The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

as part of the wrestling program

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events . They were split into two disciplines : Freestyle and Greco-Roman...

 were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army

CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow is a major Russian sports club based in Moscow. It is popularly referred to in the West as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team" because during the Soviet era, it was a part of the Armed Forces sports society, which in turn was associated with the Soviet Army...

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Medalists

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• IN — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Passivity
• D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
• FF — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• TPP — Total penalty points
• MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		TF / 4:18	'	0	0
4	4		TF / 3:48	'	0	0
0	0	'	DQ / 5:37		4	4
1	1	'	13 - 11		3	3
4	4		D2 / 7:06		4	4
3	3		5 - 8	'	1	1

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4		D2 / 7:00		4	8
4	4		DQ / 5:42	'	0	0
0	0	'	DQ / 7:50		4	5
4	0	'	DQ / 7:01		4	7
4	0	'	TF / 2:17		4	7
8	4		D2 / 7:09		4	5

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4		TF / 5:41	'	0	0
0	0	'	DQ / 8:01		4	8
9	4		DQ / 5:34	'	0	4
5		'		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	3		3 - 4	'	1	1
1	1	'	11 - 4		3	7

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	'	11 - 4		3
	3		7 - 13	'	1	2
3	0	'	TF / 1:28		4	7

Final standings