Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 70 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle lightweight
Games:1968 Summer
Venue:Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date:17 – 20 October
Competitors:26
Nations:26
Gold:Abdollah Movahed
Goldnoc:IRI
Silver:Enyu Valchev
Silvernoc:BUL
Bronze:Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter
Bronzenoc:MGL
Prev:1964
Next:1972

The Men's Freestyle lightweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20.[1] The lightweight allowed wrestlers up to 70 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
Penalties

1st round

Score
0 0 TF / 1:55 4 4
0 0 TF / 2:20 4 4
3 3 1 1
0.5 0.5 3.5 3.5
0 0 TF / 3:01 4 4
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.5 3.5 3.5
1 1 3 3
3 3 1 1
2 2 2 2
4 4 TF / 2:16 0 0
1 1 3 3
1 1 3 3

2nd round

Score
3 3 1 1
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 2:15 0 4
bgcolor=pink6,5 3.5 0.5 1
1 0 TF / 10:50 4 bgcolor=pink7.5
1 1 3 bgcolor=pink6.5
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 0:57 0 0.5
1.5 1 3 4
bgcolor=pink6,5 3 1 4
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 3
3 2 2 4
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 1:14 0 1
4 4 DQ 0 1
bgcolor=pink7 4 DQ 4 bgcolor=pink7

3rd round

Score
3 0 TF / 2:07 4 bgcolor=pink8
2 1 3 4
1.5 0.5 3.5 4.5
1.5 1 3 4.5
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 1:38 0 3
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 8:15 0 3
4 0 TF / 2:10 4 bgcolor=pink8
4 3 1 2

4th round

Score
3 0 4 bgcolor=pink8
5.5 3.5 0.5 2
bgcolor=pink8.5 4 TF / 1:52 0 1.5
bgcolor=pink8.5 4 TF / 10:28 0 3
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
5 1 3 5

5th round

Score
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 3
bgcolor=pink9.5 4 TF / 10:38 0 4
4.5 3 1 bgcolor=pink6
5 1 3 bgcolor=pink8

6th round

Score
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink7.5
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink8

Final round

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204745/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-lightweight-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 4 April 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 720.