Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue CSKA Sports Complex
Dates 20 – 31 July
Competitors 266 from 35 nations

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 July 20 and July 31.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
 Claudio Pollio (ITA)  Jang Se-Hong (PRK)  Sergei Kornilayev (URS)
52 kg
 Anatoli Beloglazov (URS)  Władysław Stecyk (POL)  Nermedin Selimov (BUL)
57 kg
 Sergei Beloglazov (URS)  Li Ho-Pyong (PRK)  Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL)
62 kg
 Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)  Miho Dukov (BUL)  Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)
68 kg
 Saipulla Absaidov (URS)  Ivan Yankov (BUL)  Šaban Sejdi (YUG)
74 kg
 Valentin Raychev (BUL)  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)  Dan Karabin (TCH)
82 kg
 Ismail Abilov (BUL)  Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)  István Kovács (HUN)
90 kg
 Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)  Uwe Neupert (GDR)  Aleksander Cichoń (POL)
100 kg
 Illya Mate (URS)  Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)  Július Strnisko (TCH)
+100 kg
 Soslan Andiyev (URS)  József Balla (HUN)  Adam Sandurski (POL)

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
 Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov (URS)  Constantin Alexandru (ROU)  Ferenc Seres (HUN)
52 kg
 Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)  Lajos Rácz (HUN)  Mladen Mladenov (BUL)
57 kg
 Shamil Serikov (URS)  Józef Lipień (POL)  Benni Ljungbeck (SWE)
62 kg
 Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)  István Tóth (HUN)  Boris Kramarenko (URS)
68 kg
 Ştefan Rusu (ROU)  Andrzej Supron (POL)  Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
74 kg
 Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)  Anatoly Bykov (URS)  Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
82 kg
 Gennadi Korban (URS)  Jan Dołgowicz (POL)  Pavel Pavlov (BUL)
90 kg
 Norbert Növényi (HUN)  Ihar Kanyhin (URS)  Petre Dicu (ROU)
100 kg
 Georgi Raikov (BUL)  Roman Bierła (POL)  Vasile Andrei (ROU)
+100 kg
 Oleksandr Kolchynskyy (URS)  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)  Hassan Bechara (LIB)
Illya Mate (USSR, in red) and Július Strnisko (Czechoslovakia, in blue) at the 1980 Summer Olympics. RIAN photo.
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (USSR, in red) and Pavel Hristov (Bulgaria, in blue) at the 1980 Summer Olympics. RIAN photo.

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)123217
2 Bulgaria (BUL)34310
3 Hungary (HUN)2327
4 Romania (ROU)1124
5 Greece (GRE)1012
6 Italy (ITA)1001
7 Poland (POL)0527
8 North Korea (PRK)0202
9 Mongolia (MGL)0112
10 East Germany (GDR)0101
11 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0022
 Sweden (SWE)0022
13 Finland (FIN)0011
 Lebanon (LIB)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (15 nations)20202060


Participating nations

A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:

See also

References

    "Wrestling" (pdf). Olympic Review. Lausanne: International Olympic Committee (154): 436–438. August 1980. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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