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Light-Flyweight, Freestyle (≤48 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 29 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationLegkoatletichesky manezh, Legkoatletichesky Futbolny Kompleks CSKA, Moskva
Participants14 from 14 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

The event was missing Robert Weaver, American silver medalist at the 1979 World Championships, but the favorite, in any event, was Soviet Sergey Kornilayev, World Champion in 1978-79, who would also win that title again in 1981-82. He seemed well on his way to the gold medal, reaching the final round with only 1.0 bad points, where he was joined by Italy’s Claudio Pollio, and North Korean Jang Se-Hong. Pollio had already defeated Jang in round four, but he lost the first match of the final to Kornilayev. Then in the final match of the event Jang stunningly threw Kornilayev in 7:23, which gave the gold medal to Pollio in a major upset. He had competed at the 1976 Olympics, without placing, and his best finish at a major international had been fourth at the 1980 Europeans. Through 2012 Italian wrestlers have won several Olympic golds, but Pollio’s is the only one in freestyle.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Claudio PollioITAGold
2Jang Se-HongPRKSilver
3Sergey KornilayevURSBronze
4Jan FalandysPOL
5Mahabir SinghIND
6László BíróHUN
7Rumen YordanovBUL
8Gheorghe RașovanROU
ACMohammad AktarAFGEliminated r3/68,0
ACJorge FríasMEXEliminated r3/68,0
ACGombyn KhishigbaatarMGLEliminated r2/67,0
ACMohammed Qassim JabbarIRQEliminated r2/68,0
ACKhaled El-Ali El-RifaiSYREliminated r2/68,0
ACNguyễn Văn CôngVIEEliminated r2/68,0

Round One (27 July 1980 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mohammad AktarAFG0,0
=1Rumen YordanovBUL0,0
=1László BíróHUN0,0
=1Jang Se-HongPRK0,0
=1Sergey KornilayevURS0,0
=6Mahabir SinghIND1,0
=6Claudio PollioITA1,0
=8Jan FalandysPOL3,0
=8Gheorghe RașovanROU3,0
=10Mohammed Qassim JabbarIRQ4,0
=10Jorge FríasMEX4,0
=10Gombyn KhishigbaatarMGL4,0
=10Khaled El-Ali El-RifaiSYR4,0
=10Nguyễn Văn CôngVIE4,0

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
fall (2:35)
Jorge FríasMEX
Match #2 Rumen YordanovBUL
fall (7:53)
Khaled El-Ali El-RifaiSYR
Match #3 László BíróHUN
fall (4:39)
Nguyễn Văn CôngVIE
Match #4 Mahabir SinghIND
decision (15-2)
Gheorghe RașovanROU
Match #5 Claudio PollioITA
decision (8-4)
Jan FalandysPOL
Match #6 Mohammad AktarAFG
fall (1:27)
Mohammed Qassim JabbarIRQ
Match #7 Jang Se-HongPRK
fall (7:43)
Gombyn KhishigbaatarMGL

Round Two (27 July 1980 — 18:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Jang Se-HongPRK0,0
=1Sergey KornilayevURS0,0
3Mahabir SinghIND1,0
4Claudio PollioITA2,0
=5Rumen YordanovBUL3,0
=5Jan FalandysPOL3,0
=5Gheorghe RașovanROU3,0
=8Mohammad AktarAFG4,0
=8László BíróHUN4,0
10Jorge FríasMEX5,0
11Gombyn KhishigbaatarMGL7,0eliminated
=12Mohammed Qassim JabbarIRQ8,0eliminated
=12Khaled El-Ali El-RifaiSYR8,0eliminated
=12Nguyễn Văn CôngVIE8,0eliminated

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
fall (0:44)
Khaled El-Ali El-RifaiSYR
Match #2 Jorge FríasMEX
decision (12-10)
Rumen YordanovBUL
Match #3 Gheorghe RașovanROU
fall (7:18)
László BíróHUN
Match #4 Mahabir SinghIND
fall (3:56)
Nguyễn Văn CôngVIE
Match #5 Jan FalandysPOL
decision (23-0)
Mohammad AktarAFG
Match #6 Claudio PollioITA
decision (17-10)
Gombyn KhishigbaatarMGL
Match #7 Jang Se-HongPRK
fall (2:41)
Mohammed Qassim JabbarIRQ

Round Three (28 July 1980 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Jang Se-HongPRK0,0
2Sergey KornilayevURS1,0
3Mahabir SinghIND1,5
4Jan FalandysPOL3,0
5László BíróHUN5,0
6Claudio PollioITA5,5
7Rumen YordanovBUL6,0eliminated
8Gheorghe RașovanROU7,0eliminated
=9Mohammad AktarAFG8,0eliminated
=9Jorge FríasMEX8,0eliminated

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
decision (8-6)
Rumen YordanovBUL
Match #2 László BíróHUN
decision (12-11)
Jorge FríasMEX
Match #3 Jan FalandysPOL
fall (1:47)
Gheorghe RașovanROU
Match #4 Mahabir SinghIND
decision (15-5)
Claudio PollioITA
Match #5 Jang Se-HongPRK
fall (8:30)
Mohammad AktarAFG

Round Four (28 July 1980 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Sergey KornilayevURS1,0
2Jan FalandysPOL3,5
3Jang Se-HongPRK4,0
4Mahabir SinghIND5,0
5Claudio PollioITA5,5
6László BíróHUN9,0eliminated

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
decision (17-4)
László BíróHUN
Match #2 Jan FalandysPOL
decision (14-5)
Mahabir SinghIND
Match #3 Claudio PollioITA
DQ (7:12)
Jang Se-HongPRK

Round Five (29 July 1980 — 11:30)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Sergey KornilayevURS1,0
2Jang Se-HongPRK5,0
3Claudio PollioITA5,5
4Jan FalandysPOL6,5eliminated
5Mahabir SinghIND9,0eliminated

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
decision (21-1)
Mahabir SinghIND
Match #2 Jang Se-HongPRK
decision (13-8)
Jan FalandysPOL
Match #3 Claudio PollioITA bye

Final Round One (29 July 1980 — 19:00)

Match #1 Sergey KornilayevURS
decision (5-1)
Claudio PollioITA
Match #2 Jang Se-HongPRK bye

Final Round Two (29 July 1980)

Match #1 Jang Se-HongPRK
fall (7:23)
Sergey KornilayevURS
Match #2 Claudio PollioITA bye