Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	29–31 July
Competitors:	14
Nations:	14
Gold:	Ismail Abilov
Goldnoc:	BUL
Silver:	Magomedkhan Aratsilov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	István Kovács
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Freestyle 82 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
1	1		3 - 3		3	3
4	4		TF / 4:21		0	0
4	4		TF / 4:01		0	0
4	4		DQ / 7:59		0	0
4	4		TF / 1:43		0	0
4	4		TF / 5:04		0	0
4	4		TF / 7:31		0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	0		TF / 4:48		4	bgcolor=pink	8
3	0		DQ / 6:58		4	4
bgcolor=pink	7	3		5 - 11		1	1
0	0		TF / 0:46		4	bgcolor=pink	8
1	1		14 - 11		3	bgcolor=pink	7
0	0		TF / 1:48		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0				Bye
bgcolor=pink	4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3		3 - 4		1	2
bgcolor=pink	7	4		DQ / 7:25		0	0
bgcolor=pink	7.5	3.5		6 - 15		0.5	1.5
5	4		DQ / 5:49		0	0

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	7	4		TF / 4:19		0	0
3	1		6 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	8
5.5	4		TF / 5:49		0	0

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	1		7 - 4		3	bgcolor=pink	8.5
1	1		8 - 4		3	3

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1		8 - 4		3
	4		TF / 1:48		0	1
3	0		18 - 1		4	8

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-middleweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 April 2019.