Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	21–23 July
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Vakhtang Blagidze  Soviet Union Lajos Rácz  Hungary Mladen Mladenov  Bulgaria

Medalists

Gold	Vakhtang Blagidze  Soviet Union
Silver	Lajos Rácz  Hungary
Bronze	Mladen Mladenov  Bulgaria

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	4	Taisto Halonen (FIN)	TF / 5:21	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	0	0
0	0	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	TF / 8:28	Haralambos Holidis (GRE)	4	4
4	4	Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR)	DQ / 6:49	Antonín Jelínek (TCH)	0	0
3	3	Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)	6 - 7	Nicu Gingă (ROU)	1	1
4	4	Hazim Abdulridha (IRQ)	DQ / 5:29	Lajos Rácz (HUN)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3	Taisto Halonen (FIN)	3 - 4	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	1	1
0	0	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	TF / 2:43	Haralambos Holidis (GRE)	4	8
8	4	Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR)	6 - 19	Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)	0	3
0	0	Antonín Jelínek (TCH)	DQ / 7:30	Hazim Abdulridha (IRQ)	4	8
5	4	Nicu Gingă (ROU)	D2 / 7:44	Lajos Rácz (HUN)	4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	1	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	7 - 2	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	3	4
4	4	Antonín Jelínek (TCH)	DQ / 7:57	Nicu Gingă (ROU)	0	5
7	4	Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)	DQ / 7:30	Lajos Rácz (HUN)	0	4

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1	0	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	TF / 3:57	Antonín Jelínek (TCH)	4	8
5	1	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	5 - 2	Nicu Gingă (ROU)	3	8
4		Lajos Rácz (HUN)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	1	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	7 - 2	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	3
	4	Lajos Rácz (HUN)	1 - 19	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)	0	1
6	3	Mladen Mladenov (BUL)	0 - 5	Lajos Rácz (HUN)	1	5

Final standings

1.  Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)
2.  Lajos Rácz (HUN)
3.  Mladen Mladenov (BUL)
4.  Nicu Gingă (ROU)
5.  Antonín Jelínek (TCH)
6.  Stanisław Wróblewski (POL)
7.  Taisto Halonen (FIN)
8.  Abdulnasser El-Oulabi (SYR)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report