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

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle 74 kg

|games = 1980 Summer

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|venue = Central Sports Club of the Army

|dates = 28–30 July 1980

|competitors = 18

|nations = 18

|gold = Valentin Raychev

|goldNOC = BUL

|silver = Jamtsyn Davaajav

|silverNOC = MGL

|bronze = Dan Karabin

|bronzeNOC = TCH

|prev = 1976

|next = 1984

}}

{{WrestlingAt1980SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |access-date=13 April 2019}}

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}

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

= Round 1 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khojawahid Zahedi|AFG|1980 Summer}}TF / 5:39style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bani Merje Fawaz|SYR|1980 Summer}}44
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Reinhold Steingräber|GDR|1980 Summer}}8 - 14style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rajinder Singh|IND|1980 Summer}}11
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}TF / 4:20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bartholomäus Brötzner|AUT|1980 Summer}}44
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Riccardo Niccolini|ITA|1980 Summer}}TF / 8:46style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Marin Pîrcălabu|ROU|1980 Summer}}44
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Isaie Tonye|CMR|1980 Summer}}TF / 2:09style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}00
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}TF / 2:45style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ibrahim Khalil Juma|IRQ|1980 Summer}}44
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}TF / 0:52style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rudolf Marro|SUI|1980 Summer}}44
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Fitzloyd Walker|GBR|1980 Summer}}6 - 25style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|István Fehér|HUN|1980 Summer}}00
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}9 - 2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kiro Ristov|YUG|1980 Summer}}33

= Round 2 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khojawahid Zahedi|AFG|1980 Summer}}TF / 4:54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Reinhold Steingräber|GDR|1980 Summer}}03
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bani Merje Fawaz|SYR|1980 Summer}}TF / 0:55style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rajinder Singh|IND|1980 Summer}}01
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}TF / 7:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Riccardo Niccolini|ITA|1980 Summer}}44
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bartholomäus Brötzner|AUT|1980 Summer}}TF / 8:01style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Marin Pîrcălabu|ROU|1980 Summer}}04
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Isaie Tonye|CMR|1980 Summer}}TF / 1:58style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}00
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}TF / 2:42style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ibrahim Khalil Juma|IRQ|1980 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}TF / 1:24style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Fitzloyd Walker|GBR|1980 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rudolf Marro|SUI|1980 Summer}}TF / 2:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}01
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|István Fehér|HUN|1980 Summer}}8 - 6style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kiro Ristov|YUG|1980 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|6

= Round 3 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|74style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Reinhold Steingräber|GDR|1980 Summer}}6 - 25style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}00
43style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rajinder Singh|IND|1980 Summer}}8 - 8style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Riccardo Niccolini|ITA|1980 Summer}}15
bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Marin Pîrcălabu|ROU|1980 Summer}}4 - 9style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}11
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}TF / 7:11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}00
54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|István Fehér|HUN|1980 Summer}}IN / 3:14style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}01
bgcolor=pink|4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khojawahid Zahedi|AFG|1980 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| DNA

= Round 4 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rajinder Singh|IND|1980 Summer}}8 - 12style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}11
bgcolor=pink|94style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Riccardo Niccolini|ITA|1980 Summer}}2 - 20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}01
40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}DQ / 6:48style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|István Fehér|HUN|1980 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|9
4.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}1 - 11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}0.50.5

= Round 5 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

21style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}9 - 4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|7
54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}D2 / 7:08style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}44.5
4.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 6 =

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|7.53style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}5 - 6style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}16
20style="text-align:left;" bgcolor="ccffcc"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}TF / 1:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8.5

= Final =

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

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! width="35" | MPP

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! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=lightyellow

|

3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}5 - 6style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}1
63style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}6 - 10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}1
43style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}5 - 6style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}12

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Valentin Raychev|BUL|1980 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Jamtsyn Davaajav|MGL|1980 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Dan Karabin|TCH|1980 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Pinigin|URS|1980 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Ścigalski|POL|1980 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Rajinder Singh|IND|1980 Summer}}
  7. {{flagIOCathlete|István Fehér|HUN|1980 Summer}}
  8. {{flagIOCathlete|Riccardo Niccolini|ITA|1980 Summer}}

References

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