Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle Greco-Roman
  48 kg     48 kg  
  52 kg     52 kg  
  57 kg     57 kg  
  62 kg     62 kg  
  68 kg     68 kg  
  74 kg     74 kg
  82 kg     82 kg
  90 kg     90 kg
  100 kg     100 kg
  +100 kg     +100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Valentin Raychev
Bulgaria (BUL)
Silver  Jamtsyn Davaajav
Mongolia (MGL)
Bronze  Dan Karabin
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

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
Penalties

Round 1

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG) TF / 5:39  Bani Merje Fawaz (SYR) 4 4
3 3  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR) 8 - 14  Rajander Singh (IND) 1 1
0 0  Valentin Raychev (BUL) TF / 4:20  Bartl Brötzner (AUT) 4 4
0 0  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) TF / 8:46  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) 4 4
4 4  Isaie Tonye (CMR) TF / 2:09  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 0 0
0 0  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) TF / 2:45  Ibrahim Juma (IRQ) 4 4
0 0  Pavel Pinigin (URS) TF / 0:52  Rudolf Marro (SUI) 4 4
4 4  Fitzloyd Walker (GBR) 6 - 25  István Fehér (HUN) 0 0
1 1  Dan Karabin (TCH) 9 - 2  Kiro Ristov (YUG) 3 3

Round 2

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 4  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG) TF / 4:54  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR) 0 3
8 4  Bani Merje Fawaz (SYR) TF / 0:55  Rajander Singh (IND) 0 1
0 0  Valentin Raychev (BUL) TF / 7:59  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) 4 4
8 4  Bartl Brötzner (AUT) TF / 8:01  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) 0 4
8 4  Isaie Tonye (CMR) TF / 1:58  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) 0 0
0 0  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) TF / 2:42  Ibrahim Juma (IRQ) 4 8
0 0  Pavel Pinigin (URS) TF / 1:24  Fitzloyd Walker (GBR) 4 8
8 4  Rudolf Marro (SUI) TF / 2:59  Dan Karabin (TCH) 0 1
1 1  István Fehér (HUN) 8 - 6  Kiro Ristov (YUG) 3 6

Round 3

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 4  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR) 6 - 25  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 0 0
4 3  Rajander Singh (IND) 8 - 8  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) 1 5
7 3  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU) 4 - 9  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 1 1
4 4  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) TF / 7:11  Pavel Pinigin (URS) 0 0
5 4  István Fehér (HUN) IN / 3:14  Dan Karabin (TCH) 0 1
4  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG) DNA

Round 4

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 3  Rajander Singh (IND) 8 - 12  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 1 1
9 4  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) 2 - 20  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 0 1
4 0  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) DQ / 6:48  István Fehér (HUN) 4 9
4.5 3.5  Dan Karabin (TCH) 1 - 11  Pavel Pinigin (URS) 0.5 0.5

Round 5

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2 1  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 9 - 4  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) 3 7
5 4  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) D2 / 7:08  Pavel Pinigin (URS) 4 4.5
4.5  Dan Karabin (TCH) Bye

Round 6

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7.5 3  Dan Karabin (TCH) 5 - 6  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 1 6
2 0  Valentin Raychev (BUL) TF / 1:59  Pavel Pinigin (URS) 4 8.5

Final

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3  Dan Karabin (TCH) 5 - 6  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 1
6 3  Dan Karabin (TCH) 6 - 10  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 1
4 3  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) 5 - 6  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 1 2

Final standings

  1.  Valentin Raychev (BUL)
  2.  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)
  3.  Dan Karabin (TCH)
  4.  Pavel Pinigin (URS)
  5.  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)
  6.  Rajander Singh (IND)
  7.  István Fehér (HUN)
  8.  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)

References