Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	22–24 July
Competitors:	13
Nations:	13
Gold:	Shamil Serikov
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Józef Lipień
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Benni Ljungbeck
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Greco-Roman 57 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		TF / 2:28		0	0
0.5	0.5		14 - 3		3.5	3.5
0	0		DQ / 6:45		4	4
0	0		DQ / 5:27		4	4
4	4		TF / 7:23		0	0
1	1		11 - 5		3	3
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0		TF / 4:26		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		TF / 1:25		4	4.5
bgcolor=pink	7.5	4		DQ / 7:37		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		DQ / 7:05		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		DQ / 8:43		0	4
4	4		TF / 7:17		0	1
3				Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0		TF / 4:00		4	4
1	1		3 - 2		3	3
5.5	1		6 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	7
1	1		10 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	7
1				Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
2	1		10 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	7
bgcolor=pink	7	4		DQ / 7:58		0	1
7.5	2		D1 / 8:11		4	bgcolor=pink	7
1				Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4		TF / 2:42		0	1
bgcolor=pink	6	4		D2 / 8:37		4	bgcolor=pink	11.5

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4		TF / 2:42		0
8	4		D2 / 8:25		4
1	1		11 - 4		3	7

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130425/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-bantamweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.