Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

Men's freestyle 62 kg

at the Games of the XXII Olympiad

Venue

Central Sports Club of the Army

Dates

27–29 July

Competitors

13 from 13 nations

Medalists

		Magomedgasan Abushev	Soviet Union
		Miho Dukov	Bulgaria
		Georgios Hatziioannidis	Greece

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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
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The Men's Freestyle 62 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Magomedgasan Abushev Soviet Union
Silver	Miho Dukov Bulgaria
Bronze	Georgios Hatziioannidis Greece

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	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	TF / 3:33	Augustine Atasie (NGR)	4	4
0	0	Ölziibayaryn Nasanjargal (MGL)	DQ / 7:30	Adnan Kudmani (SYR)	4	4
4	4	Jan Szymański (POL)	TF / 5:27	Miho Dukov (BUL)	0	0
0	0	Raúl Cascaret (CUB)	TF / 4:57	Zoltán Szalontai (HUN)	4	4
0	0	Phí Hữu Tình (VIE)	DQ / 7:52	Victor Kede Manga (CMR)	4	4
1	1	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	17 - 10	Brian Aspen (GBR)	3	3
0		Aurel Şuteu (ROU)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Aurel Şuteu (ROU)	2 - 15	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	0	0
8	4	Augustine Atasie (NGR)	1 - 16	Ölziibayaryn Nasanjargal (MGL)	0	0
8	4	Adnan Kudmani (SYR)	TF / 2:18	Jan Szymański (POL)	0	4
1	1	Miho Dukov (BUL)	8 - 8	Raúl Cascaret (CUB)	3	3
4	0	Zoltán Szalontai (HUN)	TF / 4:24	Phi Huu Tinh (VIE)	4	4
8	4	Victor Kede Manga (CMR)	TF / 0:58	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	0	1
3		Brian Aspen (GBR)		Bye

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6.5	3.5	Brian Aspen (GBR)	4 - 15	Aurel Şuteu (ROU)	0.5	4.5
1	1	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	8 - 4	Ölziibayaryn Nasanjargal (MGL)	3	3
8	4	Jan Szymański (POL)	TF / 8:58	Raúl Cascaret (CUB)	0	3
1.5	0.5	Miho Dukov (BUL)	16 - 8	Zoltán Szalontai (HUN)	3.5	7.5
8	4	Phi Huu Tinh (VIE)	DQ / 5:06	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	0	1

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	1	Aurel Şuteu (ROU)	10 - 5	Ölziibayaryn Nasanjargal (MGL)	3	6
2	1	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	4 - 2	Miho Dukov (BUL)	3	4.5
3	0	Raúl Cascaret (CUB)	18 - 5	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	4	5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8.5	3	Aurel Şuteu (ROU)	3 - 10	Miho Dukov (BUL)	1	5.5
2.5	0.5	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	9 - 1	Raúl Cascaret (CUB)	3.5	6.5
5		Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	4 - 2	Miho Dukov (BUL)	3
	3.5	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	3 - 14	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)	0.5	1.5
3	0	Miho Dukov (BUL)	TF / 2:04	Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)	4	7.5