Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 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 90 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	Sanasar Oganisyan Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Uwe Neupert East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Aleksander Cichoń Poland (POL)

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	Rafael Gómez (CUB)	TF / 4:33	Keith Peache (GBR)	4	4
4	4	Ion Ivanov (ROU)	TF / 2:59	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	0	0
0	0	Christophe Andanson (FRA)	DQ / 7:26	Safaa Ali Ne'ma (IRQ)	4	4
0	0	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	DQ / 4:58	Ibrahim Shudzandin (AFG)	4	4
4	4	Amadou Diop (SEN)	TF / 3:58	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	0	0
4	4	Jean-Claude Biloa (CMR)	DQ / 4:03	Mick Pikos (AUS)	0	0
4	4	Kartar Singh (IND)	DQ / 7:55	Ivan Ginov (BUL)	0	0
0		Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	DQ / 8:02	Rafael Gómez (CUB)	4	4
8	4	Keith Peache (GBR)	TF / 1:18	Ion Ivanov (ROU)	0	4
0.5	0.5	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	14 - 5	Christophe Andanson (FRA)	3.5	3.5
7	3.5	Safaa Ali Ne'ma (IRQ)	4 - 13	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	0.5	0.5
7	3	Ibrahim Shudzandin (AFG)	4 - 7	Amadou Diop (SEN)	1	5
0	0	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	TF / 2:56	Jean-Claude Biloa (CMR)	4	8
0	0	Mick Pikos (AUS)	TF / 1:00	Kartar Singh (IND)	4	8
0		Ivan Ginov (BUL)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Ivan Ginov (BUL)	6 - 12	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	1	1
7.5	3.5	Rafael Gómez (CUB)	4 - 15	Ion Ivanov (ROU)	0.5	4.5
0.5	0	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	TF / 3:35	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	4	4.5
3.5	0	Christophe Andanson (FRA)	TF / 1:37	Amadou Diop (SEN)	4	9
0	0	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	DQ / 7:56	Mick Pikos (AUS)	4	4

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	1	Ivan Ginov (BUL)	7 - 4	Ion Ivanov (ROU)	3	7.5
2	1	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	9 - 9	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	3	3.5
7	3.5	Christophe Andanson (FRA)	1 - 12	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	0.5	0.5
4.5	0	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	TF / 1:42	Mick Pikos (AUS)	4	8

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3	Ivan Ginov (BUL)	3 - 4	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	1	4.5
2	0	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	TF / 4:03	Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)	4	8.5
0.5		Aleksander Cichoń (POL)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	9 - 9	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	3
	3.5	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	3 - 12	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)	0.5	1.5
4	1	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	6 - 2	Aleksander Cichoń (POL)	3	6.5

Final standings

1.  Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
2.  Uwe Neupert (GDR)
3.  Aleksander Cichoń (POL)
4.  Ivan Ginov (BUL)
5.  Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh (MGL)
6.  Christophe Andanson (FRA)
7.  Ion Ivanov (ROU)
8.  Mick Pikos (AUS)

References

• Official Report