166-35
Dan Severn
USA
7-5
Win
165-35
Mitch Hull
USA
6-1
Loss
164-35
Eric Wais
USA
Unknown
Win
164-34
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
163-34
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

World Championships

90kg
5th
August 24, 1978
Mexico City, Mexico
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
162-34
Uwe Neupert
East Germany
14-6
Loss
162-33
Ivan Ginov
Bulgaria
8-6
Win
162-32
Peter Neumair
West Germany
Pin
Win
161-32
Hashem Kolahi
Iran
Pin
Win
160-32
Geza Molnar
Hungary
Pin

World Team Trials Finals

90kg
1st
July 6, 1978
Squaw Valley, CA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
159-32
Laurent Soucie
USA
Decision
Win
158-32
Laurent Soucie
USA
Decision

AAU Nationals

90kg
1st
April 13, 1978
Ames, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
157-32
Laurent Soucie
USA
7-2
Win
156-32
Bud Palmer
USA
17-8
Win
155-32
Roy Baker
USA
9-6
Win
154-32
Mike Mann
USA
21-6 Tech
Win
153-32
Verlyn Strellner
USA
26-11 Tech
Win
152-32
Dan Severn
USA
18-2 Tech
Win
151-32
Bill Bragg
USA
12-4
Win
150-32
George Mink
USA
Pin

Wisconsin USWF Open

100kg
1st
April 7, 1978
Oshkosh, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
149-32
Scott Jerabek
USA
10-3
Win
148-32
Bruce FanFan
USA
Unknown
Win
147-32
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
146-32
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
145-32
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

AAU Nationals

90kg
1st
April 7, 1977
Ames, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
144-32
Laurent Soucie
USA
6-2
Win
143-32
Eric Wais
USA
15-3 Tech
Win
142-32
Glenn Vissers
USA
Pin
Win
141-32
Tom Hazell
USA
Pin
Win
140-32
Verlyn Strellner
USA
26-11 Tech
Win
139-32
Mitch Hull
USA
Pin
Win
138-32
Doug Klenovich
USA
Pin

Olympic Games

90kg
2nd
July 27, 1976
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
137-32
Levan Tediashvili
Soviet Union
11-5
Win
137-31
Horst Stottmeister
East Germany
13-8
Win
136-31
Pawel Kurczewski
Poland
13-4
Win
135-31
Barbaro Morgan
Cuba
Pin
Win
134-31
Yoshiaki Yatsu
Japan
Pin
Win
133-31
Shukri Lyutviev
Bulgaria
14-13
Win
132-31
Stelica Morcov
Romania
7-4

Olympic Team Trials Finals

90kg
1st
June 18, 1976
Brockport, NY
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
131-31
Laurent Soucie
USA
8-3

Olympic Team Trials

90kg
1st
May 13, 1976
Cleveland, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
130-31
Tom Hazell
USA
Unknown
Win
129-31
Laurent Soucie
USA
10-3
Win
128-31
Pete Leiskau
USA
Pin
Win
127-31
Mike Allison
USA
20-0 Tech
Win
126-31
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
125-31
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
124-31
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Olympic Regional Qualifier

90kg
1st
April 23, 1976
Ames, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
123-31
Steve Lovrien
USA
22-7 Tech
Win
122-31
Dennis Stearns
USA
Unknown
Win
121-31
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

AAU Nationals

90kg
1st
April 1, 1976
Cleveland, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
120-31
Terry Paice
Canada
Pin
Win
119-31
Vince Paolano
USA
Pin
Win
118-31
Tom Hazell
USA
Pin
Win
117-31
Unknown
Unknown
Pin
Win
116-31
Unknown
Unknown
Pin
Win
115-31
Unknown
Unknown
18-0 Tech

USWF Nationals

90kg
1st
March 26, 1976
Madison, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
114-31
Tom Hazell
USA
Pin
Win
113-31
Verlyn Strellner
USA
Pin
Win
112-31
Dennis Stearns
USA
Injury Default
Win
111-31
Ron Jeidy
USA
15-0 Tech
Win
110-31
Chris Spinnato
USA
Pin

USA vs Poland Dual

90kg
February 15, 1976
Giotrkow, Poland
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
109-31
Tomasz Busse
Poland
Decision

USA vs Poland Dual

90kg
February 14, 1976
Warsaw, Poland
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
108-31
Tomasz Busse
Poland
Decision

USA vs Poland Dual

90kg
February 10, 1976
Radom, Poland
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
107-31
Pawel Kurczewski
Poland
Decision

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
February 5, 1976
Makhachkala, Russia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
107-30
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Tbilisi Grand Prix

90kg
2nd
January 30, 1976
Tbilisi, Georgia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
107-29
Bekham Tungaev
Soviet Union
Decision
Loss
107-28
Ilya Mate
Soviet Union
6-5
Win
107-27
R Ruderman
Soviet Union
Decision
Win
106-27
G Minin
Soviet Union
Decision
Win
105-27
Seidov
Bulgaria
Pin

World Team Exhibition

90kg
January 25, 1976
Clarion, PA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
104-27
Bill Shuffstall
USA
Pin

