The Men's Freestyle 62 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
0	0	'	TF / 3:33		4	4
0	0	'	DQ / 7:30		4	4
4	4		TF / 5:27	'	0	0
0	0	'	TF / 4:57		4	4
0	0	'	DQ / 7:52		4	4
1	1	'	17 - 10		3	3
0		'		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		2 - 15	'	0	0
8	4		1 - 16	'	0	0
8	4		TF / 2:18	'	0	4
1	1	'	8 - 8		3	3
4	0	'	TF / 4:24		4	4
8	4		TF / 0:58	'	0	1
3		'		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6.5	3.5		4 - 15	'	0.5	4.5
1	1	'	8 - 4		3	3
8	4		TF / 8:58	'	0	3
1.5	0.5	'	16 - 8		3.5	7.5
8	4		DQ / 5:06	'	0	1

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	1	'	10 - 5		3	6
2	1	'	4 - 2		3	4.5
3	0	'	18 - 5		4	5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8.5	3		3 - 10	'	1	5.5
2.5	0.5	'	9 - 1		3.5	6.5
5		'		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	'	4 - 2		3
	3.5		3 - 14	'	0.5	1.5
3	0	'	TF / 2:04		4	7.5

Final standings