Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.^[1]

Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	22–24 July 1980
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Alexander Kolchinsky  Soviet Union Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria Hassan Bechara  Lebanon
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Medalists

Gold	Alexander Kolchinsky  Soviet Union
Silver	Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Hassan Bechara  Lebanon

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	Prvoslav Ilić (YUG)	DQ / 3:57	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Jawdat Jabra (SYR)	TF / 2:44	József Farkas (HUN)	0	0
4	4	Roman Codreanu (ROU)	DQ / 7:50	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	0	0
4	4	Marek Galiński (POL)	D2 / 7:02	Arturo Díaz (CUB)	4	4
4	4	Antonio La Penna (ITA)	TF / 6:57	Hassan Bechara (LIB)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	0	Prvoslav Ilić (YUG)	DQ / 0:26	Jawdat Jabrah (SYR)	4	8
0	0	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	DQ / 5:16	József Farkas (HUN)	4	4
4	0	Roman Codreanu (ROU)	DQ / 4:46	Marek Galiński (POL)	4	8
0	0	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	TF / 0:55	Antonio La Penna (ITA)	4	8
4	0	Arturo Díaz (CUB)	DQ / 4:31	Hassan Bechara (LIB)	4	4

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Prvoslav Ilić (YUG)	D1 / 7:11	József Farkas (HUN)	2	6
0	0	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	DQ / 7:25	Roman Codreanu (ROU)	4	8
0	0	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	TF / 2:09	Arturo Díaz (CUB)	4	8
4		Hassan Bechara (LIB)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Hassan Bechara (LIB)	TF / 0:55	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	0	0
10	4	József Farkas (HUN)	DQ / 6:43	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	0	0

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
	4	Hassan Bechara (LIB)	TF / 0:55	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	0
8	4	Hassan Bechara (LIB)	TF / 1:40	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	0
3	3	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	2 - 4	Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)	1	1

Final standings

1.  Alexander Kolchinsky (URS)
2.  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
3.  Hassan Bechara (LIB)
4.  József Farkas (HUN)
5.  Prvoslav Ilić (YUG)
6.  Arturo Díaz (CUB)
7.  Roman Codreanu (ROU)
8.  Marek Galiński (POL)