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

Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	22–24 July 1980
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Shamil Serikov  Soviet Union Józef Lipień  Poland Benni Ljungbeck  Sweden

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.^[1]

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

1.  Shamil Serikov (URS)
2.  Józef Lipień (POL)
3.  Benni Ljungbeck (SWE)
4.  Mihai Boţilă (ROU)
5.  Antonino Caltabiano (ITA)
6.  Josef Krysta (TCH)
7.  Gyula Molnár (HUN)
8.  Georgi Donev (BUL)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report