Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	28–30 July
Competitors:	15
Nations:	15
Gold:	Illya Mate
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Slavcho Chervenkov
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Július Strnisko
Bronzenoc:	TCH
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Freestyle 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		TF / 4:28		0	0
4	4		TF / 3:45		0	0
0	0		IN / 6:46		4	4
0	0		TF / 2:46		4	4
0	0		TF / 3:42		4	4
4	4		TF / 1:22		0	0
0	0		DQ / 6:42		4	4
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0		18 - 3		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		TF / 0:48		4	bgcolor=pink	8
1	1		6 - 5		3	3
4	4		DQ / 7:02		0	0
4	0		TF / 2:42		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 1:14		0	0
4	4		DQ / 5:11		0	4
bgcolor=pink	4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1		10 - 6		3	3
1.5	0.5		11 - 3		3.5	bgcolor=pink	7.5
3	0		TF / 2:26		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		TF / 1:41		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 1:08		0	0

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	3		4 - 4		1	2.5
4	1		8 - 7		3	bgcolor=pink	6
1	1		6 - 4		3	3

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	7	3		2 - 9		1	2
4	0		DQ / 8:21		4	bgcolor=pink	6.5
3				Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1		6 - 4		3
3.5	0.5		11 - 3		3.5
1	0		15 - 3		4	7.5

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 14 April 2019.