Wrestling 1980

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 31 July 1980 at the Wrestling Hall of the CSKA Sports Complex.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	12	3	2	17
2	Bulgaria	3	4	3	10
3	Hungary	2	3	2	7
4	Romania	1	1	2	4
5	Greece	1	0	1	2
6	Italy	1	0	0	1
7	Poland	0	5	2	7
8	North Korea	0	2	0	2
9	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
10	East Germany	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
13	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Greco-Roman

Event
48 kg	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	Constantin Alexandru	Ferenc Seres
52 kg	Vakhtang Blagidze	Lajos Racz	Mladen Mladenov
57 kg	Shamil Serikov	Jozef Lipien	Benni Ljungbeck
62 kg	Stilianos Migiakis	Istvan Toth	Boris Kramorenko
68 kg	Stefan Rusu	Andrzej Supron	Lars-Erik Skiold
74 kg	Ferenc Kocsis	Anatoli Bykov	Mikko Huhtala
82 kg	Gennadi Korban	Jan Dolgowicz	Pavel Pavlov
90 kg	Norbert Nottny	Igor Kanygin	Petre Dicu
100 kg	Georgi Raikov	Roman Bierla	Vasile Andrei
100+ kg	Aleksandr Kolchinski	Aleksandr Tomov	Hassan Bchara

Freestyle

Event
48 kg	Claudio Pollio	Jang Se Hong	Sergei Kornilaev
52 kg	Anatoli Beloglazov	Wladyslaw Stecyk	Nermedin Selimov
57 kg	Sergei Beloglazov	Li Ho Pyong	Dugarsuren Ouinbold
62 kg	Magomedgasan Abushev	Mikho Dukov	Georges Hajiioannidis
68 kg	Saipulla Absaidov	Ivan Yankov	Saban Sejdi
74 kg	Valentin Raichev	Jamtsying Davaajav	Dan Karabin
82 kg	Ismail Abilov	Magomedkhan Aratsilov	Istvan Kovacs
90 kg	Sanasar Oganisian	Uwe Neupert	Aleksander Cichon
100 kg	Ilia Mate	Slavcho Chervenkov	Julius Strnisko
100+ kg	Soslan Andiev	Jozsef Balla	Adam Sandurski

Statistics

• There were 266 total athletes from 35 countries.
• Mahabir Singh was the youngest participant with 15 years and 330 days.
• Czeslaw Kwiecinski was the oldest participant with 37 years and 249 days.
• 7 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
• Bulgaria won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Hungary and Poland won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Greece won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Lebanon won its first medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952 and its only medal of Moscow 1980.
• North Korea and Sweden won their first medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
• Italy won its first gold medal in the sport since London 1948.
• Hungary and Romania won their first gold medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
• Greece won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.

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