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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kilograms), Men

Date	21 – 23 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Legkoatletichesky manezh, Legkoatletichesky Futbolny Kompleks CSKA, Moskva
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Hungarian Ferenc Kocsis was the favorite, having won the 1978 World and 1978-79 European Championships. He was expected to be challenged by the defending gold medalist, Soviet Anatoly Bykov. They both made the final round, joined by Finland’s Mikko Huhtala. Kocsis had thrown Huhtala in round five in 5:44. Bykov defeated Huhtala in the first match of the final, winning on decision by 7-4. So Kocsis and Bykov then met for the gold medal, with Kocsis winning when Bykov was disqualified for passivity at 7:21. The actual decision was a passivity penalty against both wrestlers, but Kocsis was declared the victor, presumably for “less passivity.” Kocsis went on to win European titles again in 1981 and 1983.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Anatoly Bykov	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	–	–	Bronze
4	Yanko Shopov	BUL	–	–
5	Lennart Lundell	SWE	–	–
6	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	–	–
7	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	–	–
8	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	–	–
AC	Wiesław Dziadura	POL	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad	IRQ	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Karlo Kasap	YUG	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Idalberto Barban	CUB	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Kaj Jægergaard Hansen	DEN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Jamal Moughrabi	SYR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (21 July 1980 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yanko Shopov	BUL	0,0
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	0,0
=1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	0,0
=1	Lennart Lundell	SWE	0,0
=5	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	1,0
=5	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	1,0
=5	Anatoly Bykov	URS	1,0
=8	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	3,0
=8	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad	IRQ	3,0
=8	Wiesław Dziadura	POL	3,0
=11	Karlo Kasap	YUG	4,0
=11	Idalberto Barban	CUB	4,0
=11	Kaj Jægergaard Hansen	DEN	4,0
=11	Jamal Moughrabi	SYR	4,0

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	fall (4:38)	Kaj Jægergaard Hansen	DEN
Match #2	Yanko Shopov	BUL	DQ (7:57)	Karlo Kasap	YUG
Match #3	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	decision (8-6)	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL
Match #4	Lennart Lundell	SWE	fall (3:35)	Jamal Moughrabi	SYR
Match #5	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (6-5)	Wiesław Dziadura	POL
Match #6	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	fall (1:31)	Idalberto Barban	CUB
Match #7	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	decision (12-6)	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad	IRQ

Round Two (21 July 1980 — 18:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yanko Shopov	BUL	0,0
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	0,0
=1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	0,0
4	Anatoly Bykov	URS	1,0
5	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	2,0
=6	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	3,0
=6	Lennart Lundell	SWE	3,0
=8	Wiesław Dziadura	POL	4,0
=8	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	4,0
10	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad	IRQ	7,0	eliminated
=11	Karlo Kasap	YUG	8,0	eliminated
=11	Idalberto Barban	CUB	8,0	eliminated
=11	Kaj Jægergaard Hansen	DEN	8,0	eliminated
=11	Jamal Moughrabi	SYR	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	DQ (7:13)	Karlo Kasap	YUG
Match #2	Yanko Shopov	BUL	fall (2:28)	Kaj Jægergaard Hansen	DEN
Match #3	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	fall (2:47)	Jamal Moughrabi	SYR
Match #4	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	criteria (3-3)	Lennart Lundell	SWE
Match #5	Anatoly Bykov	URS	DQ (4:58)	Idalberto Barban	CUB
Match #6	Wiesław Dziadura	POL	decision (4-3)	Gheorghe Minea	ROU
Match #7	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	DQ (5:56)	Ahmed Lutfi Shihad	IRQ

Round Three (22 July 1980 — 11:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	1,0
=1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	1,0
3	Anatoly Bykov	URS	2,0
=4	Yanko Shopov	BUL	3,0
=4	Lennart Lundell	SWE	3,0
6	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	4,0
7	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	5,0
=8	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL	7,0	eliminated
=8	Wiesław Dziadura	POL	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	decision (4-3)	Yanko Shopov	BUL
Match #2	Lennart Lundell	SWE	DQ (7:08)	Jacques Van Lancker	BEL
Match #3	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (4-2)	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH
Match #4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	decision (7-3)	Wiesław Dziadura	POL
Match #5	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	bye

Round Four (23 July 1980 — 11:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	1,0
=1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	1,0
3	Anatoly Bykov	URS	3,0
4	Yanko Shopov	BUL	4,0
5	Lennart Lundell	SWE	6,0	eliminated
=6	Gheorghe Minea	ROU	8,0	eliminated
=6	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	fall (2:45)	Gheorghe Minea	ROU
Match #2	Yanko Shopov	BUL	decision (6-2)	Vítězslav Mácha	TCH
Match #3	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (10-4)	Lennart Lundell	SWE
Match #4	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	bye

Round Five (23 July 1980)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	1,0
2	Anatoly Bykov	URS	4,0
3	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	5,0
4	Yanko Shopov	BUL	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	fall (5:44)	Mikko Huhtala	FIN
Match #2	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (5-4)	Yanko Shopov	BUL

Final Round One (23 July 1980 — 11:30)

Match #1	Anatoly Bykov	URS	decision (7-4)	Mikko Huhtala	FIN
Match #2	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	bye

Final Round Two (23 July 1980)

Match #1	Ferenc Kocsis	HUN	DQ (7:21)	Anatoly Bykov	URS
Match #2	Mikko Huhtala	FIN	bye