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

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

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Udey Chand (IND)	TF / 1:55	Ángel Aldama (GUA)	4	4
0	0	Klaus Rost (FRG)	TF / 2:20	Roger Till (GBR)	4	4
3	3	Carlos Vario (ARG)		Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Abdollah Movahed (IRI)		Gordon Garvie (CAN)	3.5	3.5
0	0	Guy Marchand (FRA)	TF / 3:01	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	4	4
3.5	3.5	Sidney Marsh (AUS)		Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	0.5	0.5
0.5	0.5	Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR)		Israel Vargas (MEX)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Muhammad Taj (PAK)		Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)	3	3
3	3	Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Enyu Valchev (BUL)	1	1
2	2	Wayne Wells (USA)		Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)	2	2
4	4	Severino Aguilar (PAN)	TF / 2:16	Ion Enache (ROU)	0	0
1	1	Janusz Pająk (POL)		Aka-Jahan Dastagir (AFG)	3	3
1	1	Iwao Horiuchi (JPN)		Károly Buzás (HUN)	3	3

2nd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	Udey Chand (IND)		Klaus Rost (FRG)	1	1
8	4	Ángel Aldama (GUA)	TF / 2:15	Roger Till (GBR)	0	4
6,5	3.5	Carlos Vario (ARG)		Abdollah Movahed (IRI)	0.5	1
1	0	Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	TF / 10:50	Gordon Garvie (CAN)	4	7.5
1	1	Guy Marchand (FRA)		Sidney Marsh (AUS)	3	6.5
8	4	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	TF / 0:57	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	0	0.5
1.5	1	Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR)		Muhammad Taj (PAK)	3	4
6,5	3	Israel Vargas (MEX)		Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)	1	4
6	3	Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Wayne Wells (USA)	1	3
3	2	Enyu Valchev (BUL)		Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)	2	4
8	4	Severino Aguilar (PAN)	TF / 1:14	Janusz Pająk (POL)	0	1
4	4	Ion Enache (ROU)	DQ	Iwao Horiuchi (JPN)	0	1
7	4	Aka-Jahan Dastagir (AFG)	DQ	Károly Buzás (HUN)	4	7

3rd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	Udey Chand (IND)	TF / 2:07	Roger Till (GBR)	4	8
2	1	Klaus Rost (FRG)		Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	3	4
1.5	0.5	Abdollah Movahed (IRI)		Guy Marchand (FRA)	3.5	4.5
1.5	1	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)		Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR)	3	4.5
8	4	Muhammad Taj (PAK)	TF / 1:38	Enyu Valchev (BUL)	0	3
8	4	Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)	TF / 8:15	Wayne Wells (USA)	0	3
4	0	Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)	TF / 2:10	Ion Enache (ROU)	4	8
4	3	Janusz Pająk (POL)		Iwao Horiuchi (JPN)	1	2

4th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	0	Udey Chand (IND)		Francisco Lebeque (CUB)	4	8
5.5	3.5	Klaus Rost (FRG)		Abdollah Movahed (IRI)	0.5	2
8.5	4	Guy Marchand (FRA)	TF / 1:52	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	0	1.5
8.5	4	Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR)	TF / 10:28	Enyu Valchev (BUL)	0	3
4	1	Wayne Wells (USA)		Janusz Pająk (POL)	3	7
5	1	Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)		Iwao Horiuchi (JPN)	3	5

5th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
6	3	Udey Chand (IND)		Abdollah Movahed (IRI)	1	3
9.5	4	Klaus Rost (FRG)	TF / 10:38	Enyu Valchev (BUL)	0	4
4.5	3	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)		Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)	1	6
5	1	Wayne Wells (USA)		Iwao Horiuchi (JPN)	3	8

6th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	1	Abdollah Movahed (IRI)		Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)	3	7.5
4	1	Enyu Valchev (BUL)		Wayne Wells (USA)	3	8

Final round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5	1	Abdollah Movahed (IRI)		Enyu Valchev (BUL)	3	7

1.  Abdollah Movahed (IRI)
2.  Enyu Valchev (BUL)
3.  Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)
4.  Wayne Wells (USA)
5.  Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)
6.  Udey Chand (IND)

• Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 716-721.