title: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
  
  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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Norbert Növényi Hungary |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Igor Kanygin Soviet Union |
  | Bronze | Petre Dicu Romania |
  
  ## 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 | 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 | | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  | 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 | | |
  
  ### Round 3
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### Round 4
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### Round 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 |
  
  ### Final
  
  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 |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Norbert Növényi (HUN)
  * Igor Kanygin (URS)
  * Petre Dicu (ROU)
  * Frank Andersson (SWE)
  * Thomas Horschel (GDR)
  * José Poll (CUB)
  * Christophe Andanson (FRA)
  * Georgios Pozidis (GRE)
  