The Men's Freestyle 100 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

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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 / 4:28	'	0	0
4	4		TF / 3:45	'	0	0
0	0	'	IN / 6:46		4	4
0	0	'	TF / 2:46		4	4
0	0	'	TF / 3:42		4	4
4	4		TF / 1:22	'	0	0
0	0	'	DQ / 6:42		4	4
0		'		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	'	18 - 3		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 0:48		4	8
1	1	'	6 - 5		3	3
4	4		DQ / 7:02	'	0	0
4	0	'	TF / 2:42		4	8
8	4		TF / 1:14	'	0	0
4	4		DQ / 5:11	'	0	4
4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	'	10 - 6		3	3
1.5	0.5	'	11 - 3		3.5	7.5
3	0	'	TF / 2:26		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 1:41		4	8
8	4		TF / 1:08	'	0	0

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	3		4 - 4	'	1	2.5
4	1	'	8 - 7		3	6
1	1	'	6 - 4		3	3

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3		2 - 9	'	1	2
4	0	'	DQ / 8:21		4	6.5
3		'		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	'	6 - 4		3
3.5	0.5	'	11 - 3		3.5
1	0	'	15 - 3		4	7.5

Final standings