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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle light heavyweight

|games = 1968 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Insurgentes Ice Rink

|date = 17 – 20 October 1968

|competitors = 16

|nations = 16

|gold = Ahmet Ayık

|goldNOC = TUR

|silver = Shota Lomidze

|silverNOC = URS

|bronze = József Csatári

|bronzeNOC = HUN

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

}}

{{WrestlingAt1968SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=5 April 2019}} The light heavyweight allowed wrestlers up to 97 kilograms.Official Report, p. 723.

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

;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 =

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11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jess Lewis|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gerd Bachmann|GDR|1968 Summer}}33
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shunichi Kawano|JPN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nicolae Neguț|ROU|1968 Summer}}33
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Długosz|POL|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alexis Nihon Jr.|BAH|1968 Summer}}44
3.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Millard|CAN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}0.50.5
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Jutzeler|SUI|1968 Summer}}33
3.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Kiehl|FRG|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}0.50.5
0.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Moslem Eskandar|IRI|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Victor Vernik|ARG|1968 Summer}}3.53.5
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}11

= 2nd round =

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21style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jess Lewis|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shunichi Kawano|JPN|1968 Summer}}34
52style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gerd Bachmann|GDR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nicolae Neguț|ROU|1968 Summer}}25
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Długosz|POL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Millard|CAN|1968 Summer}}14.5
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alexis Nihon Jr.|BAH|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:17style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}00.5
41style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Jutzeler|SUI|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Moslem Eskandar|IRI|1968 Summer}}33.5
43style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}11.5
bgcolor=pink|7.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Victor Vernik|ARG|1968 Summer}}TF / 5:16style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}03
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}DNAstyle="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Kiehl|FRG|1968 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|

= 3rd round =

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42style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jess Lewis|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}24
bgcolor=pink|61style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gerd Bachmann|GDR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shunichi Kawano|JPN|1968 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|7
bgcolor=pink|83style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nicolae Neguț|ROU|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Długosz|POL|1968 Summer}}14
bgcolor=pink|8.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Millard|CAN|1968 Summer}}TF / 9:02style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}04
1.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Jutzeler|SUI|1968 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|7
2.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Moslem Eskandar|IRI|1968 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|6.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= 4th round =

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bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jess Lewis|USA|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}14
bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ryszard Długosz|POL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}14
51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}34.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= 5th round =

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40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}TF / 1:02style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8.5
52.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}2.5bgcolor=pink|6.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Final rounds =

== First round robin bout ==

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33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}11
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

== Second round robin bout ==

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74style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}TF / 10:12style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}00
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

== Third round robin bout ==

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32style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}22

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Ayık|TUR|1968 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Shota Lomidze|URS|1968 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|József Csatári|HUN|1968 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Said Mustafov|BUL|1968 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh|MGL|1968 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Jess Lewis|USA|1968 Summer}}

References

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Sources

  • Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). [http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf 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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