Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg explained
The Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The featherweight was the third-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 63 kilograms.[1] [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.[2]
- Legend
- TF — Won by Fall
- DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit
- D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- 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 |
|---|
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 1:21 | | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | | DQ | | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 8:00 | | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | | DQ | | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | | | | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 5:28 | | 4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | | | | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2 | | | | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 2:49 | | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | | | Bye | | | |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 0:20 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | | DQ | | 4 | 5 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | DQ | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | | | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 7 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | | | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | | TF / 2:23 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | | TF / 6:23 | | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | | | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 6.5 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | | TF / 2:13 | | 0 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 1 | | | | 3 | 3 |
| bgcolor=pink | 4 | | | | DNA | | | |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | | | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 9 |
| bgcolor=pink | 7 | 4 | | TF / 1:20 | | 0 | 1 |
| bgcolor=pink | 6 | 3.5 | | | | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 4:37 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | | | | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | | DQ | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 9 | |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 3 | 2 | | | | 2 | 3 |
| bgcolor=pink | 8.5 | 3 | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | | TF / 8:56 | | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 9 |
| 3.5 | 1 | | | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 6 | |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 5 | 3 | | | | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor=pink | 6 | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 3.5 | | | | Bye | | | |
6th round
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
|---|
| 5 | 1 | | | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1 | | TF / 2:32 | | 3 | bgcolor=pink | 8 | |
Final round
References
Notes
Notes and References
- Book: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). 1969. Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. 728. 5 February 2016.
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-featherweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 April 2019.
