Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Sports Club of the Army
Dates22–24 July
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ștefan Rusu  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrzej Supron  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lars-Erik Skiöld  Sweden
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Wrestling at the
1980 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 kg
+100 kg+100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 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]

Medalists

Gold Ștefan Rusu
 Romania
Silver Andrzej Supron
 Poland
Bronze Lars-Erik Skiöld
 Sweden

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  Lionel Lacaze (FRA) DQ / 5:25  Ferenc Čaba (YUG) 0 0
4 4  Ivan Atanasov (BUL) TF / 5:35  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 0 0
4 4  Tapio Sipilä (FIN) DQ / 5:16  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 0 0
4 4  Mohamed Moualek (ALG) TF / 0:58  Károly Gaál (HUN) 0 0
0 0  Andrzej Supron (POL) DQ / 5:28  Sakhidad Hamidi (AFG) 4 4
1 1  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) 18 - 15  Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud (IRQ) 3 3
0 0  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) TF / 4:01  Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) 4 4
0  Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) Bye

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) DQ / 4:26  Lionel Lacaze (FRA) 0 4
3 3  Ferenc Čaba (YUG) 2 - 7  Ivan Atanasov (BUL) 1 5
0 0  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) TF / 3:48  Tapio Sipilä (FIN) 4 8
0 0  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) DQ / 4:56  Mohamed Moualek (ALG) 4 8
4 4  Károly Gaál (HUN) DQ / 8:27  Andrzej Supron (POL) 0 0
8 4  Sakhidad Hamidi (AFG) DQ / 5:47  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) 0 1
7 4  Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud (IRQ) DQ / 5:07  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) 0 0
4  Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) Bye

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 0  Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) DQ / 6:46  Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) 4 8
8 4  Lionel Lacaze (FRA) DQ / 8:36  Ivan Atanasov (BUL) 0 5
7 4  Ferenc Čaba (YUG) TF / 7:30  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 0 0
1 1  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 4 - 2  Károly Gaál (HUN) 3 7
0 0  Andrzej Supron (POL) TF / 7:10  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) 4 5
0  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) Bye

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1 1  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) 10 - 10  Ivan Atanasov (BUL) 3 8
8 4  Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) TF / 3:37  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 0 0
4 3  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 2 - 4  Andrzej Supron (POL) 1 1
5  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) Bye

Round 5

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
9 4  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) TF / 3:34  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) 0 0
4 4  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) D2 / 7:09  Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 4 8
1  Andrzej Supron (POL) Bye

Final

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0  Andrzej Supron (POL) TF / 3:08  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) 4
1  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 3 - 2  Andrzej Supron (POL) 3 3
7 3  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) 1 - 5  Ștefan Rusu (ROU) 1 2

Final standings

  1.  Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
  2.  Andrzej Supron (POL)
  3.  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
  4.  Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
  5.  Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL)
  6.  Ivan Atanasov (BUL)
  7.  Reinhard Hartmann (AUT)
  8.  Károly Gaál (HUN)

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.