Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 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]

Men's freestyle 74 kg
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Sports Club of the Army
Dates28–30 July
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Valentin Raychev Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jamtsyn Davaajav Mongolia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Dan Karabin Czechoslovakia
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Medalists

GoldValentin Raychev
 Bulgaria
SilverJamtsyn Davaajav
 Mongolia
BronzeDan Karabin
 Czechoslovakia

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG)TF / 5:39  Bani Merje Fawaz (SYR)44
33  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR)8 - 14  Rajinder Singh (IND)11
00  Valentin Raychev (BUL)TF / 4:20  Bartholomäus Brötzner (AUT)44
00  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)TF / 8:46  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU)44
44  Isaie Tonye (CMR)TF / 2:09  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)00
00  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)TF / 2:45  Ibrahim Khalil Juma (IRQ)44
00  Pavel Pinigin (URS)TF / 0:52  Rudolf Marro (SUI)44
44  Fitzloyd Walker (GBR)6 - 25  István Fehér (HUN)00
11  Dan Karabin (TCH)9 - 2  Kiro Ristov (YUG)33

Round 2

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
44  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG)TF / 4:54  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR)03
84  Bani Merje Fawaz (SYR)TF / 0:55  Rajinder Singh (IND)01
00  Valentin Raychev (BUL)TF / 7:59  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)44
84  Bartholomäus Brötzner (AUT)TF / 8:01  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU)04
84  Isaie Tonye (CMR)TF / 1:58  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)00
00  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)TF / 2:42  Ibrahim Khalil Juma (IRQ)48
00  Pavel Pinigin (URS)TF / 1:24  Fitzloyd Walker (GBR)48
84  Rudolf Marro (SUI)TF / 2:59  Dan Karabin (TCH)01
11  István Fehér (HUN)8 - 6  Kiro Ristov (YUG)36

Round 3

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
74  Reinhold Steingräber (GDR)6 - 25  Valentin Raychev (BUL)00
43  Rajinder Singh (IND)8 - 8  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)15
73  Marin Pîrcălabu (ROU)4 - 9  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)11
44  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)TF / 7:11  Pavel Pinigin (URS)00
54  István Fehér (HUN)IN / 3:14  Dan Karabin (TCH)01
4  Khojawahid Zahedi (AFG)DNA

Round 4

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
73  Rajinder Singh (IND)8 - 12  Valentin Raychev (BUL)11
94  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)2 - 20  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)01
40  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)DQ / 6:48  István Fehér (HUN)49
4.53.5  Dan Karabin (TCH)1 - 11  Pavel Pinigin (URS)0.50.5

Round 5

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
21  Valentin Raychev (BUL)9 - 4  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)37
54  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)D2 / 7:08  Pavel Pinigin (URS)44.5
4.5  Dan Karabin (TCH)Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
7.53  Dan Karabin (TCH)5 - 6  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)16
20  Valentin Raychev (BUL)TF / 1:59  Pavel Pinigin (URS)48.5

Final

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

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
3  Dan Karabin (TCH)5 - 6  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)1
63  Dan Karabin (TCH)6 - 10  Valentin Raychev (BUL)1
43  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)5 - 6  Valentin Raychev (BUL)12

Final standings

  1.  Valentin Raychev (BUL)
  2.  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)
  3.  Dan Karabin (TCH)
  4.  Pavel Pinigin (URS)
  5.  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)
  6.  Rajinder Singh (IND)
  7.  István Fehér (HUN)
  8.  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)

References

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