Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates:	21–23 July
Competitors:	10
Nations:	10
Gold:	Vakhtang Blagidze
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Lajos Rácz
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Mladen Mladenov
Bronzenoc:	BUL
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 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 / 5:21		0	0
0	0		TF / 8:28		4	4
4	4		DQ / 6:49		0	0
3	3		6 - 7		1	1
4	4		DQ / 5:29		0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	7	3		3 - 4		1	1
0	0		TF / 2:43		4	bgcolor=pink	8
bgcolor=pink	8	4		6 - 19		0	3
0	0		DQ / 7:30		4	bgcolor=pink	8
5	4		D2 / 7:44		4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1		7 - 2		3	4
4	4		DQ / 7:57		0	5
bgcolor=pink	7	4		DQ / 7:30		0	4

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	0		TF / 3:57		4	bgcolor=pink	8
5	1		5 - 2		3	bgcolor=pink	8
4				Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1		7 - 2		3
	4		1 - 19		0	1
6	3		0 - 5		1	5

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

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