Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 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.

Medalists

Gold	Ferenc Kocsis  Hungary
Silver	Anatoly Bykov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Mikko Huhtala  Finland

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
0	0	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	TF / 4:38	Kaj Jægergaard (DEN)	4	4
4	4	Karolj Kasap (YUG)	DQ / 7:57	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	0	0
3	3	Jacques van Lancker (BEL)	6 - 8	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	1	1
4	4	Jamal Moughrabi (SYR)	TF / 3:35	Lennart Lundell (SWE)	0	0
1	1	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	6 - 5	Wiesław Dziadura (POL)	3	3
4	4	Idalberto Barbán (CUB)	TF / 1:31	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	0	0
1	1	Gheorghe Minea (ROU)	12 - 6	Lutfi Shihab Ahmed (IRQ)	3	3

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	DQ / 7:13	Karolj Kasap (YUG)	4	8
8	4	Kaj Jægergaard (DEN)	TF / 2:28	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	0	0
3	0	Jacques van Lancker (BEL)	TF / 2:47	Jamal Moughrabi (SYR)	4	8
2	1	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	3 - 3	Lennart Lundell (SWE)	3	3
1	0	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	DQ / 4:58	Idalberto Barbán (CUB)	4	8
4	1	Wiesław Dziadura (POL)	4 - 3	Gheorghe Minea (ROU)	3	4
0	0	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	DQ / 5:56	Lutfi Shihab Ahmed (IRQ)	4	7

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	4 - 3	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	3	3
7	4	Jacques van Lancker (BEL)	DQ / 7:08	Lennart Lundell (SWE)	0	3
5	3	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	2 - 4	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	1	2
7	3	Wiesław Dziadura (POL)	3 - 7	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	1	1
4		Gheorghe Minea (ROU)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Gheorghe Minea (ROU)	TF / 2:45	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	0	1
4	1	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	6 - 2	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	3	8
6	3	Lennart Lundell (SWE)	4 - 10	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	1	3
1		Mikko Huhtala (FIN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	TF / 5:44	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	0	1
7	3	Yanko Chopov (BUL)	4 - 5	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	1	4

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	TF / 5:44	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	0
7	3	Mikko Huhtala (FIN)	4 - 7	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	1
2	2	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)	D1 / 7:21	Anatoly Bykov (URS)	4	5

Final standings

1.  Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)
2.  Anatoly Bykov (URS)
3.  Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
4.  Yanko Chopov (BUL)
5.  Lennart Lundell (SWE)
6.  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
7.  Gheorghe Minea (ROU)
8.  Jacques van Lancker (BEL)

References

• Official Report