# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 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

| Gold | Ferenc Kocsis Hungary |
| Silver | Anatoly Bykov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Mikko Huhtala Finland |

## 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 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | TF / 4:38 | Kaj Jægergaard (DEN) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Karolj Kasap (YUG) | DQ / 7:57 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | 6 - 8 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Jamal Moughrabi (SYR) | TF / 3:35 | Lennart Lundell (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 6 - 5 | Wiesław Dziadura (POL) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Idalberto Barbán (CUB) | TF / 1:31 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Gheorghe Minea (ROU) | 12 - 6 | Ahmed Lutfi Shihad (IRQ) | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | DQ / 7:13 | Karolj Kasap (YUG) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | Kaj Jægergaard (DEN) | TF / 2:28 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | TF / 2:47 | Jamal Moughrabi (SYR) | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 3 - 3 | Lennart Lundell (SWE) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | DQ / 4:58 | Idalberto Barbán (CUB) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | Wiesław Dziadura (POL) | 4 - 3 | Gheorghe Minea (ROU) | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | DQ / 5:56 | Lutfi Shihab Ahmed (IRQ) | 4 | 7 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | 4 - 3 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | Jacques van Lancker (BEL) | DQ / 7:08 | Lennart Lundell (SWE) | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 2 - 4 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | Wiesław Dziadura (POL) | 3 - 7 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | Gheorghe Minea (ROU) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Gheorghe Minea (ROU) | TF / 2:45 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 6 - 2 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Lennart Lundell (SWE) | 4 - 10 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 4 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | TF / 5:44 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Yanko Chopov (BUL) | 4 - 5 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 1 | 4 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 4 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | TF / 5:44 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | 0 | |
| 7 | 3 | Mikko Huhtala (FIN) | 4 - 7 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) | D1 / 7:21 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) | 4 | 5 |

## Final standings

* Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)
* Anatoly Bykov (URS)
* Mikko Huhtala (FIN)
* Yanko Chopov (BUL)
* Lennart Lundell (SWE)
* Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
* Gheorghe Minea (ROU)
* Jacques van Lancker (BEL)