Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medal summary

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg details | Claudio Pollio Italy | Jang Se-hong North Korea | Sergei Kornilayev 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 Sejdi 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

| 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 |
| 13 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Participating nations

A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:

| Afghanistan (8)  Algeria (3)  Australia (3)  Austria (5)  Belgium (3)  Bulgaria (20)  Cameroon (6)  Cuba (10)  Czechoslovakia (8) | 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) |
| - | - | - | - |
