Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 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 100 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	Illya Mate Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Slavcho Chervenkov Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze	Július Strnisko 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

• 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
4	4	Satpal Singh (IND)	TF / 4:28	Július Strnisko (TCH)	0	0
4	4	Saleh El-Said (SYR)	TF / 3:45	Harald Büttner (GDR)	0	0
0	0	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	IN / 6:46	Frank Andersson (SWE)	4	4
0	0	Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)	TF / 2:46	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	4	4
0	0	Ilya Mate (URS)	TF / 3:42	Santiago Morales (ESP)	4	4
4	4	Bourcard Bineli (CMR)	TF / 1:22	Ambroise Sarr (SEN)	0	0
0	0	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	DQ / 6:42	Antal Bodó (HUN)	4	4
0		Tomasz Busse (POL)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Tomasz Busse (POL)	18 - 3	Satpal Singh (IND)	4	8
0	0	Július Strnisko (TCH)	TF / 0:48	Saleh El-Said (SYR)	4	8
1	1	Harald Büttner (GDR)	6 - 5	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	3	3
4	4	Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)	DQ / 7:02	Ilya Mate (URS)	0	0
4	0	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	TF / 2:42	Santiago Morales (ESP)	4	8
8	4	Bourcard Bineli (CMR)	TF / 1:14	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Ambroise Sarr (SEN)	DQ / 5:11	Antal Bodó (HUN)	0	4
4		Frank Andersson (SWE)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Tomasz Busse (POL)	10 - 6	Július Strnisko (TCH)	3	3
1.5	0.5	Harald Büttner (GDR)	11 - 3	Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)	3.5	7.5
3	0	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	TF / 2:26	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	4	8
0	0	Ilya Mate (URS)	TF / 1:41	Antal Bodó (HUN)	4	8
8	4	Ambroise Sarr (SEN)	TF / 1:08	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	0	0

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	3	Tomasz Busse (POL)	4 - 4	Harald Büttner (GDR)	1	2.5
4	1	Július Strnisko (TCH)	8 - 7	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	3	6
1	1	Ilya Mate (URS)	6 - 4	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	3	3

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3	Tomasz Busse (POL)	2 - 9	Ilya Mate (URS)	1	2
4	0	Július Strnisko (TCH)	DQ / 8:21	Harald Büttner (GDR)	4	6.5
3		Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Ilya Mate (URS)	6 - 4	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	3
3.5	0.5	Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)	11 - 3	Július Strnisko (TCH)	3.5
1	0	Ilya Mate (URS)	15 - 3	Július Strnisko (TCH)	4	7.5

Final standings

1.  Ilya Mate (URS)
2.  Slavcho Chervenkov (BUL)
3.  Július Strnisko (TCH)
4.  Harald Büttner (GDR)
5.  Tomasz Busse (POL)
6.  Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)
7.  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB)
8.  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)

References

• Official Report