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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	21 – 23 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 last two World Champions were Soviet Vakht’ang Blagidze (1978) and Hungarian Lajos Rácz (1979). Blagidze was also European Champion in 1978 and earlier in 1980. Rácz was fortunate to make the final, after his second round match against Romania’s Nicu Gingă, when both were disqualified for passivity, with both earning 4.0 bad points. Rácz, however, did not lose another match until the final, when he met Blagidze, who had come through undefeated. The expected tight match did not happen, as Blagidze crushed Rácz, 19-1, to win the gold medal, having defeated Bulgarian Mladen Mladenov in round three. In the final match Rácz defeated Mladenov, 5-0, to take the silver medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	–	–	Gold
2	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	184	Nicu Gingă	ROU	–	–
5	233	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	–	–
6	171	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL	–	–
7	63	Taisto Halonen	FIN	–	–
8	218	Abdel Nasser El-Oulabi	SYR	–	–
AC	89	Babis Cholidis	GRE	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	–	Hazem Abdul Reza Tamimi	IRQ	eliminated r2/6	8.0
DNS	113	Kumar Ashok	IND	–	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1980 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	0.0
=1	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	0.0
=1	233	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	0.0
=1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	0.0
5	184	Nicu Gingă	ROU	1.0
6	171	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL	3.0
=7	63	Taisto Halonen	FIN	4.0
=7	89	Babis Cholidis	GRE	4.0
=7	–	Hazem Abdul Reza Tamimi	IRQ	4.0
=7	218	Abdel Nasser El-Oulabi	SYR	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	Fall (5:21)	Taisto Halonen	FIN
Match #2	21 Jul	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	Fall (8:28)	Babis Cholidis	GRE
Match #3	21 Jul	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	Dq (6:49)	Abdel Nasser El-Oulabi	SYR
Match #4	21 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Decision (7-6)	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL
Match #5	21 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Dq (5:29)	Hazem Abdul Reza Tamimi	IRQ

Round Two

Date	21 July 1980 — 18:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	233	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	0.0	–
=1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	0.0	–
3	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	1.0	–
4	171	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL	3.0	–
5	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	4.0	–
6	184	Nicu Gingă	ROU	5.0	–
7	63	Taisto Halonen	FIN	7.0	eliminated
=8	89	Babis Cholidis	GRE	8.0	eliminated
=8	–	Hazem Abdul Reza Tamimi	IRQ	8.0	eliminated
=8	218	Abdel Nasser El-Oulabi	SYR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	Decision (4-3)	Taisto Halonen	FIN
Match #2	21 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	Fall (2:43)	Babis Cholidis	GRE
Match #3	21 Jul	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL	Decision (19-6)	Abdel Nasser El-Oulabi	SYR
Match #4	21 Jul	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	Dq (7:30)	Hazem Abdul Reza Tamimi	IRQ
Match #5	21 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	[passivity]	Nicu Gingă	ROU

Round Three

Date	22 July 1980 — 11:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	1.0	–
=2	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	4.0	–
=2	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	4.0	–
=2	233	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	4.0	–
5	184	Nicu Gingă	ROU	5.0	–
6	171	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	Decision (7-2)	Mladen Mladenov	BUL
Match #2	22 Jul	Nicu Gingă	ROU	Dq (7:57)	Antonín Jelínek	TCH
Match #3	22 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Dq (7:30)	Stanisław Wróblewski	POL

Round Four

Date	22 July 1980

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	1.0	–
2	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	4.0	–
3	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	5.0	–
=4	184	Nicu Gingă	ROU	8.0	eliminated
=4	233	Antonín Jelínek	TCH	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	Fall (3:57)	Antonín Jelínek	TCH
Match #2	22 Jul	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	Decision (5-2)	Nicu Gingă	ROU
Match #3	22 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN

Round Five

Date	23 July 1980

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	246	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	1.5	–
2	30	Mladen Mladenov	BUL	5.0	–
3	107	Lajos Rácz	HUN	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS	Decision (19-1)	Lajos Rácz	HUN
Match #2	23 Jul	Mladen Mladenov	BUL

Final Round

Date	23 July 1980 — 18:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Lajos Rácz	HUN	Default (9:00)	Mladen Mladenov	BUL
Match #2	23 Jul	Vakht'ang Blagidze	URS