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


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.

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.
;Legend
;Penalties
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00'TF / 5:3944
338 - 14'11
00'TF / 4:2044
00'TF / 8:4644
44TF / 2:09'00
00'TF / 2:4544
00'TF / 0:5244
446 - 25'00
119 - 233

Round 2

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44TF / 4:54'03
84TF / 0:55'01
00'TF / 7:5944
84TF / 8:01'04
84TF / 1:58'00
00'TF / 2:4248
00'TF / 1:2448
84TF / 2:59'01
118 - 636

Round 3

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746 - 25'00
438 - 8'15
734 - 9'11
44TF / 7:11'00
54IN / 3:1401
4DNA

Round 4

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738 - 12'11
942 - 20'01
40'DQ / 6:4849
4.53.51 - 11'0.50.5

Round 5

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21'9 - 437
54D2 / 7:0844.5
4.5'Bye

Round 6

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7.535 - 6'16
20'TF / 1:5948.5

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final.
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35 - 6'1
636 - 10'1
435 - 612

Final standings

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