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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date	20 – 22 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Legkoatletichesky manezh, Legkoatletichesky Futbolny Kompleks CSKA, Moskva
Participants	15 from 15 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.

Sweden’s Frank Andersson came in as the favorite, having won the 1979 World Championship and the 1978-79 Europeans. He won his first three matches but then lost on a close decision to Soviet Ivan Kanygin, the 1980 European Champion. Andersson then lost again to Romania’s Petre Dicu, again losing narrowly on points, 3-2, and was eliminated. Dicu and Kanygin made the final round along with Hungarian Norbert Növényi. Kanygin had already faced both finalists, defeating Dicu on a passivity charge, but losing to Növényi, 7-6, in round five. Növényi then faced Dicu, winning by a 4-1 decision to secure the gold medal, with Kanygin taking silver and Dicu bronze. Andersson placed fourth, after finishing fifth in 1976. He would continue to win international meets, including the 1981 Europeans and 1982 Worlds, and improved to a bronze medal in 1984 at Los Angeles. Kanygin was World Champion in 1981 and 1983 but could not compete at the 1984 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Igor Kanygin	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Petre Dicu	ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	Frank Andersson	SWE	–	–
5	Thomas Horschel	GDR	–	–
6	José Poll	CUB	–	–
7	Christophe Andanson	FRA	–	–
8	Georgios Pozidis	GRE	–	–
AC	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Keijo Manni	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Darko Nišavić	YUG	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	Jamtsyn Bor	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	7,5
AC	Atef Mahayri	SYR	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (20 July 1980 — 11:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Christophe Andanson	FRA	0,0
=1	Thomas Horschel	GDR	0,0
=1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	0,0
=1	Petre Dicu	ROU	0,0
=1	Igor Kanygin	URS	0,0
6	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	0,5
7	Frank Andersson	SWE	1,0
8	Darko Nišavić	YUG	2,0
9	Georgios Pozidis	GRE	3,0
10	Jamtsyn Bor	MGL	3,5
=11	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	4,0
=11	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	4,0
=11	José Poll	CUB	4,0
=11	Keijo Manni	FIN	4,0
=11	Atef Mahayri	SYR	4,0

Match #1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	fall (2:22)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #2	Thomas Horschel	GDR	fall (5:39)	Atef Mahayri	SYR
Match #3	Frank Andersson	SWE	decision (16-13)	Georgios Pozidis	GRE
Match #4	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	decision (11-3)	Jamtsyn Bor	MGL
Match #5	Petre Dicu	ROU	DQ (7:50)	Franz Pitschmann	AUT
Match #6	Igor Kanygin	URS	DQ (7:09)	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL
Match #7	Darko Nišavić	YUG	DQ (4:38)	José Poll	CUB
Match #8	Christophe Andanson	FRA	bye

Round Two (20 July 1980 — 18:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	0,0
2	Frank Andersson	SWE	1,0
3	Igor Kanygin	URS	2,0
=4	Christophe Andanson	FRA	3,0
=4	Georgios Pozidis	GRE	3,0
=6	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	4,0
=6	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	4,0
=6	José Poll	CUB	4,0
=6	Thomas Horschel	GDR	4,0
=6	Petre Dicu	ROU	4,0
11	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	4,5
12	Keijo Manni	FIN	5,0
13	Darko Nišavić	YUG	6,0	eliminated
14	Jamtsyn Bor	MGL	7,5	eliminated
15	Atef Mahayri	SYR	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Keijo Manni	FIN	decision (15-9)	Christophe Andanson	FRA
Match #2	Norbert Növényi	HUN	fall (2:38)	Atef Mahayri	SYR
Match #3	Georgios Pozidis	GRE	fall (1:10)	Thomas Horschel	GDR
Match #4	Frank Andersson	SWE	decision (19-0)	Czesław Kwieciński	POL
Match #5	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	fall (5:53)	Jamtsyn Bor	MGL
Match #6	Igor Kanygin	URS	DQ (6:50)	Petre Dicu	ROU
Match #7	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	fall (1:05)	Darko Nišavić	YUG
Match #8	José Poll	CUB	bye

Round Three (20 July 1980)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	0,0
2	Frank Andersson	SWE	1,0
3	Igor Kanygin	URS	2,5
4	Thomas Horschel	GDR	4,0
5	José Poll	CUB	4,5
6	Petre Dicu	ROU	5,0
7	Christophe Andanson	FRA	6,5	eliminated
=8	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL	7,0	eliminated
=8	Georgios Pozidis	GRE	7,0	eliminated
=10	Franz Pitschmann	AUT	8,0	eliminated
=10	Czesław Kwieciński	POL	8,0	eliminated
12	Keijo Manni	FIN	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	José Poll	CUB	decision (9-1)	Christophe Andanson	FRA
Match #2	Thomas Horschel	GDR	fall (4:46)	Keijo Manni	FIN
Match #3	Norbert Növényi	HUN	fall (5:25)	Georgios Pozidis	GRE
Match #4	Frank Andersson	SWE	fall (1:45)	Franz Pitschmann	AUT
Match #5	Igor Kanygin	URS	decision (10-2)	Czesław Kwieciński	POL
Match #6	Petre Dicu	ROU	decision (6-2)	Stoyan Nikolov	BUL

Round Four (21 July 1980 — 12:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	0,0
2	Igor Kanygin	URS	3,5
3	Frank Andersson	SWE	4,0
4	Petre Dicu	ROU	5,0
5	Thomas Horschel	GDR	8,0	eliminated
6	José Poll	CUB	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	fall (5:57)	José Poll	CUB
Match #2	Petre Dicu	ROU	fall (5:29)	Thomas Horschel	GDR
Match #3	Igor Kanygin	URS	decision (7-5)	Frank Andersson	SWE

Round Five (21 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	1,0
2	Petre Dicu	ROU	6,0
3	Igor Kanygin	URS	6,5	eliminated
4	Frank Andersson	SWE	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	decision (7-6)	Igor Kanygin	URS
Match #2	Petre Dicu	ROU	decision (3-2)	Frank Andersson	SWE

Final Round (22 July 1980 — 20:00)

Match #1	Norbert Növényi	HUN	decision (4-1)	Petre Dicu	ROU
Match #2	Igor Kanygin	URS	bye