Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	22–24 July
Competitors:	9
Nations:	9
Gold:	Alexander Kolchinsky
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Aleksandar Tomov
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Hassan Bechara
Bronzenoc:	LIB
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.^[1]

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 / 3:57		0	0
4	4		TF / 2:44		0	0
4	4		DQ / 7:50		0	0
4	4		D2 / 7:02		4	4
4	4		TF / 6:57		0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	0		DQ / 0:26		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		DQ / 5:16		4	4
4	0		DQ / 4:46		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		TF / 0:55		4	bgcolor=pink	8
4	0		DQ / 4:31		4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4		D1 / 7:11		2	6
0	0		DQ / 7:25		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		TF / 2:09		4	bgcolor=pink	8
4				Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 0:55		0	0
bgcolor=pink	10	4		DQ / 6:43		0	0

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4		TF / 0:55		0
8	4		TF / 1:40		0
3	3		2 - 4		1	1

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-super-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.