# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 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 | Gennadi Korban Soviet Union |
| Silver | Jan Dołgowicz Poland |
| Bronze | Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria |

## 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 | Fernando San Isidro (ESP) | TF / 4:18 | Detlef Kühn (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Aduuchiin Baatarkhüü (MGL) | TF / 3:48 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | DQ / 5:37 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Mohamed El-Oulabi (SYR) | 13 - 11 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | D2 / 7:06 | Ion Draica (ROU) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 5 - 8 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | 1 | 1 |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Fernando San-Isidro (ESP) | D2 / 7:00 | Aduuchiin Baatarkhüü (MGL) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Detlef Kühn (GDR) | DQ / 5:42 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | DQ / 7:50 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | DQ / 7:01 | Miroslav Janota (TCH) | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | TF / 2:17 | Jarmo Övermark (FIN) | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Ion Draica (ROU) | D2 / 7:09 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | 4 | 5 |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 4 | Detlef Kühn (GDR) | TF / 5:41 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | DQ / 8:01 | Mihály Toma (HUN) | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR) | DQ / 5:34 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | Leif Andersson (SWE) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8 | 3 | Leif Andersson (SWE) | 3 - 4 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | 11 - 4 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | 3 | 7 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 1 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | 11 - 4 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | 3 | |
| | 3 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | 7 - 13 | Gennadi Korban (URS) | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) | TF / 1:28 | Pavel Pavlov (BUL) | 4 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Gennadi Korban (URS)
* Jan Dołgowicz (POL)
* Pavel Pavlov (BUL)
* Leif Andersson (SWE)
* Detlef Kühn (GDR)
* Mihály Toma (HUN)
* Mohammad El-Oulabi (SYR)
* Miroslav Janota (TCH)