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

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.

## 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

* Saipulla Absaidov (URS)
* Ivan Yankov (BUL)
* Shaban Sejdiu (YUG)
* Jagmander Balyan Singh (IND)
* Eberhard Probst (GDR)
* Octavian Duşa (ROU)
* Ali Hussain Faris (IRQ)
* Pekka Rauhala (FIN)
