Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	21–23 July
Competitors:	14
Nations:	14
Gold:	Ferenc Kocsis
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Anatoly Bykov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Mikko Huhtala
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Greco-Roman 74 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
0	0		TF / 4:38		4	4
4	4		DQ / 7:57		0	0
3	3		6 - 8		1	1
4	4		TF / 3:35		0	0
1	1		6 - 5		3	3
4	4		TF / 1:31		0	0
1	1		12 - 6		3	3

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0		DQ / 7:13		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 2:28		0	0
3	0		TF / 2:47		4	bgcolor=pink	8
2	1		3 - 3		3	3
1	0		DQ / 4:58		4	bgcolor=pink	8
4	1		4 - 3		3	4
0	0		DQ / 5:56		4	bgcolor=pink	7

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1		4 - 3		3	3
bgcolor=pink	7	4		DQ / 7:08		0	3
5	3		2 - 4		1	2
bgcolor=pink	7	3		3 - 7		1	1
4				Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 2:45		0	1
4	1		6 - 2		3	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	6	3		4 - 10		1	3
1				Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4		TF / 5:44		0	1
bgcolor=pink	7	3		4 - 5		1	4

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4		TF / 5:44		0
7	3		4 - 7		1
2	2		D1 / 7:21		4	5

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-welterweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.