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

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]

Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Date17 – 20 October
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ahmet Ayık  Turkey
Shota Lomidze  Soviet Union
József Csatári  Hungary

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
11 Jess Lewis (USA) Gerd Bachmann (GDR)33
11 Shunichi Kawano (JPN) Nicolae Neguț (ROU)33
00 Ryszard Długosz (POL)TF / 1:33 Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH)44
3.53.5 Edward Millard (CAN) Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)0.50.5
11 József Csatári (HUN) Peter Jutzeler (SUI)33
3.53.5 Heinz Kiehl (FRG) Shota Lomidze (URS)0.50.5
0.50.5 Moslem Eskandar (IRI) Victor Vernik (ARG)3.53.5
33 Said Mustafov (BUL) Ahmet Ayık (TUR)11

2nd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
21 Jess Lewis (USA) Shunichi Kawano (JPN)34
52 Gerd Bachmann (GDR) Nicolae Neguț (ROU)25
33 Ryszard Długosz (POL) Edward Millard (CAN)14.5
84 Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH)TF / 1:17 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)00.5
41 Peter Jutzeler (SUI) Moslem Eskandar (IRI)33.5
43 József Csatári (HUN) Shota Lomidze (URS)11.5
7.54 Victor Vernik (ARG)TF / 5:16 Said Mustafov (BUL)03
 Ahmet Ayık (TUR)DNA Heinz Kiehl (FRG)

3rd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
42 Jess Lewis (USA) Ahmet Ayık (TUR)24
61 Gerd Bachmann (GDR) Shunichi Kawano (JPN)37
83 Nicolae Neguț (ROU) Ryszard Długosz (POL)14
8.54 Edward Millard (CAN)TF / 9:02 József Csatári (HUN)04
1.51 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) Peter Jutzeler (SUI)37
2.51 Shota Lomidze (URS) Moslem Eskandar (IRI)36.5
 Said Mustafov (BUL)Bye

4th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
73 Jess Lewis (USA) Said Mustafov (BUL)14
73 Ryszard Długosz (POL) Ahmet Ayık (TUR)14
51 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) József Csatári (HUN)34.5
 Shota Lomidze (URS)Bye

5th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
40 Ahmet Ayık (TUR)TF / 1:02 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)48.5
52.5 Shota Lomidze (URS) Said Mustafov (BUL)2.56.5
 József Csatári (HUN)Bye

First round robin bout

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
33 József Csatári (HUN) Shota Lomidze (URS)11
 Ahmet Ayık (TUR)Bye

Second round robin bout

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
74 József Csatári (HUN)TF / 10:12 Ahmet Ayık (TUR)00
 Shota Lomidze (URS)Bye

Third round robin bout

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
32 Shota Lomidze (URS) Ahmet Ayık (TUR)22

Final standings

  1.  Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
  2.  Shota Lomidze (URS)
  3.  József Csatári (HUN)
  4.  Said Mustafov (BUL)
  5.  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 723.

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