Panther Freestyle Open

89kg
1st
December 20, 1975
Cedar Rapids, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
103-27
Pete Leiskau
USA
Unknown
Win
102-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
101-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Great Plains Open

86kg
1st
November 14, 1975
Lincoln, NE
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
100-27
Pete Leiskau
USA
Unknown
Win
99-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
98-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
97-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
96-27
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Pan American Games

90kg
1st
October 19, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
95-27
Terry Paice
Canada
Pin
Win
94-27
Barbaro Morgan
Cuba
Pin
Win
93-27
Javier Serrano
Mexico
Pin

World Championships

100kg
4th
September 15, 1975
Minsk, Belarus
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
92-27
Harald Buettner
East Germany
Decision
Win
92-26
Claude Pilon
Canada
Pin
Loss
91-26
Dimo Kostov
Bulgaria
Decision
Win
91-25
Max Schroeger
West Germany
Pin
Win
90-25
Petr Drozda
Czechoslovakia
Decision

World Team Trials Finals

100kg
1st
August 11, 1975
Forksville, PA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
89-25
Greg Wojciecowski AAU#!?
USA
Unknown
Win
88-25
Greg Wojciecowski AAU#!?
USA
Unknown

World Team Trials Finals

90kg
2nd
August 11, 1975
Forksville, PA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
87-25
Russ Hellickson
USA
6-4
Loss
87-24
Russ Hellickson
USA
7-2
Win
87-23
Tom Hazell
USA
Unknown
Win
86-23
Tom Hazell
USA
Unknown

AAU Nationals

90kg
2nd
March 20, 1975
Bloomington, IN
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
85-23
Tom Hazell
USA
Pin
Loss
84-23
Russ Hellickson
USA
7-3
Win
84-22
Richard Rotheiser
USA
Pin
Win
83-22
Eric Stuhr
USA
Pin
Win
82-22
Unknown
Unknown
Pin
Win
81-22
Unknown
Unknown
Pin
Win
80-22
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

National Clubs Invitational

90kg
February 16, 1975
Glenview, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
79-22
Mike McCready
USA
5-3
Win
78-22
Mayor Daley in consolations
USA
Unknown
Win
77-22
Geoff Baum
USA
Unknown

World Championships

90kg
3rd
September 6, 1973
Tehran, Iran
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
76-22
Horst Stottmeister
East Germany
Pin
Win
76-21
Dimo Kostov
Bulgaria
Pin
Win
75-21
Reza Khorrami
Iran
Decision
Loss
74-21
Levan Tediashvili
Soviet Union
Pin
Win
74-20
Karoly Bajko
Hungary
Pin
Win
73-20
Dimitrios Spirodopollos
Greece
Pin

World Team Trials Finals

90kg
August 12, 1973
Lancaster, PA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
72-20
Vince Paolano
USA
3-0
Win
71-20
Vince Paolano
USA
9-3

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
June 1, 1973
NYC, NY
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
70-20
Levan Tediashvili
Soviet Union
6-2

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
May 23, 1973
Madison, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
70-19
Levan Tediashvili
Soviet Union
7-2

World Cup

90kg
2nd
May 19, 1973
Toledo, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
70-18
Levan Tediashvili
Soviet Union
5-4
Win
70-17
Makoto Kamada
Japan
13-2 Tech
Win
69-17
Elvin Martin
Canada
Pin

World Cup Team Trials

90kg
1st
May 11, 1963
Toledo, OH
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
68-17
Willie Williams
USA
17-3 Tech

AAU Nationals

90kg
1st
April 26, 1973
Waukegan, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Draw
67-17
Vince Paolano
USA
Draw 4-4
Win
67-17
Willie Williams
USA
Unknown
Win
66-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
65-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
64-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
63-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
62-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
61-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Les Armes Olympic Review

90kg
April 15, 1973
Bloomington, IL
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
60-17
Willie Williams
USA
1-0

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
February 13, 1973
Leningrad, Russia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
59-17
V Marshanyan
Soviet Union
Decision

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
February 10, 1973
Baku, Azerbaijan
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Draw
58-17
Bekham Tungaev
Soviet Union
Draw

USA vs USSR Dual

90kg
February 7, 1973
Yerevan, Armenia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Draw
58-17
Gennady Strakhov
Soviet Union
Draw

Tbilisi Grand Prix

90kg
1st
February 3, 1973
Tbilisi, Georgia
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
58-17
Gennady Strakhov
Soviet Union
2-1
Win
57-17
Pawel Kurczewski
Poland
4-2
Win
56-17
Barbaro Morgan
Cuba
Pin
Win
55-17
Unknown
Soviet Union
Decision
Win
54-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
53-17
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Olympic Games

90kg
1st
August 27, 1972
Munich, West Germany
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
52-17
Rusi Petrov
Bulgaria
Pin
Win
51-17
Barbaro Morgan
Cuba
Pin
Win
50-17
Reza Khorrami
Iran
Decision
Draw
49-17
Gennady Strakhov
Soviet Union
2-2 Draw
Win
49-17
Raul Garcia
Mexico
Pin
Win
48-17
Pawel Kurczewski
Poland
7-4

