Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg
| Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17 – 20 October 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The Men's Freestyle light heavyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20.[1] The light heavyweight allowed wrestlers up to 97 kilograms.[2]
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 wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.[1]
- Legend
- TF — Won by Fall
- DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit
- D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
- DNA — Did not appear
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall and Disqualification
- 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
- 1 — Won by Points
- 2 — Draw
- 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
- 3 — Lost by Points
- 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
- 4 — Lost by Fall and Disqualification
1st round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Jess Lewis (USA) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Gerd Bachmann (GDR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Shunichi Kawano (JPN) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Nicolae Neguț (ROU) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ryszard Długosz (POL) |
TF / 1:33 | .svg.png){kind=small} Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH) |
4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Edward Millard (CAN) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  József Csatári (HUN) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Peter Jutzeler (SUI) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Heinz Kiehl (FRG) |
 Shota Lomidze (URS) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Moslem Eskandar (IRI) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Victor Vernik (ARG) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Said Mustafov (BUL) |
 Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
1 | 1 |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Jess Lewis (USA) |
Shunichi Kawano (JPN) |
3 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gerd Bachmann (GDR) |
Nicolae Neguț (ROU) |
2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Ryszard Długosz (POL) |
Edward Millard (CAN) |
1 | 4.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH) |
TF / 1:17 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) |
0 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Peter Jutzeler (SUI) |
Moslem Eskandar (IRI) |
3 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | József Csatári (HUN) |
Shota Lomidze (URS) |
1 | 1.5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Victor Vernik (ARG) |
TF / 5:16 | Said Mustafov (BUL) |
0 | 3 |
| Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
DNA | Heinz Kiehl (FRG) |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | Jess Lewis (USA) |
Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Gerd Bachmann (GDR) |
Shunichi Kawano (JPN) |
3 | 7 | |
| 8 | 3 | Nicolae Neguț (ROU) |
Ryszard Długosz (POL) |
1 | 4 | |
| 8.5 | 4 | Edward Millard (CAN) |
TF / 9:02 | József Csatári (HUN) |
0 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) |
Peter Jutzeler (SUI) |
3 | 7 | |
| 2.5 | 1 | Shota Lomidze (URS) |
Moslem Eskandar (IRI) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| Said Mustafov (BUL) |
Bye |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Jess Lewis (USA) |
Said Mustafov (BUL) |
1 | 4 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ryszard Długosz (POL) |
Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) |
József Csatári (HUN) |
3 | 4.5 | |
| Shota Lomidze (URS) |
Bye |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
TF / 1:02 | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) |
4 | 8.5 |
| 5 | 2.5 | Shota Lomidze (URS) |
Said Mustafov (BUL) |
2.5 | 6.5 | |
| József Csatári (HUN) |
Bye |
Final rounds
First round robin bout
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | József Csatári (HUN) |
Shota Lomidze (URS) |
1 | 1 | |
| Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
Bye |
Second round robin bout
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | József Csatári (HUN) |
TF / 10:12 | Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
0 | 0 |
| Shota Lomidze (URS) |
Bye |
Third round robin bout
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | Shota Lomidze (URS) |
Ahmet Ayık (TUR) |
2 | 2 |
Final standings
- Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- Shota Lomidze (URS)
- József Csatári (HUN)
- Said Mustafov (BUL)
- Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)
- Jess Lewis (USA)
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 723.
Sources
- Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 337, 723-724.
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