The Men's Greco-Roman 68 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		DQ / 5:25	'	0	0
4	4		TF / 5:35	'	0	0
4	4		DQ / 5:16	'	0	0
4	4		TF / 0:58	'	0	0
0	0	'	DQ / 5:28		4	4
1	1	'	18 - 15		3	3
0	0	'	TF / 4:01		4	4
0		'		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		DQ / 4:26	'	0	4
3	3		2 - 7	'	1	5
0	0	'	TF / 3:48		4	8
0	0	'	DQ / 4:56		4	8
4	4		DQ / 8:27	'	0	0
8	4		DQ / 5:47	'	0	1
7	4		DQ / 5:07	'	0	0
4		'		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	0	'	DQ / 6:46		4	8
8	4		DQ / 8:36	'	0	5
7	4		TF / 7:30	'	0	0
1	1	'	4 - 2		3	7
0	0	'	TF / 7:10		4	5
0		'		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	'	10 - 10		3	8
8	4		TF / 3:37	'	0	0
4	3		2 - 4	'	1	1
5		'		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
9	4		TF / 3:34	'	0	0
4	4		D2 / 7:09		4	8
1		'		Bye

Final

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	0	'	TF / 3:08		4
	1	'	3 - 2		3	3
7	3		1 - 5	'	1	2

Final standings