Olympic Team Trials Finals

90kg
1st
July 27, 1972
Minneapolis, MN
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
47-17
Russ Hellickson
USA
9-2

Olympic Team Trials

90kg
1st
June 22, 1972
Anoka, MN
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
46-17
Russ Hellickson
USA
Pin
Win
45-17
Rick Arnold
USA
12-1 Tech
Win
44-17
Ben Ohai
USA
2-0
Win
43-17
Willie Williams
USA
3-1
Win
42-17
Randy Corn
USA
Pin
Win
41-17
Chris Stapleton
USA
10-2

Olympic Regional Qualifier

90kg
1st
April 14, 1972
Iowa City, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
40-17
Chris Stapleton
USA
Pin
Win
39-17
Evan Johnson
USA
Pin
Win
38-17
Paul Zander
USA
Forfeit
Win
37-17
Unknown
USA
Pin
Win
36-17
Unknown
USA
Pin
Win
35-17
Unknown
USA
31-0 Tech

Private Match - 82 kg wrestle off

82kg
April 7, 1972
Ames, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
34-17
John Peterson
USA
1 pt Decision

USWF Nationals

90kg
4th
March 31, 1972
Stillwater, OK
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
34-16
Russ Hellickson
USA
2-1
Loss
34-15
Bill Harlow
USA
8-0
Win
34-14
Geoff Baum
USA
3-2
Win
33-14
Jim Duschen
USA
4-2

USA vs USSR Dual

100kg
March 20, 1972
Anoka, MN
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
32-14
Shota Lomidze
Soviet Union
8-2

World Team Trials Finals

90kg
August 14, 1971
Annapolis, MD
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
32-13
Dave Curby
USA
Pin
Loss
31-13
Russ Hellickson
USA
4-1

World Team Trials

90kg
1st
August 9, 1971
Annapolis MD
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
31-12
Buck Deadrich
USA
3-1
Win
30-12
Randy Forrest
USA
5-1
Win
29-12
Dave Curby
USA
13-0 Tech
Win
28-12
Tom Jones
USA
Pin

Pan American Trials

90kg
3rd
May 7, 1971
Midwest City, OK
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
27-12
Fletcher Carr
USA
3-1
Draw
27-11
Russ Hellickson
USA
3-3 draw
Win
27-11
Wayne Baughman
USA
Unknown
Loss
26-11
Willie Williams
USA
6-2
Win
26-10
Dave Porter
USA
13-0 Tech

Great Plains Open

86kg
1st
December 18, 1970
Lincoln, NE
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
25-10
Rich Binek
USA
4-2
Win
24-10
Verlyn Strellner
USA
17-0 Tech
Win
23-10
Bill McCaulley
USA
7-1
Win
22-10
Steve Clark
USA
5-1
Win
21-10
Willie Williams
USA
11-3
Win
20-10
Mike Dorr
USA
6-0
Win
19-10
Allen Rubesh
USA
16-0 Tech

World Team Trials

82kg
June 13, 1970
Superior, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
18-10
Alex Porter
USA
6-3
Win
18-9
Steve DeVries
USA
7-0

AAU Nationals

90kg
8th
April 16, 1970
Lincoln, NE
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
17-9
Henk Schenk
USA
3-1
Loss
17-8
Tom Peckham
USA
Pin
Win
17-7
James Oesar
USA
20-0 Tech
Win
16-7
Danny Naleppa
USA
Pin

Phoenix College Christmas Freestyle

90kg
3rd
December 19, 1969
Phoenix, AZ
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
15-7
Chuck Jean or Lanny Westbrook
USA
Unknown
Win
15-6
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
14-6
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
13-6
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Win
12-6
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Great Plains Open

87kg
1st
December 12, 1969
Lincoln, NE
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
11-6
Don Gillespie
USA
7-1
Win
10-6
Keith Burchett
USA
9-0
Win
9-6
Greg Todd
USA
5-0
Win
8-6
Walter McNeela
USA
2-1

AAU Nationals

82kg
April 10, 1969
Waterloo, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
7-6
Jeff Stephens
USA
Pin
Loss
7-5
Bob Anderson
USA
6-0
Win
7-4
Tim Del Toro
USA
12-1 Tech

Great Plains Open

80kg
5th
December 20, 1968
Lincoln, NE
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
6-4
John Lightner
USA
Pin
Win
6-3
James Haug
USA
3-2
Loss
5-3
Chuck Jean
USA
9-0
Win
5-2
Larry Lyons
USA
16-0 Tech

Olympic Team Trials

87kg
May 9, 1968
Ames, IA
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Loss
4-2
Chuck Jean
USA
19-5 Tech
Loss
4-1
Russ Camilleri
USA
Pin

Olympic Regional Qualifier

87kg
1st
March 29, 1968
River Falls, WI
Result
Record
Opponent Name
Opp Nationality
Score
Win
4-0
Leo Liskow
USA
Pin
Win
3-0
Unknown
USA
Pin
Win
2-0
Unknown
USA
9-3
Win
1-0
Unknown
USA
8-2