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Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events (all — men's individual). They were split into two disciplines (ten events each): Freestyle and Greco-Roman. All events were held in the Wrestling hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow) between July 20 and July 31.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Claudio Pollio Italy (ITA)	Jang Se-Hong North Korea (PRK)	Sergei Kornilayev Soviet Union (URS)
52 kg details	Anatoli Beloglazov Soviet Union (URS)	Władysław Stecyk Poland (POL)	Nermedin Selimov Bulgaria (BUL)
57 kg details	Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union (URS)	Li Ho-Pyong North Korea (PRK)	Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold Mongolia (MGL)
62 kg details	Magomedgasan Abushev Soviet Union (URS)	Miho Dukov Bulgaria (BUL)	Georgios Hatziioannidis Greece (GRE)
68 kg details	Saipulla Absaidov Soviet Union (URS)	Ivan Yankov Bulgaria (BUL)	Šaban Sejdi Yugoslavia (YUG)
74 kg details	Valentin Raychev Bulgaria (BUL)	Jamtsyn Davaajav Mongolia (MGL)	Dan Karabin Czechoslovakia (TCH)
82 kg details	Ismail Abilov Bulgaria (BUL)	Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union (URS)	István Kovács Hungary (HUN)
90 kg details	Sanasar Oganisyan Soviet Union (URS)	Uwe Neupert East Germany (GDR)	Aleksander Cichoń Poland (POL)
100 kg details	Ilya Mate Soviet Union (URS)	Slavcho Chervenkov Bulgaria (BUL)	Július Strnisko Czechoslovakia (TCH)
+100 kg details	Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union (URS)	József Balla Hungary (HUN)	Adam Sandurski Poland (POL)

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Soviet Union (URS)	Constantin Alexandru Romania (ROU)	Ferenc Seres Hungary (HUN)
52 kg details	Vakhtang Blagidze Soviet Union (URS)	Lajos Rácz Hungary (HUN)	Mladen Mladenov Bulgaria (BUL)
57 kg details	Shamil Serikov Soviet Union (URS)	Józef Lipień Poland (POL)	Benni Ljungbeck Sweden (SWE)
62 kg details	Stelios Mygiakis Greece (GRE)	István Tóth Hungary (HUN)	Boris Kramorenko Soviet Union (URS)
68 kg details	Ştefan Rusu Romania (ROU)	Andrzej Supron Poland (POL)	Lars-Erik Skiöld Sweden (SWE)
74 kg details	Ferenc Kocsis Hungary (HUN)	Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union (URS)	Mikko Huhtala Finland (FIN)
82 kg details	Gennadi Korban Soviet Union (URS)	Jan Dołgowicz Poland (POL)	Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria (BUL)
90 kg details	Norbert Növényi Hungary (HUN)	Igor Kanygin Soviet Union (URS)	Petre Dicu Romania (ROU)
100 kg details	Georgi Raikov Bulgaria (BUL)	Roman Bierła Poland (POL)	Vasile Andrei Romania (ROU)
+100 kg details	Alexander Kolchinsky Soviet Union (URS)	Alexander Tomov Bulgaria (BUL)	Hassan Bechara Lebanon (LIB)

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	12	3	2	17
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	4	3	10
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	3	2	7
4	Romania (ROU)	1	1	2	4
5	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	5	2	7
8	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	0	2
9	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
10	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	2	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
13	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:

References

"Wrestling" (pdf). Olympic Review (Lausanne: International Olympic Committee) (154): 436–438. August 1980. http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1980/ore154/ORE154q.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 

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