Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	130 kg	130 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from August 3 to August 5.

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Medalists

Gold	Arsen Fadzayev  Unified Team
Silver	Valentin Getsov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Kosei Akaishi  Japan

Results

Legend

• D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity (0–0 score)
• DO — The winner has not scored technical points
• E2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for rules violation
• EF — Win by withdrawal (the loser does not classify)
• EV — Disqualification from the entire competition, for violation of the rules
• PA — Win by injury default or withdrawal
• PO — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• PP — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has technical points
• SO — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• SP — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has technical points
• ST — Win by technical superiority (15 points margin)
• TO — Win by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Eliminatory

Pool A

	Score		CP
Round 1
Endre Elekes (HUN)	0–8	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0–4 TO
Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	1–2	Maxim Geller (ISR)	1–3 PP
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	4–2	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3–1 PP
Ludwig Küng (SUI)	0–14	Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	0–4 PA
Calum McNeil (GBR)	0–5	Townsend Saunders (USA)	0–3 PO
Francisco Barcia (ESP)		Bye
Round 2
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	1–7	Endre Elekes (HUN)	1–3 PP
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1–0	Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	3–0 PO
Maxim Geller (ISR)	0–2	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	0–3 PO
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	4–0	Calum McNeil (GBR)	3–0 PO
Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	4–1	Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1 PP
Round 3
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	0–9	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0–3 PO
Endre Elekes (HUN)	0–0	Maxim Geller (ISR)	0–0 D2
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	0–2	Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	0–3 PO
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	0–4	Townsend Saunders (USA)	0–4 TO
Round 4
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1–3	Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	1–3 PP
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	5–2	Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1 PP
Round 5
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3–0	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	3–0 PO
Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)		Bye

Athlete	L	R	CP	TP	TB
Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	0	—	13	23	6
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1	—	14	22	4
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	2	—	9	11	0
Townsend Saunders (USA)	2	4	9	12
Endre Elekes (HUN)	2	3	3	7	0
Maxim Geller (ISR)	2	3	3	2	0
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	2	3	4	6
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	2	3	1	1
Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	1	1
Calum McNeil (GBR)	2	2	0	0
Ludwig Küng (SUI)	1	1	0	0

Pool B

	Score		CP
Round 1
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	2–4	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Küllo Kõiv (EST)	2–4	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	1–3 PP
Cris Brown (AUS)	3–4	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	1–3 PP
Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	2–3	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	2–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–3 PP
Round 2
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	3–1 PP
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	0–0	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	0–0 D2
Cris Brown (AUS)	0–4	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	1–0	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	3–0 PO
Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–3 PP
Round 3
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–0	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	3–0 PO
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	1–5	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	1–3 PP
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	2–9	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Chris Wilson (CAN)		Bye
Round 4
Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–2	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	1–3 PP
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	0–3	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO
Valentin Getsov (BUL)		Bye
Round 5
Valentin Getsov (BUL)	7–5	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1 PP
Chris Wilson (CAN)	0–1	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO

Athlete	L	R	CP	TP	TB
Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1	—	10	20	3
Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	1	—	13	15	1
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	2	5	11	15
Chris Wilson (CAN)	2	5	7	7
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	2	4	7	7
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	2	3	4	5
Georg Schwabenland (GER)	2	3	3	4
Küllo Kõiv (EST)	2	2	2	3
Cris Brown (AUS)	2	2	1	3
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	2	2	1	2

Finals

	Score		CP
9th place match
Endre Elekes (HUN)		Gérard Sartoro (FRA)
7th place match
Townsend Saunders (USA)	6–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	3–1 PP
5th place match
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	3–1	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4–0	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	3–0 PO
Gold medal match
Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)	13–1	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	3.5–0.5 SP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Arsen Fadzayev (EUN)
	Valentin Getsov (BUL)
	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
4	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)
5	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)
6	Ko Young-ho (KOR)
7	Townsend Saunders (USA)
8	Chris Wilson (CAN)
9	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)
10	Endre Elekes (HUN)

References

• Official Report