Randy Lewis Wins Olympic Gold against Kosei Akaishi of Japan

[ericokurowski]

what a fucking match. new freestyle rules blow.

[TheSWAFF]

Its a shame that with the current system of freestyle wrestling you wont get to see high scoring/high action matches like this. A lot of wrestlers won't do much if they know they get to lock in the clinch. Just a different era in wrestling I guess.

[psutick]

@kingshahine You're retarded

[HAWKMAN595]

Kinda sloppy in my eyes, he doesn't try to sprawl,keep his hips up, but he is good at reversals.....

[125riptide]

@HAWKMAN595 where's your olympic gold?

[justinknag]

nice no gi uchi mata by lewis

[lilAKboi]

i met randy lewis

[shootnmove]

Damn, 19 years old... Shit !

[lesnarfan76]

go america!!!

[oldaardvark]

Curt Gowdy: "The scoring is very suggestive."

[sdnvkjlsnfjibvjajkfa]

my dad wrestled him.......and he got his ass kicked

[kingshahine]

this japanese guy was technically better than the american.

he intiated every move, and almost took him down every time in the beginning especially. but hte american was far stronger and bigger so he could reverse him

[nuffman05]

@kingshahine If you knew anything aout randy lewis' wrestling style you would know that he doesnt like to shoot alot and goes for defensive scores more ofthan than offensive scores. plus the ending result of the match clearly shows who was the better wrestler here...

[1MatDog2]

this guy taught me at my wrestling camp

[ricksgay69]

Wow I saw him wrestle at iowa also he even beat some of the college kids. He was just to old but it sure was fun when all eyes were on him.

[gerberzy]

The counter king....Great videos!

[thurmanmunsonlives]

I was fortunate enough to grow up in Iowa City, IA and watch Lewis and the Banach brothers wrestle for the Hawkeyes. Just unbelievable to have those kind of guys in the old Fieldhouse bringing the pain to anyone who came in there. If you threw Randy Lewis in the middle of Lake Michigan he wouldn't get wet.

[marinolman]

What i love about the guy is damn he can drink some beers!

[oz1222]

WOW!!!!!!!! That is amazing. Technical Fall in the olympic finals.

[mcSHTT]

WOW. that was INTENSE!!!

[SoapSudz101]

that japanese wrestler has nothing to be ashamed of, one of the best matches ive seen.

[cbneely]

Thank you, thank you very much for posting this video. I haven't seen it for almost 20 years. Randy Lewis's gold-medal match and that reach-back-hook-the-lat "army throw" in particular inspired me immeasurably. I have been waiting for this match to appear online, and you have done it. Cheers!

[svosrt]

Randy is my all time favorite wrestlers - Amazing guy in terms of wrestling & I'd love to play Blackjack with him sometime. Too bad we boycotted the '80 Olympics.

[swf12]

what a match!

[SLH130]

randy lewis is The BEST

[jr153]

Geez... I've wanted to see this match for a long time. Easily one of the most exciting matches I've ever seen! I wonder if Lewis crapped himself a couple of times in that match... rare to see someone almost pinned twice and still dominate.