# Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 65 kg

Men's 65 kg competition in Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union was held at Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium. The gold medal was won by Nikolai Solodukhin of the Soviet Union.

## Results
### Pool A

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| José António Branco (POR) | José António Branco (POR) | 1:32 | | | | | | | | | |
| Abdoulaye Thera (MLI) | Abdoulaye Thera (MLI) | E | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | 2:31 | | | | | | |
| Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | 1:47 | José António Branco (POR) | José António Branco (POR) | E | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Arévalo (ECU) | Jimmy Arévalo (ECU) | E | | | | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | 5:00 | | | |
| Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | 1:59 | | | | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | R | | | |
| Alvaro Sanabria (CRC) | Alvaro Sanabria (CRC) | E | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | 5:00 | | | | | | |
| Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | 2:39 | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | R | | | | | | |
| Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | R | | | | | | | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | 4:45 |
| Raymond Neenan (GBR) | Raymond Neenan (GBR) | 2:12 | | | | | | | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | R |
| Franc Očko (YUG) | Franc Očko (YUG) | E | Raymond Neenan (GBR) | Raymond Neenan (GBR) | 2:43 | | | | | | |
| Sylvain Rabary (MAD) | Sylvain Rabary (MAD) | 5:00 | Sylvain Rabary (MAD) | Sylvain Rabary (MAD) | E | | | | | | |
| Konstantinos Konstantinou (CYP) | Konstantinos Konstantinou (CYP) | E | | | | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | 5:00 | | | |
| Michael Young (AUS) | Michael Young (AUS) | 2:57 | | | | Raymond Neenan (GBR) | Raymond Neenan (GBR) | E | | | |
| Francis Mwahza (ZAM) | Francis Mwahza (ZAM) | E | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | 5:00 | | | | | | |
| Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | | Michael Young (AUS) | Michael Young (AUS) | E | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | | | |

### Pool B

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | 0:23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Redwan El-Zaouiki (SYR) | Redwan El-Zaouiki (SYR) | E | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | 2:15 | | | | | | |
| Luiz Onmura (BRA) | Luiz Onmura (BRA) | 5:00 | Luiz Onmura (BRA) | Luiz Onmura (BRA) | R | | | | | | |
| Constantin Niculae (ROM) | Constantin Niculae (ROM) | E | | | | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | 5:00 | | | |
| Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | 1:35 | | | | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | R | | | |
| Daniel Francois Fyfer (ZIM) | Daniel Francois Fyfer (ZIM) | R | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | 5:00 | | | | | | |
| Yves Delvingt (FRA) | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | R | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | 5:00 |
| Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | 5:00 | | | | | | | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | R |
| Imre Gelencsér (HUN) | Imre Gelencsér (HUN) | E | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | 5:00 | | | | | | |
| Gerardo Padilla (MEX) | Gerardo Padilla (MEX) | 5:00 | Gerardo Padilla (MEX) | Gerardo Padilla (MEX) | E | | | | | | |
| Abdul Latif Rozaihan (KUW) | Abdul Latif Rozaihan (KUW) | E | | | | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | 3:10 | | | |
| Djibril Sambou (SEN) | Djibril Sambou (SEN) | 5:00 | | | | Djibril Sambou (SEN) | Djibril Sambou (SEN) | E | | | |
| Gerard Tom-Tam (CMR) | Gerard Tom-Tam (CMR) | E | Djibril Sambou (SEN) | Djibril Sambou (SEN) | 2:26 | | | | | | |
| Mamadou Diallo (GUI) | Mamadou Diallo (GUI) | | Mamadou Diallo (GUI) | Mamadou Diallo (GUI) | E | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechages

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | 5:00 | | | | | | |
| Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | E | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | 5:00 | | | |
| | | | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) | E | | | |
| | | | | | | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | Iliyan Nedkov (BUL) | 7:00 |
| | | | | | | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) | |
| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Yves Delvingt (FRA) | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | 1:30 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Francois Fyfer (ZIM) | Daniel Francois Fyfer (ZIM) | E | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | 5:00 | | | |
| | | | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | Wolfgang Biedron (SWE) | E | | | |
| | | | | | | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | Janusz Pawłowski (POL) | 4:26 |
| | | | | | | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | Yves Delvingt (FRA) | |

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) | 7:00 |
| Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | |