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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	22 – 24 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Legkoatletichesky manezh, Legkoatletichesky Futbolny Kompleks CSKA, Moskva
Participants	13 from 13 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

The favorite was Soviet Shamil Serikov, the 1978-79 World Champion and 1979 European Champion. His biggest threat was expected to come from Poland’s Józef Lipień, now competing in his fourth Olympics, and World Champion back in 1973, placing second in that tournament in 1974-75. Serikov won easily, winning every match, and defeating Lipień in the final match, 11-4 on points. The bronze medal went to Sweden’s Benni Ljungbeck, who had recently placed second at the 1980 Europeans. Serikov threw Ljungbeck in round five in 2:42. Lipień and Ljungbeck met in the final round, and both were disqualified for passivity.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Shamil Serikov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Józef Lipień	POL	–	–	Silver
3	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	–	–
5	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	–	–
6	Josef Krysta	TCH	–	–
7	Gyula Molnár	HUN	–	–
8	Georgi Donev	BUL	–	–
AC	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Mohamed Moutei Nakdali	SYR	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Herbert Nigsch	AUT	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Julien Mewis	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Leonel Pérez	CUB	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (22 July 1980 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Georgi Donev	BUL	0,0
=1	Gyula Molnár	HUN	0,0
=1	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	0,0
=1	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	0,0
=1	Shamil Serikov	URS	0,0
6	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	0,5
7	Józef Lipień	POL	1,0
8	Josef Krysta	TCH	3,0
9	Mohamed Moutei Nakdali	SYR	3,5
=10	Herbert Nigsch	AUT	4,0
=10	Julien Mewis	BEL	4,0
=10	Leonel Pérez	CUB	4,0
=10	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,0

Match #1	Shamil Serikov	URS	fall (2:28)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #2	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	decision (14-3)	Mohamed Moutei Nakdali	SYR
Match #3	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	DQ (6:45)	Herbert Nigsch	AUT
Match #4	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	DQ (5:27)	Leonel Pérez	CUB
Match #5	Georgi Donev	BUL	fall (7:23)	Pertti Ukkola	FIN
Match #6	Józef Lipień	POL	decision (11-5)	Josef Krysta	TCH
Match #7	Gyula Molnár	HUN	bye

Round Two (23 July 1980 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Gyula Molnár	HUN	0,0
=1	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	0,0
=1	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	0,0
=1	Shamil Serikov	URS	0,0
5	Józef Lipień	POL	1,0
6	Josef Krysta	TCH	3,0
=7	Georgi Donev	BUL	4,0
=7	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	4,0
9	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	4,5
10	Mohamed Moutei Nakdali	SYR	7,5	eliminated
=11	Herbert Nigsch	AUT	8,0	eliminated
=11	Julien Mewis	BEL	8,0	eliminated
=11	Leonel Pérez	CUB	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Gyula Molnár	HUN	fall (4:26)	Julien Mewis	BEL
Match #2	Shamil Serikov	URS	fall (1:25)	Mihai Boțilă	ROU
Match #3	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	DQ (7:37)	Mohamed Moutei Nakdali	SYR
Match #4	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	DQ (7:05)	Herbert Nigsch	AUT
Match #5	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	DQ (8:43)	Leonel Pérez	CUB
Match #6	Józef Lipień	POL	fall (7:17)	Georgi Donev	BUL
Match #7	Josef Krysta	TCH	bye

Round Three (23 July 1980 — 18:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Józef Lipień	POL	1,0
=1	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	1,0
=1	Shamil Serikov	URS	1,0
=4	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	3,0
=4	Josef Krysta	TCH	3,0
6	Gyula Molnár	HUN	4,0
7	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	5,5
=8	Georgi Donev	BUL	7,0	eliminated
=8	Pertti Ukkola	FIN	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Josef Krysta	TCH	fall (4:00)	Gyula Molnár	HUN
Match #2	Shamil Serikov	URS	decision (3-2)	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA
Match #3	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	decision (6-4)	Pertti Ukkola	FIN
Match #4	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	decision (10-4)	Georgi Donev	BUL
Match #5	Józef Lipień	POL	bye

Round Four (24 July 1980 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	1,0
=1	Shamil Serikov	URS	1,0
3	Józef Lipień	POL	2,0
4	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	7,5
=5	Gyula Molnár	HUN	7,0	eliminated
=5	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA	7,0	eliminated
=5	Josef Krysta	TCH	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Józef Lipień	POL	decision (10-4)	Gyula Molnár	HUN
Match #2	Shamil Serikov	URS	DQ (7:58)	Josef Krysta	TCH
Match #3	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	decision (3-2)	Antonino Caltabiano	ITA
Match #4	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	bye

Round Five (24 July 1980)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Shamil Serikov	URS	1,0
2	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	5,0
3	Józef Lipień	POL	6,0	eliminated
4	Mihai Boțilă	ROU	11,5	eliminated

Match #1	Shamil Serikov	URS	fall (2:42)	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE
Match #2	Józef Lipień	POL	DQ (passivity) (8:37)	Mihai Boțilă	ROU

Final Round One (24 July 1980 — 19:00)

Match #1	Józef Lipień	POL	DQ (passivity) (8:25)	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE
Match #2	Shamil Serikov	URS	bye

Final Round Two (24 July 1980)

Match #1	Shamil Serikov	URS	decision (11-4)	Józef Lipień	POL
Match #2	Benni Ljungbeck	SWE	bye