Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 78 kg
The Men's Freestyle welterweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20.[1] The welterweight allowed wrestlers up to 78 kilograms.[2]
| Men's freestyle welterweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17 – 20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 |  | TF / 0:37 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  | TF / 9:14 |  | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  |  | 1 | 1 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | .svg.png){kind=small} | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | .png){kind=small} |  | 3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 |  |  | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  |  | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Bye |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | | TF / 10:10 | | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | | | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | | TF / 1:03 | | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | | TF / 4:51 | | 4 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | | DQ | | 4 | 7.5 |
| 7 | 4 | | TF / 10:52 | | 0 | 1 |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | | | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | | | 3 | 6 | |
| Bye |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 1.5 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | | TF / 4:38 | | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 | |
| 4.5 | 3 | | | 1 | 2.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | | | 1 | 5 |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 4 | | DQ | | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | | | 3 | 8 | |
| 5.5 | 1 | | | 3 | 7 | |
| 8 | 4 | | TF / 8:37 | | 0 | 2.5 |
| Bye |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 3 | | | 1 | 5 | |
| 8 | 2.5 | | | 2.5 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | 3 | | | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 6 | 2 | | | 2 | 4.5 |
Final round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 1 | | | 3 | 8 |
Final standings
References
- "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- Official Report, p. 721.
Sources
- Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 721-722.
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