# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg

The Men's Freestyle 82 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

| Gold | Ismail Abilov Bulgaria |
| Silver | Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | István Kovács Hungary |

## 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 |
| 1 | 1 | István Kovács (HUN) | 3 - 3 | Günter Busarello (AUT) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Zachée N'Dock (CMR) | TF / 4:21 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Sören Claeson (SWE) | TF / 4:01 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Ahmadjan Khashan (AFG) | DQ / 7:59 | Henryk Mazur (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Vasile Ţigănaş (ROU) | TF / 1:43 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Armin Weier (GDR) | TF / 5:04 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Abdul Rahman Mohammed (IRQ) | TF / 7:31 | Abdula Memedi (YUG) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 0 | István Kovács (HUN) | TF / 4:48 | Zachée N'Dock (CMR) | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | Günter Busarello (AUT) | DQ / 6:58 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Sören Claeson (SWE) | 5 - 11 | Henryk Mazur (POL) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | TF / 0:46 | Vasile Ţigănaş (ROU) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 14 - 11 | Armin Weier (GDR) | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | TF / 1:48 | Abdulrahman Mohammed (IRQ) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | | Abdula Memedi (YUG) | | Bye | | |
| 4 | | Ahmadjan Khashan (AFG) | | DNA | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Abdula Memedi (YUG) | 3 - 4 | István Kovács (HUN) | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Günter Busarello (AUT) | DQ / 7:25 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) | 6 - 15 | Henryk Mazur (POL) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | DQ / 5:49 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7 | 4 | Abdula Memedi (YUG) | TF / 4:19 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | István Kovács (HUN) | 6 - 4 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 3 | 8 |
| 5.5 | 4 | Henryk Mazur (POL) | TF / 5:49 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4 | 1 | István Kovács (HUN) | 7 - 4 | Henryk Mazur (POL) | 3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 8 - 4 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 3 | 3 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 1 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 8 - 4 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 3 | |
| | 4 | István Kovács (HUN) | TF / 1:48 | Ismail Abilov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) | 18 - 1 | István Kovács (HUN) | 4 | 8 |

## Final standings

* Ismail Abilov (BUL)
* Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
* István Kovács (HUN)
* Henryk Mazur (POL)
* Abdula Memedi (YUG)
* Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)
* Günter Busarello (AUT)
* Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR)