| Men's freestyle 57 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17–20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 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 |
The Men's Freestyle bantamweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The bantamweight was the second-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 57 kilograms.
Medalists
| Gold | Yojiro Uetake Japan
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| Silver | Donald Behm United States
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| Bronze | Aboutaleb Talebi Iran
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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
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 0 | 0 |  Herbert Singerman (CAN) |
TF / 5:02 |  Rogelio Famatid (PHI) |
4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |  Hasan Sevinç (TUR) |
 Simeon Šutev (YUG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Jang Gyeong-mu (KOR) |
 Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Marco Terán (ECU) |
TF / 2:47 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
 Horst Mayer (GDR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Pekka Alanen (FIN) |
 Nicolae Cristea (ROU) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Moises López (MEX) |
DQ |  Ali Aliyev (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |  Ahmad Djan (AFG) |
 Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
 Javier Raxon (GUA) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Muhammad Sardar (PAK) |
 Donald Behm (USA) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 |  Bishambar Singh (IND) |
Bye |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 0.5 | 0.5 | Bishambar Singh (IND) |
Herbert Singerman (CAN) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) |
Chang Kyung-Mu (KOR) |
3 | 6 | |
| 7 | 4 | Simeon Šutev (YUG) |
TF / 9:00 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Marco Terán (ECU) |
TF / 2:10 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
TF / 1:43 | Horst Mayer (GDR) |
4 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Pekka Alanen (FIN) |
Moises López (MEX) |
0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Nicolae Cristea (ROU) |
Ali Aliyev (URS) |
1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ahmad Djan (AFG) |
Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
1 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) |
Sardar Mohammad (PAK) |
1 | 4 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Javier Raxon (GUA) |
TF / 6:20 | Donald Behm (USA) |
0 | 1 |
| 4 | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) |
DNA |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 1.5 | 1 | Bishambar Singh (IND) |
Hasan Sevinç (TUR) |
3 | 5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Herbert Singerman (CAN) |
TF / 1:08 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
3 | 4 | |
| 8 | 3.5 | Pekka Alanen (FIN) |
Ali Aliyev (URS) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 8.5 | 4 | Moises López (MEX) |
TF / 9:52 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) |
0 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 1 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
Sardar Mohammad (PAK) |
3 | 7 | |
| 1 | Donald Behm (USA) |
Bye |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 1.5 | 0.5 | Donald Behm (USA) |
Bishambar Singh (IND) |
3.5 | 5 | |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) |
Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 2 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
Ali Aliyev (URS) |
2 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) |
3 | 7 | |
| 2.5 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
Bye |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 3.5 | 1 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
Donald Behm (USA) |
3 | 4.5 | |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Bishambar Singh (IND) |
Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
0.5 | 3.5 | |
| 4.5 | 1 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) |
3 | 8 | |
| 3.5 | Ali Aliyev (URS) |
Bye |
6th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 5.5 | 2 | Ali Aliyev (URS) |
Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
2 | 5.5 | |
| 5.5 | 1 | Donald Behm (USA) |
Ivan Shavov (BUL) |
3 | 7.5 | |
| 3.5 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
Bye |
7th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 5.5 | 2 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) |
2 | 7.5 | |
| 8.5 | 3 | Ali Aliyev (URS) |
Donald Behm (USA) |
1 | 6.5 |
Final standings
- Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
- Donald Behm (USA)
- Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)
- Ali Aliyev (URS)
- Ivan Shavov (BUL)
- Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)
References
- "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
External links
 Olympic Champions in freestyle bantamweight | |
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