Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle light heavyweight
Games:1968 Summer
Venue:Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date:17 – 20 October
Competitors:16
Nations:16
Gold:Ahmet Ayık
Goldnoc:TUR
Silver:Shota Lomidze
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:József Csatári
Bronzenoc:HUN
Prev:1964
Next:1972

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
Penalties

1st round

Score
1 1 3 3
1 1 3 3
0 0 TF / 1:33 4 4
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5
1 1 3 3
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.5 3.5 3.5
3 3 1 1

2nd round

Score
2 1 3 4
5 2 2 5
3 3 1 4.5
bgcolor=pink8 4 TF / 1:17 0 0.5
4 1 3 3.5
4 3 1 1.5
bgcolor=pink7.5 4 TF / 5:16 0 3
DNA bgcolor=pink

3rd round

Score
4 2 2 4
bgcolor=pink6 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
bgcolor=pink8 3 1 4
bgcolor=pink8.5 4 TF / 9:02 0 4
1.5 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
2.5 1 3 bgcolor=pink6.5
Bye

4th round

Score
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 4
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 4
5 1 3 4.5
Bye

5th round

Score
4 0 TF / 1:02 4 bgcolor=pink8.5
5 2.5 2.5 bgcolor=pink6.5
Bye

Final rounds

First round robin bout

Score
3 3 1 1
Bye

Second round robin bout

Score
7 4 TF / 10:12 0 0
Bye

Third round robin bout

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 April 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 723.