Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	20–22 July
Competitors:	15
Nations:	15
Gold:	Norbert Növényi
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Igor Kanygin
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Petre Dicu
Bronzenoc:	ROU
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The men's Greco-Roman 90 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 / 2:22		0	0
4	4		TF / 5:39		0	0
3	3		13 - 16		1	1
0.5	0.5		11 - 3		3.5	3.5
4	4		DQ / 7:50		0	0
0	0		DQ / 7:09		4	4
2	2		D1 / 4:38		4	4
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3		9 - 15		1	5
0	0		TF / 2:38		4	bgcolor=pink	8
4	4		TF / 1:10		0	3
1	0		19 - 0		4	4.5
bgcolor=pink	7.5	4		TF / 5:53		0	4
4	4		D1 / 6:50		2	2
4	0		DQ / 4:58		4	bgcolor=pink	6
4				Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4.5	0.5		9 - 1		3.5	bgcolor=pink	6.5
bgcolor=pink	9	4		TF / 4:46		0	4
0	0		TF / 5:25		4	bgcolor=pink	7
1	0		TF / 1:45		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	3.5		2 - 10		0.5	2.5
5	1		6 - 2		3	bgcolor=pink	7

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8.5	4		TF / 5:57		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 5:29		0	5
4	3		5 - 7		1	3.5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1		7 - 6		3	bgcolor=pink	6.5
bgcolor=pink	7	3		2 - 3		1	6

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4		D1 / 6:50		2
	1		7 - 6		3	5
2	1		4 - 1		3	7

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 April 2019.