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

Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Date17 – 20 October
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahmet Ayık  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shota Lomidze  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) József Csatári  Hungary
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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

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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

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
1 1  Jess Lewis (USA)  Gerd Bachmann (GDR) 3 3
1 1  Shunichi Kawano (JPN)  Nicolae Neguț (ROU) 3 3
0 0  Ryszard Długosz (POL) TF / 1:33  Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH) 4 4
3.5 3.5  Edward Millard (CAN)  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) 0.5 0.5
1 1  József Csatári (HUN)  Peter Jutzeler (SUI) 3 3
3.5 3.5  Heinz Kiehl (FRG)  Shota Lomidze (URS) 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.5  Moslem Eskandar (IRI)  Victor Vernik (ARG) 3.5 3.5
3 3  Said Mustafov (BUL)  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) 1 1

2nd round

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2 1  Jess Lewis (USA)  Shunichi Kawano (JPN) 3 4
5 2  Gerd Bachmann (GDR)  Nicolae Neguț (ROU) 2 5
3 3  Ryszard Długosz (POL)  Edward Millard (CAN) 1 4.5
8 4  Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH) TF / 1:17  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) 0 0.5
4 1  Peter Jutzeler (SUI)  Moslem Eskandar (IRI) 3 3.5
4 3  József Csatári (HUN)  Shota Lomidze (URS) 1 1.5
7.5 4  Victor Vernik (ARG) TF / 5:16  Said Mustafov (BUL) 0 3
 Ahmet Ayık (TUR) DNA  Heinz Kiehl (FRG)

3rd round

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 2  Jess Lewis (USA)  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) 2 4
6 1  Gerd Bachmann (GDR)  Shunichi Kawano (JPN) 3 7
8 3  Nicolae Neguț (ROU)  Ryszard Długosz (POL) 1 4
8.5 4  Edward Millard (CAN) TF / 9:02  József Csatári (HUN) 0 4
1.5 1  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)  Peter Jutzeler (SUI) 3 7
2.5 1  Shota Lomidze (URS)  Moslem Eskandar (IRI) 3 6.5
 Said Mustafov (BUL) Bye

4th round

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 3  Jess Lewis (USA)  Said Mustafov (BUL) 1 4
7 3  Ryszard Długosz (POL)  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) 1 4
5 1  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)  József Csatári (HUN) 3 4.5
 Shota Lomidze (URS) Bye

5th round

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
4 0  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) TF / 1:02  Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL) 4 8.5
5 2.5  Shota Lomidze (URS)  Said Mustafov (BUL) 2.5 6.5
 József Csatári (HUN) Bye

Final rounds

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First round robin bout

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 3  József Csatári (HUN)  Shota Lomidze (URS) 1 1
 Ahmet Ayık (TUR) Bye

Second round robin bout

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 4  József Csatári (HUN) TF / 10:12  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) 0 0
 Shota Lomidze (URS) Bye

Third round robin bout

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 2  Shota Lomidze (URS)  Ahmet Ayık (TUR) 2 2

Final standings

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.

Sources

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