Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
Games:1968 Summer
Venue:Insurgentes Ice Rink
Dates:23–26 October
Competitors:24
Nations:24
Gold:Petar Kirov
Goldnoc:BUL
Silver:Vladimir Bakulin
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Miroslav Zeman
Bronzenoc:TCH
Prev:1964
Next:1972

The Men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The flyweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 52 kilograms.[1]

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.

Legend
Penalties

1st round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
2 2 2 2
4 4 TF / 5:20 0 0
3 3 1 1
0 0 TF / 1:25 4 4
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
2 2 2 2
3 3 1 1
1 1 3 3
0 0 DQ / 9:45 4 4
3 3 1 1
1 1 3 3
3 3 1 1

2nd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
2.5 0.5 3.5 bgcolor=pink7.5
5 3 1 1
5 2 2 2
1 0 TF / 0:56 4 bgcolor=pink8
2.5 0 TF / 2:57 4 bgcolor=pink6
2.5 0 DQ 4 bgcolor=pink6
3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 1
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 2:01 0 3
4 3 1 2
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink6
1 Bye
bgcolor=pink3 DNA

3rd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1 0 DQ 4 bgcolor=pink6.5
1 0 TF / 1:55 4 bgcolor=pink9
4 3 1 3
3.5 1 3 bgcolor=pink6.5
2.5 0 TF / 1:52 4 bgcolor=pink7.5
2 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 3
4 Bye
bgcolor=pink5 DNA

4th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 2
2 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 4.5
5 2.5 2.5 4.5
3 Bye

5th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
4 1 3 5
5 3 1 bgcolor=pink6
5.5 1 3 bgcolor=pink7.5

6th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
5 1 3 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink6 1 3 bgcolor=pink8.5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 31 March 2019.