Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kilograms), Men

Khazan Ortsyev had won the 1979 World Championships but was bypassed for the Soviet team in favor of the 1980 European Champion, Sanasar Oganisyan. His biggest opponent was expected to be East German Uwe Neupert, runner-up to Ortsyev and Oganisyan at those tournaments, and the 1978 World Champion and the 1978-79 European Champion. They made the final round where they were joined by Poland’s Aleksander Cichoń, who was a surprise. Oganisyan and Neupert had already met in round four, with the result a 6-6 tie on points, but Oganisyan declared the winner on criteria, or tie-breaks. That decided the gold and silver medals as both defeated Cichoń in the final round. Oganisyan (1981) and Neupert (1982) won the next two World titles, with Neupert winning the 1981 Europeans. Oganisyan would add another World Championship in this class in 1986. Neupert would move up to heavyweight and won multiple international medals in that class in the 1980s.