Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 kg

The Men's Freestyle featherweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The featherweight was the third-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 63 kilograms.[1]

Men's freestyle 63 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates17–20 October
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Masaaki Kaneko  Japan
Enyu Todorov  Belgium
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi  Iran

Medalists

GoldMasaaki Kaneko
 Japan
SilverEnyu Todorov
 Bulgaria
BronzeShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
 Iran

Tournament results

Left-right:Todorov, Kaneko, Seyed-Abbasi

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
  • TPP — Total penalty points
  • MPP — Match penalty points
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 Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) Jürgen Luczak (GDR)33
33 Bobby Douglas (USA) Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)11
11 Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)33
33 Tadeusz Godyń (POL) Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)11
44 Gabriel Ruz (MEX)TF / 2:47 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)00
00 Choi Jeong-hyeok (KOR)TF / 2:24 Onésimo Rufino (DOM)44
0.50.5 Petre Coman (ROU) John McCourtney (GBR)3.53.5
33 Patrick Bolger (CAN) József Rusznyák (HUN)11
00 Enyu Todorov (BUL)TF / 10:09 José Ramos (CUB)44
00 Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ)TF / 5:45 José García (GUA)44
44 Antonio Senosa (PHI)TF / 6:15 Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)00
0 Josef Engel (TCH)Bye

2nd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
33 Josef Engel (TCH) Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)12
6.53.5 Hans-Jürgen Luczak (GDR) Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)0.51.5
10 Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)TF / 9:04 Tadeusz Godyń (POL)47
52 Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)23
73 Gabriel Ruz (MEX) Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR)11
00 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)TF / 2:06 Onésimo Rufino (DOM)48
10.5 Petre Coman (ROU) Patrick Bolger (CAN)3.56.5
7.54 John McCourtney (GBR)TF / 5:45 József Rusznyák (HUN)01
0.50.5 Enyu Todorov (BUL) Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ)3.53.5
40 José Ramos (CUB)TF / 5:57 Antonio Senosa (PHI)48
84 José García (GUA)TF / 4:47 Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)00
3 Bobby Douglas (USA)DNA

3rd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
74 Josef Engel (TCH)TF / 8:39 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)01.5
42 Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)23
6.53.5 Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)0.50.5
43 Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR) Petre Coman (ROU)12
4.53.5 József Rusznyák (HUN) Enyu Todorov (BUL)0.51
62 José Ramos (CUB) Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ)25.5
0 Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)Bye
5 Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)DNA

4th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2.52.5 Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)2.56.5
2.51 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)36
0.50 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)TF / 5:31 Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR)48
53 Petre Coman (ROU) Enyu Todorov (BUL)12
7.53 József Rusznyák (HUN) Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ)16.5

5th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
6.54 Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)TF / 1:39 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)02.5
1.51 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) Petre Coman (ROU)38
2 Enyu Todorov (BUL)Bye

Final round

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2 Enyu Todorov (BUL) Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)2
2.5 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) Enyu Todorov (BUL)2.54.5
53 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)13.5

Final standings

  1.  Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
  2.  Enyu Todorov (BUL)
  3.  Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)
  4.  Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)
  5.  Petre Coman (ROU)
  6.  Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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