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

Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Sports Club of the Army
Dates	20–22 July
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Norbert Növényi  Hungary Igor Kanygin  Soviet Union Petre Dicu  Romania
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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
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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.^[1]

Gold	Norbert Növényi  Hungary
Silver	Igor Kanygin  Soviet Union
Bronze	Petre Dicu  Romania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1.  Norbert Növényi (HUN)
2.  Igor Kanygin (URS)
3.  Petre Dicu (ROU)
4.  Frank Andersson (SWE)
5.  Thomas Horschel (GDR)
6.  José Poll (CUB)
7.  Christophe Andanson (FRA)
8.  Georgios Pozidis (GRE)

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