12.Golden Gong
Skopje, Yugoslavia
November 7-9, 1980
Semifinals (in Kumanovo & Prilep)
| 1980-11-07 | 51kg | Klaus-Dieter Kirchstein | GDR | Ajvazovski | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 54kg | Dzevdzet Ramadani | YUG | Musafet Limanovski | YUG | RSC 1 |
| 1980-11-07 | 57kg | Dzavid Asanov | YUG | Rejf Halitovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 57kg | Mario Behrendt | GDR | Mustafovski | YUG | DQ 2 |
| 1980-11-07 | 60kg | Bratislav Ristic | YUG | Dorijan Calic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 60kg | Milivoj Labudovic | YUG | Ramiz Hrnjak | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 63,5kg | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | Smilevski | YUG | RSC 1 |
| 1980-11-07 | 67kg | Sreten Mirkovic | YUG | Bakic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 67kg | D.Djosevski | YUG | Nisovic | YUG | RSC 2 |
| 1980-11-07 | 71kg | Radonja Sturanovic | YUG | Labudovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 75kg | Jacovic | YUG | Pavle Nikcevic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 81kg | Pero Tadic | YUG | Dragan Malovic | YUG | RSCI 3 |
| 1980-11-07 | +81kg | Werner Kohnert | GDR | Bozidar Cvetic | YUG | RSC 1 |
| 1980-11-07 | 51kg | Dragutin Barcanec | YUG | Serif Rustemov | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 51kg | Zoran Maksimovic | YUG | Vukasin Dobrasinovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 54kg | Fazlija Sacirovic | YUG | N.Misimi | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 54kg | Mario Zarev | BUL | Ljubisa Simic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 57kg | Zoran Spasic | YUG | Milic | YUG | RSC 3 |
| 1980-11-07 | 57kg | Milan Acimovic | YUG | Dragan Jovanovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 63,5kg | Djordje Petronijevic | YUG | Bogusław Mierzejewski | POL | RSC 2 |
| 1980-11-07 | 67kg | Jovan Crnokrak | YUG | Dragoljub Nikolic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 67kg | Bogomil Alexandrov | BUL | Vrsjakovic | YUG | RSC 2 |
| 1980-11-07 | 71kg | Srboljub Stankovic | YUG | Piotr Pałka | POL | RSC 3 |
| 1980-11-07 | 75kg | Velimir Jeftic | YUG | Janusz Woźniak | POL | PTS |
| 1980-11-07 | 81kg | Slobodan Kacar | YUG | Jokic | YUG | RSC 2 |
| 1980-11-07 | +81kg | Azis Salihu | YUG | Milivoje Maric | YUG | PTS |
Finals (in Kale Sports Centre, Skopje)
| 1980-11-09 | 51kg | Klaus-Dieter Kirchstein | GDR | Dragutin Barcanec | YUG | 3:2 |
| 1980-11-09 | 54kg | Fazlija Sacirovic | YUG | Dzevdzet Ramadani | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 57kg | Dzavid Asanov | YUG | Mario Behrendt | GDR | 3:2 |
| 1980-11-09 | 57kg | Zoran Spasic | YUG | Milan Acimovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 60kg | Milivoj Labudovic | YUG | Ramiz Hrnjak | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 60kg | Seido Ademovski | YUG | Bratislav Ristic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1980-11-09 | 63,5kg | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | Djordje Petronijevic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1980-11-09 | 67kg | Sreten Mirkovic | YUG | D.Djosevski | YUG | AB 1 |
| 1980-11-09 | 67kg | Jovan Crnokrak | YUG | Bogomil Alexandrov | BUL | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 71kg | Srboljub Stankovic | YUG | Juergen Alms | GDR | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 75kg | Velimir Jeftic | YUG | Jacovic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | 81kg | Slobodan Kacar | YUG | Pero Tadic | YUG | PTS |
| 1980-11-09 | +81kg | Werner Kohnert | GDR | Azis Salihu | YUG | RSCI 2 |
| both sources confirmed that Labudovic beat Hrnjak again |
| not all semifinals' winners competed in final day |
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sources: |
| "Borba" no 310 - November 9, 1980 (page 13) |
| "Borba" no 311 - November 10, 1980 (page 11) |
| "Politika" no 24102 - November 9, 1980 (page 18) |
| "Politika" no 24103 - November 10, 1980 (page 10) |