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1982 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for 9 of the 10 weights.

Why 1 weight has no bracket

10weights
10individual champions
491bouts
75wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Gary Albright, Nebraska · 4 falls in 15:51

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Individual champions

1982 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Barry Davis (1)IowaIowaDec 7–5 over Kevin Darkus (3), Iowa State
126Dan Cuestas (1) · 2nd titleCalifornia-BakersfieldCalifornia-BakersfieldDec 10–4 over Scott Barrett, Boise State (ID)
134CD Mock (2)North CarolinaNorth CarolinaDec 9–2 over Don Reese (5), Bloomsburg (PA)
142Andre Metzger (2) · 2nd titleOklahomaOklahomaDec 9–6 over Lennie Zalesky (1), Iowa
150Nate Carr Sr. (2) · 2nd titleIowa StateIowa StateDec 5–3 over Kenny Monday (1), Oklahoma State
158Jim Zalesky (2)IowaIowaDec 10–3 over Perry Shea (4), California-Bakersfield
167Dave Schultz (2) · 2nd titleOklahomaOklahomaDec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Mike Sheets (1), Oklahoma State
177Mark Schultz (2) · 2nd titleOklahomaOklahomaMD 16–8 over Ed Banach (1), Iowa
190Pete Bush (4)IowaIowaDec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Mike Mann (2), Iowa State
UnlimitedBruce Baumgartner (1)Indiana StateIndiana StateDec 4–2 over Steve Williams (3), Oklahoma

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1982

1982 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Iowa131.75
2Iowa State111
3Oklahoma109
4Oklahoma State71.75
5North Carolina47
6Nebraska40.25
7Indiana State33
8Lehigh (PA)31.75
9San Jose State (CA)26.75
10Northern Iowa26
11North Carolina State24.75
12Missouri23.5
13Bloomsburg (PA)23.25
14Penn State20.25
15Boise State (ID)20
16Minnesota17.75
17Navy (MD)17
18Oregon16.5
19Eastern Illinois15.75
20Louisiana State14.5
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1982 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
21Clarion (PA)13.5
22Wisconsin13
23New Mexico11.25
T24California-Poly10.5
T24Michigan10.5
26Michigan State10
27Miami (OH)9.75
28Syracuse (NY)9.5
29Ohio State7.75
30Old Dominion (VA)7.25
T31Arizona State7
T31Yale (CT)7
33Tennessee6.5
34Brigham Young (UT)6.25
T35Harvard (MA)6
T35Wilkes (PA)6
37Columbia (NY)5.5
38Tennessee-Chattanooga5
39Rider (NJ)4.5
T40Army (NY)4
T40Oregon State4
42Slippery Rock (PA)3.25
43Kentucky3
T44Kent State (OH)2.5
T44Pittsburgh (PA)2.5
T46Clemson (SC)2
T46West Chester (PA)2
48Washington State1.75
T49Cleveland State (OH)1.5
T49James Madison (VA)1.5
T49Nevada-Las Vegas1.5
T49Toledo (OH)1.5
T49Utah State1.5
T49William & Mary (VA)1.5
T55Boston (MA)1
T55Bucknell (PA)1
T55Lock Haven (PA)1
T55Millersville (PA)1
T55Stanford (CA)1
T55Youngstown State (OH)1
T61Ball State (IN)0.5
T61Colorado State0.5
T61Idaho State0.5
T61Wyoming0.5
45 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1982 scoring rules.

1982 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
6*California-Bakersfield46.75*
30*Brockport (NY)8.5*
30*Nebraska Omaha8.5*
49*St. Lawrence (NY)2*
53*North Dakota State1.5*
53*Northern Michigan1.5*
61*Ashland (OH)1*
61*Minnesota-Morris1*
61*Morgan State (MD)1*
61*Wheaton (IL)1*
75*Air Force (CO)0*
75*Appalachian State (NC)0*
75*Augustana (SD)0*
75*Boston College (MA)0*
75*Bowling Green (OH)0*
75*California-Fullerton0*
75*Central Michigan0*
75*Central Missouri0*
75*Citadel (SC)0*
75*George Mason (VA)0*
75*George Washington (DC)0*
75*Hofstra (NY)0*
75*Illinois0*
75*Indiana (IN)0*
75*Jacksonville State (AL)0*
75*John Carroll (OH)0*
75*Lake Superior State (MI)0*
75*Marquette (WI)0*
75*Massachusetts0*
75*Minnesota Duluth0*
75*Montana State0*
75*New Hampshire0*
75*New Jersey (TCNJ)0*
75*North Dakota0*
75*Northern Illinois0*
75*Northwestern (IL)0*
75*Ohio0*
75*Oswego (NY)0*
75*Pennsylvania0*
75*Princeton (NJ)0*
75*Southern Illinois Edwardsville0*
75*Temple (PA)0*
75*Virginia0*
75*Virginia Military0*
75*Weber State (UT)0*

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