Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events (all — men's individual).

They were split into two disciplines (ten events each): Freestyle and Greco-Roman.

All events were held in the Wrestling hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow) between 20 and 31 July.

[1] A total of 266 wrestlers from 35 nations competed at the Moscow Games:[1]

Illya Mate (USSR, in red) and Július Strnisko (Czechoslovakia, in blue) at the 1980 Summer Olympics. RIAN photo.
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (USSR, in red) and Pavel Hristov (Bulgaria, in blue) at the 1980 Summer Olympics. RIAN photo.