Men's freestyle light heavyweight
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink |
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Date | 17 – 20 October |
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Competitors | 16 from 16 nations |
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Medalists |
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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
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
2nd round
3rd round
4th round
5th round
Final rounds
First round robin bout
Second round robin bout
Third round robin bout
Final standings
Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
Shota Lomidze (URS)
József Csatári (HUN)
Said Mustafov (BUL)
Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)
Jess Lewis (USA)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Official Report, p. 723.
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.
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- 1920: 80 kg
- 1924–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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