The Men's Freestyle 74 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
0	0	'	TF / 5:39		4	4
3	3		8 - 14	'	1	1
0	0	'	TF / 4:20		4	4
0	0	'	TF / 8:46		4	4
4	4		TF / 2:09	'	0	0
0	0	'	TF / 2:45		4	4
0	0	'	TF / 0:52		4	4
4	4		6 - 25	'	0	0
1	1	'	9 - 2		3	3

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		TF / 4:54	'	0	3
8	4		TF / 0:55	'	0	1
0	0	'	TF / 7:59		4	4
8	4		TF / 8:01	'	0	4
8	4		TF / 1:58	'	0	0
0	0	'	TF / 2:42		4	8
0	0	'	TF / 1:24		4	8
8	4		TF / 2:59	'	0	1
1	1	'	8 - 6		3	6

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4		6 - 25	'	0	0
4	3		8 - 8	'	1	5
7	3		4 - 9	'	1	1
4	4		TF / 7:11	'	0	0
5	4		IN / 3:14	'	0	1
4				DNA

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3		8 - 12	'	1	1
9	4		2 - 20	'	0	1
4	0	'	DQ / 6:48		4	9
4.5	3.5		1 - 11	'	0.5	0.5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
2	1	'	9 - 4		3	7
5	4		D2 / 7:08		4	4.5
4.5		'		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7.5	3		5 - 6	'	1	6
2	0	'	TF / 1:59		4	8.5

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3		5 - 6	'	1
6	3		6 - 10	'	1
4	3		5 - 6	'	1	2

Final standings