# Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 90 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 | Norbert Növényi Hungary |
| Silver | Igor Kanygin Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Petre Dicu Romania |

## 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 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | TF / 2:22 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Atef Mahayri (SYR) | TF / 5:39 | Thomas Horschel (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Georgios Pozidis (GRE) | 13 - 16 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 1 | 1 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 11 - 3 | Jamtsyn Bor (MGL) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) | DQ / 7:50 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | DQ / 7:09 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | D1 / 4:38 | José Poll (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | | Christophe Andanson (FRA) | | Bye | | |

### Round 2

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | Christophe Andanson (FRA) | 9 - 15 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | TF / 2:38 | Atef Mahayri (SYR) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Thomas Horschel (GDR) | TF / 1:10 | Georgios Pozidis (GRE) | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 19 - 0 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 4 | 4.5 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Jamtsyn Bor (MGL) | TF / 5:53 | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | D1 / 6:50 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | DQ / 4:58 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | | José Poll (CUB) | | Bye | | |

### Round 3

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 4.5 | 0.5 | José Poll (CUB) | 9 - 1 | Christophe Andanson (FRA) | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Keijo Manni (FIN) | TF / 4:46 | Thomas Horschel (GDR) | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | TF / 5:25 | Georgios Pozidis (GRE) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | TF / 1:45 | Franz Pitschmann (AUT) | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3.5 | Czesław Kwieciński (POL) | 2 - 10 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 6 - 2 | Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 8.5 | 4 | José Poll (CUB) | TF / 5:57 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Thomas Horschel (GDR) | TF / 5:29 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 5 - 7 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 1 | 3.5 |

### Round 5

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1 | 1 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | 7 - 6 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 3 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 3 | Frank Andersson (SWE) | 2 - 3 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 1 | 6 |

### Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 4 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | D1 / 6:50 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 2 | |
| | 1 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | 7 - 6 | Igor Kanygin (URS) | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | Norbert Növényi (HUN) | 4 - 1 | Petre Dicu (ROU) | 3 | 7 |

## Final standings

* Norbert Növényi (HUN)
* Igor Kanygin (URS)
* Petre Dicu (ROU)
* Frank Andersson (SWE)
* Thomas Horschel (GDR)
* José Poll (CUB)
* Christophe Andanson (FRA)
* Georgios Pozidis (GRE)