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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kg), Men

Date	20 – 22 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Legkoatletichesky manezh, Legkoatletichesky Futbolny Kompleks CSKA, Moskva
Participants	10 from 10 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.0; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-4.0; loss by fall-4.0). 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.

The heavy favorite was Romanian Constantin Alexandru, who was 1978-79 World Champion and 1974-75 and 1977-79 European Champion. Unfortunately, because wrestling was not seeded in this era, he met Soviet Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov in the first round, and lost by decision, 6-2, and that decided the gold medal as neither lost any of their remaining matches. Hungarian Ferenc Seres also made the final round and won the bronze medal. No final round matches were necessary as Seres had already lost earlier to both Ushkempirov and Alexandru, both by decision. Ushkempirov would later win the 1981 World Championships.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	258	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	176	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	–	–	Silver
3	108	Ferenc Seres	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	28	Pavel Hristov	BUL	–	–
5	61	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	–	–
6	135	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	–	–
7	131	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	–	–
8	160	Roman Kierpacz	POL	–	–
AC	207	Kent Andersson	SWE	eliminated r2/5	8.0
AC	229	Saber Nakdali	SYR	eliminated r2/5	8.0
DNS	115	Kartar Dhillon Singh	IND	–	–
DNS	116	Mahabir Singh	IND	–	–
DNS	122	Mohammed Qassim Jabbar	IRQ	–	–
DNS	199	Amadou Katy Diop	SEN	–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1980 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	28	Pavel Hristov	BUL	0.0
=1	108	Ferenc Seres	HUN	0.0
=1	135	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	0.0
=4	61	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	1.0
=4	258	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	1.0
=6	131	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	3.0
=6	176	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	3.0
=8	160	Roman Kierpacz	POL	4.0
=8	207	Kent Andersson	SWE	4.0
=8	229	Saber Nakdali	SYR	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	Decision (10-9)	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA
Match #2	20 Jul	Pavel Hristov	BUL	Dq (8:16)	Kent Andersson	SWE
Match #3	20 Jul	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	Fall (4:44)	Saber Nakdali	SYR
Match #4	20 Jul	Ferenc Seres	HUN	Fall (1:32)	Roman Kierpacz	POL
Match #5	20 Jul	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	Decision (6-2)	Constantin Alexandru	ROU

Round Two

Date	20 July 1980 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	28	Pavel Hristov	BUL	0.5	–
=1	108	Ferenc Seres	HUN	0.5	–
3	61	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	1.0	–
4	258	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	2.0	–
5	176	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	3.0	–
6	135	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	3.5	–
7	131	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	6.5	eliminated
8	160	Roman Kierpacz	POL	7.0	eliminated
=9	207	Kent Andersson	SWE	8.0	eliminated
=9	229	Saber Nakdali	SYR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Pavel Hristov	BUL	Decision (14-4)	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA
Match #2	20 Jul	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	Fall (8:36)	Kent Andersson	SWE
Match #3	20 Jul	Ferenc Seres	HUN	Decision (13-5)	Alfredo Olvera	MEX
Match #4	20 Jul	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	Fall (1:16)	Saber Nakdali	SYR
Match #5	20 Jul	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	Decision (13-10)	Roman Kierpacz	POL

Round Three

Date	21 July 1980 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	28	Pavel Hristov	BUL	0.5	–
2	258	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	2.5	–
3	176	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	3.0	–
4	108	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4.0	–
5	61	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	5.0	–
6	135	Alfredo Olvera	MEX	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Pavel Hristov	BUL	Decision (27-0)	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN
Match #2	21 Jul	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	Fall (2:29)	Alfredo Olvera	MEX
Match #3	21 Jul	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	Decision (17-6)	Ferenc Seres	HUN

Round Four

Date	21 July 1980 — 19:45

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	258	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	2.5	–
2	176	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	3.0	–
3	108	Ferenc Seres	HUN	4.0	–
4	28	Pavel Hristov	BUL	4.5	–
5	61	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Ferenc Seres	HUN	Decision (17-2)	Reijo Haaparanta	FIN
Match #2	21 Jul	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	Dq (7:34)	Pavel Hristov	BUL
Match #3	21 Jul	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS

Final Round

Date	22 July 1980 — 18:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov	URS	Decision (12-7)	Pavel Hristov	BUL
Match #2	22 Jul	Constantin Alexandru	ROU	Decision (10-5)	Ferenc Seres	HUN