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Wrestling at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games:

Men's Lightweight, Freestyle

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Athletics Fieldhouse, CSKA Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 29, 1980
Date Finished: July 31, 1980
Format: Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler, but a wrestler could not be eliminated after a victory. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

Gold: URS Saypulla Absaidov
Silver: BUL Ivan Yankov
Bronze: YUG Šaban Sejdi

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal RE BP
1 Saypulla Absaidov 22 Soviet Union URS Gold
2 Ivan Yankov 29 Bulgaria BUL Silver
3 Šaban Sejdi 21 Yugoslavia YUG Bronze
4 Jagmander Singh 24 India IND
5 Eberhard Probst 25 East Germany GDR
6 Octavian Duşa 25 Romania ROU
7 Ali Hussain Faris Iraq IRQ
8 Pekka Rauhala 20 Finland FIN
AC Zevegiin Oidov 29 Mongolia MGL Withdrew r4/6 5,0
AC János Kocsis 29 Hungary HUN Eliminated r3/6 6,5
AC José Ramos 31 Cuba CUB Eliminated r3/6 7,0
AC Stanisław Chiliński 23 Poland POL Eliminated r3/6 7,0
AC Oscar Segers 19 Belgium BEL Eliminated r3/6 8,0
AC Zsigmond Kelevitz 26 Australia AUS Eliminated r2/6 7,0
AC Saïd Admane Algeria ALG Eliminated r2/6 8,0
AC Victor Koualaigue Cameroon CMR Eliminated r2/6 8,0
AC Mazen Tuleimat 28 Syria SYR Eliminated r2/6 8,0
AC Nguyễn Ðình Chi 27 Vietnam VIE Eliminated r2/6 8,0