title: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
  
  The Men's Greco-Roman 68 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 | Ștefan Rusu Romania |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Andrzej Supron Poland |
  | Bronze | Lars-Erik Skiöld 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 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | DQ / 5:25 | Ferenc Čaba (YUG) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Ivan Atanasov (BUL) | TF / 5:35 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | DQ / 5:16 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Mohamed Moualek (ALG) | TF / 0:58 | Károly Gaál (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
  | 0 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | DQ / 5:28 | Sakhidad Hamidi (AFG) | 4 | 4 |
  | 1 | 1 | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) | 18 - 15 | Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud (IRQ) | 3 | 3 |
  | 0 | 0 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | TF / 4:01 | Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) | 4 | 4 |
  | 0 | | Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 4 | Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) | DQ / 4:26 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | 3 | Ferenc Čaba (YUG) | 2 - 7 | Ivan Atanasov (BUL) | 1 | 5 |
  | 0 | 0 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | TF / 3:48 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 4 | 8 |
  | 0 | 0 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | DQ / 4:56 | Mohamed Moualek (ALG) | 4 | 8 |
  | 4 | 4 | Károly Gaál (HUN) | DQ / 8:27 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | 4 | Sakhidad Hamidi (AFG) | DQ / 5:47 | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | 4 | Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud (IRQ) | DQ / 5:07 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | | Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | 0 | Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) | DQ / 6:46 | Khaled El-Khaled (SYR) | 4 | 8 |
  | 8 | 4 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | DQ / 8:36 | Ivan Atanasov (BUL) | 0 | 5 |
  | 7 | 4 | Ferenc Čaba (YUG) | TF / 7:30 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
  | 1 | 1 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 4 - 2 | Károly Gaál (HUN) | 3 | 7 |
  | 0 | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 7:10 | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) | 4 | 5 |
  | 0 | | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 10 - 10 | Ivan Atanasov (BUL) | 3 | 8 |
  | 8 | 4 | Reinhard Hartmann (AUT) | TF / 3:37 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 3 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 2 - 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Round 5
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | 4 | Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL) | TF / 3:34 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | 4 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | D2 / 7:09 | Suren Nalbandyan (URS) | 4 | 8 |
  | 1 | | Andrzej Supron (POL) | | Bye | | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 0 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | TF / 3:08 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 4 | |
  | | 1 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 3 - 2 | Andrzej Supron (POL) | 3 | 3 |
  | 7 | 3 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) | 1 - 5 | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) | 1 | 2 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
  * Andrzej Supron (POL)
  * Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
  * Suren Nalbandyan (URS)
  * Buyandelgeriin Bold (MGL)
  * Ivan Atanasov (BUL)
  * Reinhard Hartmann (AUT)
  * Károly Gaál (HUN)
  