Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 78 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle welterweight
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date:	17 – 20 October
Competitors:	19
Nations:	19
Gold:	Mahmut Atalay
Goldnoc:	TUR
Silver:	Daniel Robin
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Tömöriin Artag
Bronzenoc:	MGL
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The Men's Freestyle welterweight 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 welterweight allowed wrestlers up to 78 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

			Score
4	4		TF / 0:37		0	0
0	0		TF / 9:14		4	4
1	1				3	3
3	3				1	1
0.5	0.5				3.5	3.5
1	1				3	3
1	1				3	3
1	1				3	3
3	3				1	1
				Bye

2nd round

			Score
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 10:10		0	0
0.5	0.5				3.5	3.5
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 1:03		0	1
3	0		TF / 4:51		4	bgcolor=pink	7
1.5	1				3	4
1	0		DQ		4	bgcolor=pink	7.5
bgcolor=pink	7	4		TF / 10:52		0	1
bgcolor=pink	6.5	3.5				0.5	1.5
4	1				3	bgcolor=pink	6
				Bye

3rd round

			Score
4	3				1	1
1.5	1				3	4
bgcolor=pink	7.5	4		TF / 4:38		0	3
5	1				3	4
4.5	3				1	2.5
4	3				1	5

4th round

			Score
5.5	4		DQ		0	4
5	1				3	4
4	1				3	bgcolor=pink	8
5.5	1				3	bgcolor=pink	7
bgcolor=pink	8	4		TF / 8:37		0	2.5
				Bye

5th round

			Score
bgcolor=pink	8	3				1	5
bgcolor=pink	8	2.5				2.5	bgcolor=pink	6.5
bgcolor=pink	8	3				1	bgcolor=pink	6.5
bgcolor=pink	6	2				2	4.5

Final round

Sources

• Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 721-722.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 April 2019.
2. Official Report, p. 721.