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

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	21–23 July
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

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.^[1]

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	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad (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