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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kilograms), Men

Date21 – 23 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.

Hungarian Ferenc Kocsis was the favorite, having won the 1978 World and 1978-79 European Championships. He was expected to be challenged by the defending gold medalist, Soviet Anatoly Bykov. They both made the final round, joined by Finland’s Mikko Huhtala. Kocsis had thrown Huhtala in round five in 5:44. Bykov defeated Huhtala in the first match of the final, winning on decision by 7-4. So Kocsis and Bykov then met for the gold medal, with Kocsis winning when Bykov was disqualified for passivity at 7:21. The actual decision was a passivity penalty against both wrestlers, but Kocsis was declared the victor, presumably for “less passivity.” Kocsis went on to win European titles again in 1981 and 1983.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Ferenc KocsisHUNGold
2Anatoly BykovURSSilver
3Mikko HuhtalaFINBronze
4Yanko ShopovBUL
5Lennart LundellSWE
6Vítězslav MáchaTCH
7Gheorghe MineaROU
8Jacques Van LanckerBEL
ACWiesław DziaduraPOLEliminated r3/67,0
ACAhmed Lutfi ShihadIRQEliminated r2/67,0
ACKarlo KasapYUGEliminated r2/68,0
ACIdalberto BarbanCUBEliminated r2/68,0
ACKaj Jægergaard HansenDENEliminated r2/68,0
ACJamal MoughrabiSYREliminated r2/68,0

Round One (21 July 1980 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Yanko ShopovBUL0,0
=1Mikko HuhtalaFIN0,0
=1Ferenc KocsisHUN0,0
=1Lennart LundellSWE0,0
=5Gheorghe MineaROU1,0
=5Vítězslav MáchaTCH1,0
=5Anatoly BykovURS1,0
=8Jacques Van LanckerBEL3,0
=8Ahmed Lutfi ShihadIRQ3,0
=8Wiesław DziaduraPOL3,0
=11Karlo KasapYUG4,0
=11Idalberto BarbanCUB4,0
=11Kaj Jægergaard HansenDEN4,0
=11Jamal MoughrabiSYR4,0

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
fall (4:38)
Kaj Jægergaard HansenDEN
Match #2 Yanko ShopovBUL
DQ (7:57)
Karlo KasapYUG
Match #3 Vítězslav MáchaTCH
decision (8-6)
Jacques Van LanckerBEL
Match #4 Lennart LundellSWE
fall (3:35)
Jamal MoughrabiSYR
Match #5 Anatoly BykovURS
decision (6-5)
Wiesław DziaduraPOL
Match #6 Mikko HuhtalaFIN
fall (1:31)
Idalberto BarbanCUB
Match #7 Gheorghe MineaROU
decision (12-6)
Ahmed Lutfi ShihadIRQ

Round Two (21 July 1980 — 18:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Yanko ShopovBUL0,0
=1Mikko HuhtalaFIN0,0
=1Ferenc KocsisHUN0,0
4Anatoly BykovURS1,0
5Vítězslav MáchaTCH2,0
=6Jacques Van LanckerBEL3,0
=6Lennart LundellSWE3,0
=8Wiesław DziaduraPOL4,0
=8Gheorghe MineaROU4,0
10Ahmed Lutfi ShihadIRQ7,0eliminated
=11Karlo KasapYUG8,0eliminated
=11Idalberto BarbanCUB8,0eliminated
=11Kaj Jægergaard HansenDEN8,0eliminated
=11Jamal MoughrabiSYR8,0eliminated

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
DQ (7:13)
Karlo KasapYUG
Match #2 Yanko ShopovBUL
fall (2:28)
Kaj Jægergaard HansenDEN
Match #3 Jacques Van LanckerBEL
fall (2:47)
Jamal MoughrabiSYR
Match #4 Vítězslav MáchaTCH
criteria (3-3)
Lennart LundellSWE
Match #5 Anatoly BykovURS
DQ (4:58)
Idalberto BarbanCUB
Match #6 Wiesław DziaduraPOL
decision (4-3)
Gheorghe MineaROU
Match #7 Mikko HuhtalaFIN
DQ (5:56)
Ahmed Lutfi ShihadIRQ

Round Three (22 July 1980 — 11:30)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mikko HuhtalaFIN1,0
=1Ferenc KocsisHUN1,0
3Anatoly BykovURS2,0
=4Yanko ShopovBUL3,0
=4Lennart LundellSWE3,0
6Gheorghe MineaROU4,0
7Vítězslav MáchaTCH5,0
=8Jacques Van LanckerBEL7,0eliminated
=8Wiesław DziaduraPOL7,0eliminated

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
decision (4-3)
Yanko ShopovBUL
Match #2 Lennart LundellSWE
DQ (7:08)
Jacques Van LanckerBEL
Match #3 Anatoly BykovURS
decision (4-2)
Vítězslav MáchaTCH
Match #4 Mikko HuhtalaFIN
decision (7-3)
Wiesław DziaduraPOL
Match #5 Gheorghe MineaROU bye

Round Four (23 July 1980 — 11:30)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mikko HuhtalaFIN1,0
=1Ferenc KocsisHUN1,0
3Anatoly BykovURS3,0
4Yanko ShopovBUL4,0
5Lennart LundellSWE6,0eliminated
=6Gheorghe MineaROU8,0eliminated
=6Vítězslav MáchaTCH8,0eliminated

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
fall (2:45)
Gheorghe MineaROU
Match #2 Yanko ShopovBUL
decision (6-2)
Vítězslav MáchaTCH
Match #3 Anatoly BykovURS
decision (10-4)
Lennart LundellSWE
Match #4 Mikko HuhtalaFIN bye

Round Five (23 July 1980)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ferenc KocsisHUN1,0
2Anatoly BykovURS4,0
3Mikko HuhtalaFIN5,0
4Yanko ShopovBUL7,0eliminated

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
fall (5:44)
Mikko HuhtalaFIN
Match #2 Anatoly BykovURS
decision (5-4)
Yanko ShopovBUL

Final Round One (23 July 1980 — 11:30)

Match #1 Anatoly BykovURS
decision (7-4)
Mikko HuhtalaFIN
Match #2 Ferenc KocsisHUN bye

Final Round Two (23 July 1980)

Match #1 Ferenc KocsisHUN
DQ (7:21)
Anatoly BykovURS
Match #2 Mikko HuhtalaFIN bye