The Men's Freestyle 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

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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
3	3		2 - 9	'	1	1
4	4		TF / 1:44	'	0	0
3.5	3.5		5 - 13	'	0.5	0.5
4	4		DQ / 5:38	'	0	0
0	0	'	15 - 1		4	4
0	0	'	TF / 1:18		4	4
4	4		TF / 5:34	'	0	0
4	4		DQ / 8:36	'	0	0
4	4		DQ / 5:18	'	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	'	TF / 2:17		4	8
2	1	'	7 - 4		3	3
4.5	1	'	9 - 2		3	7
3.5	3		3 - 10	'	1	1
0.5	0.5	'	11 - 3		3.5	3.5
4	0	'	IN		4	8
4	0	'	TF / 7:16		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 4:29		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 4:38		4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	'	13 - 1		4	7
5	3		12 - 13	'	1	5.5
7	3.5		3 - 11	'	0.5	1
1	0	'	TF / 3:22		4	8
3.5	0	'	TF / 7:14		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 5:59		4	4
4		'		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4		1 - 19	'	0	3
9.5	4		TF / 3:18	'	0	1
4	3		1 - 6	'	1	1
4.5	1	'	6 - 3		3	7
5				DNA

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	3		7 - 11	'	1	5
2	1	'	6 - 2		3	7.5
1		'		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3		1 - 6	'	1
1	0	'	TF / 7:45		4
4	1	'	6 - 2		3	7

Final standings