Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	+100 kg			+100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 48 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	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov  Soviet Union
Silver	Constantin Alexandru  Romania
Bronze	Ferenc Seres  Hungary

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
3	3	Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)	9 - 10	Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)	1	1
0	0	Pavel Hristov (BUL)	DQ / 8:16	Kent Andersson (SWE)	4	4
0	0	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	TF / 4:44	Saber Nakdali (SYR)	4	4
0	0	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	TF / 1:32	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	4	4
3	3	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	2 - 6	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	1	1

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6.5	3.5	Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)	4 - 14	Pavel Hristov (BUL)	0.5	0.5
1	0	Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)	TF / 8:36	Kent Andersson (SWE)	4	8
3.5	3.5	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	5 - 13	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	0.5	0.5
8	4	Saber Nakdali (SYR)	TF / 1:16	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	0	3
7	3	Roman Kierpacz (POL)	10 - 13	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	1	2

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	4	Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)	0 - 27	Pavel Hristov (BUL)	0	0.5
7.5	4	Alfredo Olvera (MEX)	TF / 2:29	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	0	3
4	3.5	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	6 - 17	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	0.5	2.5

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
9	4	Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)	2 - 17	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	0	4
4.5	4	Pavel Hristov (BUL)	DQ / 7:34	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	2	5
2.5		Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3.5	1	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	12 - 7	Pavel Hristov (BUL)	3	7.5
7	3	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	5 - 10	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	1	6

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	3	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	2 - 6	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	1
	3.5	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	6 - 17	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)	0.5	1.5
6.5	3	Ferenc Seres (HUN)	5 - 10	Constantin Alexandru (ROU)	1	4

Final standings

1.  Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)
2.  Constantin Alexandru (ROU)
3.  Ferenc Seres (HUN)
4.  Pavel Hristov (BUL)
5.  Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)
6.  Alfredo Olvera (MEX)
7.  Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)
8.  Roman Kierpacz (POL)

References

• Official Report