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

Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's freestyle light heavyweight; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date	17 – 20 October
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

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

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

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

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

TPP	MPP			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

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

First round robin bout

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

Second round robin bout

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

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

Final standings

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.

[SR-1] "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.

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