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:	29–31 July
Competitors:	12
Nations:	12
Gold:	Soslan Andiyev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	József Balla
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Adam Sandurski
Bronzenoc:	POL
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
1	1	11 - 5	3	3
4	4	TF / 1:15	0	0
0.5	0.5	10 - 1	3.5	3.5
3	3	5 - 7	1	1
4	4	DQ / 8:37	0	0
4	4	DQ / 6:29	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4		DQ / 5:46		0	4
bgcolor=pink	7	4		TF / 1:28		0	0
4.5	4		TF / 1:05		0	3
bgcolor=pink	7.5	4		TF / 0:37		0	1
4	0		TF / 0:58		4	bgcolor=pink	8
0	0		DQ / 6:52		4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	9	4		TF / 2:06		0	0
bgcolor=pink	8	4		IN / 2:43		0	4.5
4	1		5 - 3		3	bgcolor=pink	7
1	0		DQ / 4:55		4	4
4				Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP			TPP
bgcolor=pink	8	4	TF / 5:01	0	0
bgcolor=pink	8.5	4	TF / 0:40	0	1
bgcolor=pink	7	3	4 - 6	1	5

Final

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

TPP	MPP	Score	MPP	TPP
	0	DQ / 4:55	4
	3	3 - 6	1	1
5	1	4 - 4	3	6

External links

Official Report

Notes and References

Web site: Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-super-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 14 April 2019.