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Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.

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Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the loser wrestler. When only three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend
  • TF — Won by Fall
  • IN — Won by Opponent Injury
  • DQ — Won by Passivity
  • D1 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
  • FF — Won by Forfeit
  • DNA — Did not appear
  • TPP — Total penalty points
  • MPP — Match penalty points
    • Penalties
  • 0 — Won by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
  • 0.5 — Won by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 1 — Won by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 2 — Won by Passivity, the winner is passive too
  • 3 — Lost by Points, 1-7 points difference
  • 3.5 — Lost by Points, 8-11 points difference
  • 4 — Lost by Fall, Technical Superiority, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

    • Final

    Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

    Final standings

    1.  Valentin Raychev (BUL)
    2.  Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)
    3.  Dan Karabin (TCH)
    4.  Pavel Pinigin (URS)
    5.  Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)
    6.  Rajander Singh (IND)
    7.  István Fehér (HUN)
    8.  Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)

    References

    Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg Wikipedia
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