# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 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 | Claudio Pollio Italy |
| Silver | Jang Se-Hong North Korea |
| Bronze | Sergei Kornilayev Soviet Union |

## 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 |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | TF / 2:35 | Jorge Frías (MEX) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Khaled El-Ali El-Rifai (SYR) | TF / 7:53 | Rumen Yordanov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | László Bíró (HUN) | TF / 4:39 | Nguyễn Văn Công (VIE) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Gheorghe Raşovan (ROU) | 5 - 12 | Mahabir Singh (IND) | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Jan Falandys (POL) | 4 - 8 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Mohammad Aktar (AFG) | TF / 1:27 | Mohammed Qassim Jabbar (IRQ) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | TF / 7:43 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | TF / 0:44 | Khaled El-Rifai (SYR) | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | Jorge Frías (MEX) | 12 - 10 | Rumen Yordanov (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | László Bíró (HUN) | TF / 7:18 | Gheorghe Raşovan (ROU) | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Nguyen Van Cong (VIE) | TF / 3:56 | Mahabir Singh (IND) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Jan Falandys (POL) | 23 - 0 | Mohammad Aktar (AFG) | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | 17 - 10 | Gombyn Khishigbaatar (MGL) | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Mohammed Jabbar (IRQ) | TF / 2:41 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | 8 - 6 | Rumen Yordanov (BUL) | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | Jorge Frías (MEX) | 11 - 12 | László Bíró (HUN) | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Gheorghe Raşovan (ROU) | TF / 1:47 | Jan Falandys (POL) | 0 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Mahabir Singh (IND) | 15 - 5 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 8 | 4 | Mohammad Aktar (AFG) | TF / 8:30 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 0 | 0 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 0 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | 17 - 4 | László Bíró (HUN) | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3.5 | Mahabir Singh (IND) | 5 - 14 | Jan Falandys (POL) | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 0 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | DQ / 7:12 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 4 | 4 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 0 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | 21 - 1 | Mahabir Singh (IND) | 4 | 9 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Jan Falandys (POL) | 8 - 13 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 1 | 5 |
| 5.5 | | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | | Bye | | |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 0 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | DQ / 7:12 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | Claudio Pollio (ITA) | 1 - 5 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Jang Se-Hong (PRK) | TF / 7:23 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) | 4 | 5 |

## Final standings

* Claudio Pollio (ITA)
* Jang Se-Hong (PRK)
* Sergei Kornilayev (URS)
* Jan Falandys (POL)
* Mahabir Singh (IND)
* László Bíró (HUN)
* Rumen Yordanov (BUL)
* Gheorghe Raşovan (ROU)