Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Venue	CSKA Sports Complex
Dates	20–31 July
Competitors	266 from 35 nations
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Last updated April 04, 2025

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

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

Greco-Roman

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

Medals

Participating nations

A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:^[1]

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

1 2 "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 (154). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 436–438. August 1980. Retrieved 20 February 2008.

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[1]

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 entries)		20	20	20	60