Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	27–29 July
Competitors:	13
Nations:	13
Gold:	Magomedgasan Abushev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Miho Dukov
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Georgios Hatziioannidis
Bronzenoc:	GRE
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Freestyle 62 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 / 3:33		4	4
0	0		DQ / 7:30		4	4
4	4		TF / 5:27		0	0
0	0		TF / 4:57		4	4
0	0		DQ / 7:52		4	4
1	1		17 - 10		3	3
0				Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4		2 - 15		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		1 - 16		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 2:18		0	4
1	1		8 - 8		3	3
4	0		TF / 4:24		4	4
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 0:58		0	1
3				Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	6.5	3.5		4 - 15		0.5	4.5
1	1		8 - 4		3	3
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 8:58		0	3
1.5	0.5		16 - 8		3.5	bgcolor=pink	7.5
bgcolor=pink	8	4		DQ / 5:06		0	1

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	1		10 - 5		3	bgcolor=pink	6
2	1		4 - 2		3	4.5
3	0		18 - 5		4	5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	8.5	3		3 - 10		1	5.5
2.5	0.5		9 - 1		3.5	bgcolor=pink	6.5
5				Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1		4 - 2		3
	3.5		3 - 14		0.5	1.5
3	0		TF / 2:04		4	7.5

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 April 2019.