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Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>100 kg), Men

Date	22 – 24 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.

In 1976 Bulgaria’s Aleksandar Tomov had been heavily favored but lost the gold medal to Soviet Oleksandr Kolchynskiy. By 1980 Tomov was not as dominant as he had been in 1973-76, but he had won the 1979 World and European Championships, with Kolchynskiy winning Worlds in 1978 and the World Cup in 1980. They made the final round, both with 0.0 bad points, where they faced Lebanon’s Hassan Bechara. Tomov had already thrown Bechara in round four and Kolchynskiy defeated him by fall in the finals. Tomov and Kolchynskiy then met for the gold medal, with Kolchynskiy defending his Olympic title on a 4-2 decision. This was the third consecutive silver medal in this class for Tomov. Bechara had also competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, but without placing.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	249	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	–	–	Gold
2	36	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	276	Hassan Bechara	LBN	–	–	Bronze
4	96	József Farkas	HUN	–	–
5	262	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG	–	–
6	50	Arturo Díaz	CUB	–	–
7	180	Roman Codreanu	ROU	–	–
8	159	Marek Galiński	POL	–	–
AC	130	Antonio La Penna	ITA	eliminated r2/5	8.0
AC	223	Jawdat Jabra	SYR	eliminated r2/5	8.0
DNS	201	Mamadou Sakho	SEN	–	–

Round One

Date	22 July 1980 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	36	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	0.0
=1	96	József Farkas	HUN	0.0
=1	276	Hassan Bechara	LBN	0.0
=1	249	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	0.0
=5	50	Arturo Díaz	CUB	4.0
=5	130	Antonio La Penna	ITA	4.0
=5	159	Marek Galiński	POL	4.0
=5	180	Roman Codreanu	ROU	4.0
=5	223	Jawdat Jabra	SYR	4.0
=5	262	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	Disqualification (3:57)	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG
Match #2	22 Jul	József Farkas	HUN	Fall (2:44)	Jawdat Jabra	SYR
Match #3	22 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Disqualification (7:50)	Roman Codreanu	ROU
Match #4	22 Jul	Arturo Díaz	CUB	[dq (dual passivity [7:02])]	Marek Galiński	POL
Match #5	22 Jul	Hassan Bechara	LBN	Fall (6:57)	Antonio La Penna	ITA

Round Two

Date	23 July 1980 — 10:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	36	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	0.0	–
=1	249	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	0.0	–
=3	50	Arturo Díaz	CUB	4.0	–
=3	96	József Farkas	HUN	4.0	–
=3	276	Hassan Bechara	LBN	4.0	–
=3	180	Roman Codreanu	ROU	4.0	–
=3	262	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG	4.0	–
=8	130	Antonio La Penna	ITA	8.0	eliminated
=8	159	Marek Galiński	POL	8.0	eliminated
=8	223	Jawdat Jabra	SYR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG	Fall (0:26)	Jawdat Jabra	SYR
Match #2	23 Jul	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	Disqualification (5:16)	József Farkas	HUN
Match #3	23 Jul	Roman Codreanu	ROU	Disqualification (4:46)	Marek Galiński	POL
Match #4	23 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Fall (0:55)	Antonio La Penna	ITA
Match #5	23 Jul	Arturo Díaz	CUB	Disqualification (4:31)	Hassan Bechara	LBN

Round Three

Date	23 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	36	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	0.0	–
=1	249	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	0.0	–
=3	96	József Farkas	HUN	4.0	–
=3	276	Hassan Bechara	LBN	4.0	–
=5	50	Arturo Díaz	CUB	8.0	eliminated
=5	180	Roman Codreanu	ROU	8.0	eliminated
=5	262	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	József Farkas	HUN	Disqualification (7:11)	Prvoslav Ilić	YUG
Match #2	23 Jul	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	Disqualification (7:25)	Roman Codreanu	ROU
Match #3	23 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Fall (2:09)	Arturo Díaz	CUB
Match #4	23 Jul	Hassan Bechara	LBN

Round Four

Date	24 July 1980 — 11:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	36	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	0.0	–
=1	249	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	0.0	–
=3	96	József Farkas	HUN	8.0	eliminated
=3	276	Hassan Bechara	LBN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL	Fall (0:55)	Hassan Bechara	LBN
Match #2	24 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Disqualification (6:43)	József Farkas	HUN

Final Round One

Date	24 July 1980 — 20:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Fall (1:40)	Hassan Bechara	LBN
Match #2	24 Jul	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL

Final Round Two

Date	24 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Aleksandr Kolchinsky	URS	Decision (4-2)	Aleksandar Tomov	BUL
Match #2	24 Jul	Hassan Bechara	LBN