Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

Men's freestyle 68 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	29–31 July 1980
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Saipulla Absaidov   Soviet Union Ivan Yankov   Bulgaria Shaban Sejdiu   Yugoslavia
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The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Saipulla Absaidov  Soviet Union
Silver	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Shaban Sejdiu  Yugoslavia

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• IN — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Passivity
• D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
• FF — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• TPP — Total penalty points
• MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
• 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
• 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
• 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Jagmander Singh  (IND)	2 - 9	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	1	1
4	4	Nguyễn Ðình Chi  (VIE)	TF / 1:44	János Kocsis  (HUN)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Pekka Rauhala  (FIN)	5 - 13	José Ramos  (CUB)	0.5	0.5
4	4	Zsigmond Kelevitz  (AUS)	DQ / 5:38	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	0	0
0	0	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	15 - 1	Oscar Segers  (BEL)	4	4
0	0	Eberhard Probst  (GDR)	TF / 1:18	Victor Koulaigue  (CMR)	4	4
4	4	Stanisław Chiliński  (POL)	TF / 5:34	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	0	0
4	4	Said Admane  (ALG)	DQ / 8:36	Octavian Duşa  (ROU)	0	0
4	4	Mazen Tuleimat  (SYR)	DQ / 5:18	Ali Hussain Faris  (IRQ)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	Jagmander Balyan Singh  (IND)	TF / 2:17	Nguyen Dinh Chi  (VIE)	4	8
2	1	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	7 - 4	János Kocsis  (HUN)	3	3
4.5	1	Pekka Rauhala  (FIN)	9 - 2	Zsigmond Kelevitz  (AUS)	3	7
3.5	3	José Ramos  (CUB)	3 - 10	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	11 - 3	Eberhard Probst  (GDR)	3.5	3.5
4	0	Oscar Segers  (BEL)	IN	Victor Koulaigue  (CMR)	4	8
4	0	Stanisław Chiliński  (POL)	TF / 7:16	Said Admane  (ALG)	4	8
0	0	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	TF / 4:29	Mazen Tuleimat  (SYR)	4	8
0	0	Octavian Duşa  (ROU)	TF / 4:38	Ali Hussain Faris  (IRQ)	4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	Jagmander Balyan Singh  (IND)	13 - 1	János Kocsis  (HUN)	4	7
5	3	Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)	12 - 13	Pekka Rauhala  (FIN)	1	5.5
7	3.5	José Ramos  (CUB)	3 - 11	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	0.5	1
1	0	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	TF / 3:22	Oscar Segers  (BEL)	4	8
3.5	0	Eberhard Probst  (GDR)	TF / 7:14	Stanisław Chiliński  (POL)	4	8
0	0	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	TF / 5:59	Octavian Duşa  (ROU)	4	4
4		Ali Hussain Faris  (IRQ)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Ali Hussain Faris  (IRQ)	1 - 19	Jagmander Balyan Singh  (IND)	0	3
9.5	4	Pekka Rauhala  (FIN)	TF / 3:18	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	0	1
4	3	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	1 - 6	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	1	1
4.5	1	Eberhard Probst  (GDR)	6 - 3	Octavian Duşa  (ROU)	3	7
5		Zevegiin Oidov  (MGL)		DNA

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	3	Jagmander Balyan Singh  (IND)	7 - 11	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	1	5
2	1	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	6 - 2	Eberhard Probst  (GDR)	3	7.5
1		Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)		Bye

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	1 - 6	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	1
1	0	Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)	TF / 7:45	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	4
4	1	Ivan Yankov  (BUL)	6 - 2	Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)	3	7

Final standings

1.   Saipulla Absaidov  (URS)
2.   Ivan Yankov  (BUL)
3.   Shaban Sejdiu  (YUG)
4.   Jagmander Balyan Singh  (IND)
5.   Eberhard Probst  (GDR)
6.   Octavian Duşa  (ROU)
7.   Ali Hussain Faris  (IRQ)
8.   Pekka Rauhala  (FIN)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report