# 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

| Gold | Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Li Ho-pyong North Korea |
| Bronze | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold Mongolia |

## 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 | Cris Brown (AUS) | TF / 7:41 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Wiesław Kończak (POL) | 24 - 3 | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | TF / 4:46 | Ivan Tsochev (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Antonio La Bruna (ITA) | DQ / 7:28 | Mahmoud El-Messouti (SYR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Sándor Németh (HUN) | TF / 6:48 | Karim Salman Muhsin (IRQ) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Juan Rodríguez (CUB) | DQ / 7:23 | Phạm Văn Tý (VIE) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 12 - 11 | Mohammad Halilula (AFG) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 10 - 10 | Aurel Neagu (ROU) | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 1 - 33 | Wiesław Kończak (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | DQ / 5:03 | Amrik Singh Gill (GBR) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | TF / 2:05 | Antonio La Bruna (ITA) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | Ivan Tsochev (BUL) | TF / 4:26 | Mahmoud El-Messouti (SYR) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Sándor Németh (HUN) | 9 - 7 | Juan Rodríguez (CUB) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | Karim Muhsin (IRQ) | TF / 5:59 | Phạm Văn Tý (VIE) | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | TF / 2:08 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Mohammad Halilula (AFG) | FF | Aurel Neagu (ROU) | 0 | 3 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | 9 - 5 | Wiesław Kończak (POL) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | TF / 1:36 | Sándor Németh (HUN) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | Ivan Tsochev (BUL) | 13 - 1 | Antonio La Bruna (ITA) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | Karim Muhsin (IRQ) | TF / 1:49 | Carlos Hurtado (PER) | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | Juan Rodríguez (CUB) | IN / 0:39 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Aurel Neagu (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 3 | Aurel Neagu (ROU) | 3 - 10 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Wiesław Kończak (POL) | TF / 3:23 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | Ivan Tsochev (BUL) | TF / 6:40 | Sándor Németh (HUN) | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Karim Muhsin (IRQ) | TF / 2:01 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 0 | 1 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 4 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | TF / 1:12 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Ivan Tsochev (BUL) | 6 - 9 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 1 | 2 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 4 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | TF / 1:12 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | Li Ho-Pyong (PRK) | 7 - 7 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) | DQ / 7:00 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) | 4 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
* Li Ho-Pyong (PRK)
* Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL)
* Ivan Tsochev (BUL)
* Aurel Neagu (ROU)
* Wiesław Kończak (POL)
* Karim Muhsin (IRQ)
* Sándor Németh (HUN)