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. The light heavyweight allowed wrestlers up to 97 kilograms.Official Report, p. 723.

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.

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 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 4.58 4 TF / 1:17 0 0.5 4 1 3 3.5 4 3 1 1.57.5 4 TF / 5:16 0 3 DNA

3rd round

Score 4 2 2 46 1 3 78 3 1 48.5 4 TF / 9:02 0 4 1.5 1 3 7 2.5 1 3 6.5 Bye

4th round

Score 7 3 1 47 3 1 4 5 1 3 4.5 Bye

5th round

Score 4 0 TF / 1:02 4 8.5 5 2.5 2.5 6.5 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

Score 3 2 2 2

Final standings

References

Sources Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 337, 723–724.