Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg explained
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 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 / 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 | bgcolor=pink | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | | DQ / 4:56 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | | DQ / 8:27 | | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | DQ / 5:47 | | 0 | 1 |
| bgcolor=pink | 7 | 4 | | DQ / 5:07 | | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | | | Bye | | | |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 4 | 0 | | DQ / 6:46 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 8 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | DQ / 8:36 | | 0 | 5 |
| bgcolor=pink | 7 | 4 | | TF / 7:30 | | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | | 4 - 2 | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 7:10 | | 4 | 5 |
| 0 | | | | Bye | | | |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | 10 - 10 | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 8 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | TF / 3:37 | | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | | 2 - 4 | | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | | | Bye | | | |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| bgcolor=pink | 9 | 4 | | TF / 3:34 | | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | | D2 / 7:09 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 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 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130421/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-lightweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.
