# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 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 | Shamil Serikov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Józef Lipień Poland |
| Bronze | Benni Ljungbeck Sweden |

## 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 | Julien Mewis (BEL) | TF / 2:28 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 14 - 3 | Mohamed Nakdali (SYR) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) | DQ / 6:45 | Herbert Nigsch (AUT) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | DQ / 5:27 | Leonel Pérez (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | TF / 7:23 | Georgi Donev (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 11 - 5 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | | Gyula Molnár (HUN) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0 | 0 | Gyula Molnár (HUN) | TF / 4:26 | Julien Mewis (BEL) | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | TF / 1:25 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 4 | 4.5 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Mohamed Nakdali (SYR) | DQ / 7:37 | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Herbert Nigsch (AUT) | DQ / 7:05 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Leonel Pérez (CUB) | DQ / 8:43 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Georgi Donev (BUL) | TF / 7:17 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Josef Krysta (TCH) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 0 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | TF / 4:00 | Gyula Molnár (HUN) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 3 - 2 | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) | 3 | 3 |
| 5.5 | 1 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 6 - 4 | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | 10 - 4 | Georgi Donev (BUL) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | | Józef Lipień (POL) | | Bye | | |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 2 | 1 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 10 - 4 | Gyula Molnár (HUN) | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | Josef Krysta (TCH) | DQ / 7:58 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 2 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | D1 / 8:11 | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | | Bye | | |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 5 | 4 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | TF / 2:42 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | Józef Lipień (POL) | D2 / 8:37 | Mihai Boţilă (ROU) | 4 | 11.5 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 4 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | TF / 2:42 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) | D2 / 8:25 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 4 | |
| 1 | 1 | Shamil Serikov (URS) | 11 - 4 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 3 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Shamil Serikov (URS)
* Józef Lipień (POL)
* Benni Ljungbeck (SWE)
* Mihai Boţilă (ROU)
* Antonino Caltabiano (ITA)
* Josef Krysta (TCH)
* Gyula Molnár (HUN)
* Georgi Donev (BUL)