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 20 and 31 July.[1]

Medal summary

Freestyle

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

Greco-Roman

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

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


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
11	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 nations)		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)

References

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

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[SR-1] "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.