Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle 74 kg
Games:1980 Summer
Venue:Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:28–30 July
Competitors:18
Nations:18
Gold:Valentin Raychev
Goldnoc:BUL
Silver:Jamtsyn Davaajav
Silvernoc:MGL
Bronze:Dan Karabin
Bronzenoc:TCH
Prev:1976
Next:1984

The Men's Freestyle 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
Penalties

Round 1

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
0 0 TF / 5:39 4 4
3 3 8 - 14 1 1
0 0 TF / 4:20 4 4
0 0 TF / 8:46 4 4
4 4 TF / 2:09 0 0
0 0 TF / 2:45 4 4
0 0 TF / 0:52 4 4
4 4 6 - 25 0 0
1 1 9 - 2 3 3

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
4 4 TF / 4:54 0 3
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 0:55 0 1
0 0 TF / 7:59 4 4
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 8:01 0 4
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 1:58 0 0
0 0 TF / 2:42 4 bgcolor=pink8
0 0 TF / 1:24 4 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 2:59 0 1
1 1 8 - 6 3 bgcolor=pink6

Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 4 6 - 25 0 0
4 3 8 - 8 1 5
bgcolor=pink7 3 4 - 9 1 1
4 4 TF / 7:11 0 0
5 4 IN / 3:14 0 1
bgcolor=pink4 DNA

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 3 8 - 12 1 1
bgcolor=pink9 4 2 - 20 0 1
4 0 DQ / 6:48 4 bgcolor=pink9
4.5 3.5 1 - 11 0.5 0.5

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
2 1 9 - 4 3 bgcolor=pink7
5 4 D2 / 7:08 4 4.5
4.5 Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7.5 3 5 - 6 1 6
2 0 TF / 1:59 4 bgcolor=pink8.5

Final

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
3 5 - 6 1
6 3 6 - 10 1
4 3 5 - 6 1 2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 April 2019.