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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle 52 kg

|games = 1968 Summer

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|venue = Insurgentes Ice Rink

|dates = 17–20 October 1968

|competitors = 23

|nations = 23

|gold = Shigeo Nakata

|goldNOC = JPN

|silver = Richard Sanders

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav

|bronzeNOC = MGL

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

}}

{{WrestlingAt1968SummerOlympics}}

The Men's Freestyle flyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The flyweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 52 kilograms.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=3 April 2019}}

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}

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.

;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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|José Defran|DOM|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:55style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}}00
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|César Solari|ECU|1968 Summer}}DQ / 0:08style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}}00
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|O Jeong-ryong|KOR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|André Gaudinot|FRA|1968 Summer}}33
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}}33
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}11
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|John Kinsella|AUS|1968 Summer}}TF / 10:50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}00
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Mongued|EGY|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}11
2.52.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Esenceli|TUR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}}2.52.5
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Florentino Martínez|MEX|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}}11
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}}TF / 8:15style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gustavo Ramírez|GUA|1968 Summer}}44
0.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}}3.53.5
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= 2nd round =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|José Defran|DOM|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|César Solari|ECU|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}}12
bgcolor=pink|6.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|André Gaudinot|FRA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}0.51.5
30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|7
1.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|John Kinsella|AUS|1968 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|7.5
0.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Mongued|EGY|1968 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|6.5
10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}TF / 10:14style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Esenceli|TUR|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|6.5
2.50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}}TF / 6:40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Florentino Martínez|MEX|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|7
21style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}}33
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gustavo Ramírez|GUA|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:32style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}00.5
3.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= 3rd round =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|7.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}}TF / 8:41style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}00
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}}TF / 8:43style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|7
53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}12.5
bgcolor=pink|63style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}12.5
0.50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}DQstyle="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}45
3.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}}35
41style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}33.5

= 4th round =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}TF / 2:48style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}}44
bgcolor=pink|61style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}35.5
3.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}33.5
50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|9
40.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|7.5
3.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= 5th round =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|7.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:34style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}00
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}}TF / 6:32style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}03.5
bgcolor=pink|6.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|6.5
50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}DNAstyle="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8

= Final round =

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

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width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="75" | Score

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}1
3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}14
10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:07style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}47

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2pt2.pdf Official Report]

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