Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	CSKA Sports Complex
Dates	20–31 July
Competitors	266 from 35 nations
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Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 kg
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Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events (all — men's individual). They were split into two disciplines (ten events each): Freestyle and Greco-Roman. All events were held in the Wrestling hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow) between 20 and 31 July.^[1]

Medal summary

Freestyle

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Claudio Pollio  Italy	Jang Se-hong  North Korea	Sergei Kornilayev  Soviet Union
52 kg details	Anatoli Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Władysław Stecyk  Poland	Nermedin Selimov  Bulgaria
57 kg details	Sergei Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Li Ho-pyong  North Korea	Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold  Mongolia
62 kg details	Magomedgasan Abushev  Soviet Union	Miho Dukov  Bulgaria	Georgios Hatziioannidis  Greece
68 kg details	Saipulla Absaidov  Soviet Union	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria	Šaban Sejdi  Yugoslavia
74 kg details	Valentin Raychev  Bulgaria	Jamtsyn Davaajav  Mongolia	Dan Karabin  Czechoslovakia
82 kg details	Ismail Abilov  Bulgaria	Magomedkhan Aratsilov  Soviet Union	István Kovács  Hungary
90 kg details	Sanasar Oganisyan  Soviet Union	Uwe Neupert  East Germany	Aleksander Cichoń  Poland
100 kg details	Illya Mate  Soviet Union	Slavcho Chervenkov  Bulgaria	Július Strnisko  Czechoslovakia
+100 kg details	Soslan Andiyev  Soviet Union	József Balla  Hungary	Adam Sandurski  Poland

Greco-Roman

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov  Soviet Union	Constantin Alexandru  Romania	Ferenc Seres  Hungary
52 kg details	Vakhtang Blagidze  Soviet Union	Lajos Rácz  Hungary	Mladen Mladenov  Bulgaria
57 kg details	Shamil Serikov  Soviet Union	Józef Lipień  Poland	Benni Ljungbeck  Sweden
62 kg details	Stelios Mygiakis  Greece	István Tóth  Hungary	Boris Kramarenko  Soviet Union
68 kg details	Ștefan Rusu  Romania	Andrzej Supron  Poland	Lars-Erik Skiöld  Sweden
74 kg details	Ferenc Kocsis  Hungary	Anatoly Bykov  Soviet Union	Mikko Huhtala  Finland
82 kg details	Gennadi Korban  Soviet Union	Jan Dołgowicz  Poland	Pavel Pavlov  Bulgaria
90 kg details	Norbert Növényi  Hungary	Ihar Kanyhin  Soviet Union	Petre Dicu  Romania
100 kg details	Georgi Raikov  Bulgaria	Roman Bierła  Poland	Vasile Andrei  Romania
+100 kg details	Oleksandr Kolchynskyy  Soviet Union	Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria	Hassan Bechara  Lebanon

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	12	3	2	17
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	4	3	10
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	3	2	7
4	Romania (ROU)	1	1	2	4
5	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	5	2	7
8	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	0	2
9	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
10	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	2	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
13	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		20	20	20	60

Participating nations

A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:^[1]

Afghanistan (8)  Algeria (3)  Australia (3)  Austria (5)  Belgium (3)  Bulgaria (20)  Cameroon (6)  Cuba (10)  Czechoslovakia (8)

Denmark (2)  East Germany (9)  Finland (8)  France (2)  Great Britain (6)  Greece (5)  Hungary (19)  India (6)  Iraq (9)

Italy (6)  Lebanon (1)  Mexico (2)  Mongolia (13)  Nigeria (1)  North Korea (3)  Peru (2)  Poland (20)  Romania (20)

Senegal (3)  Soviet Union (20)  Spain (2)  Sweden (8)  Switzerland (1)  Syria (17)  Vietnam (5)  Yugoslavia (10)

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

Sources

• "Wrestling" (pdf). Olympic Review (154). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 436–438. August 1980. Retrieved 20 February 2008.