Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg


The Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.

Medalists

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.
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44TF / 7:41'00
00'24 - 344
00'TF / 4:4644
00'DQ / 7:2844
00'TF / 6:4844
00'DQ / 7:2344
11'12 - 1133
11'10 - 1033

Round 2

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841 - 33'00
00'DQ / 5:0348
00'TF / 2:0544
40'TF / 4:2648
11'9 - 733
40'TF / 5:5948
54TF / 2:08'01
74FF'03

Round 3

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11'9 - 533
00'TF / 1:3645
40'13 - 148
40'TF / 1:4949
74IN / 0:39'01
3'Bye

Round 4

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633 - 10'12
74TF / 3:23'00
40'TF / 6:4049
84TF / 2:01'01

Round 5

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64TF / 1:12'00
736 - 9'12

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
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4TF / 1:12'0
51'7 - 73
00DQ / 7:0047

Final standings

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