| Men's freestyle 63 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Medal winners | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17–20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 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 featherweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The featherweight was the third-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 63 kilograms.
Medalists
| Gold | Masaaki Kaneko Japan
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| Silver | Enyu Todorov Bulgaria
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| Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 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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| 1 | 1 |  Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
 Jürgen Luczak (GDR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Bobby Douglas (USA) |
 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) |
 Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Tadeusz Godyń (POL) |
 Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Gabriel Ruz (MEX) |
TF / 2:47 | Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Choi Jeong-hyeok (KOR) |
TF / 2:24 |  Onésimo Rufino (DOM) |
4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Petre Coman (ROU) |
 John McCourtney (GBR) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
 József Rusznyák (HUN) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
TF / 10:09 |  José Ramos (CUB) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) |
TF / 5:45 |  José García (GUA) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Antonio Senosa (PHI) |
TF / 6:15 |  Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 |  Josef Engel (TCH) |
Bye |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 3 | 3 | Josef Engel (TCH) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
1 | 2 | |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | Hans-Jürgen Luczak (GDR) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 1 | 0 | Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) |
TF / 9:04 | Tadeusz Godyń (POL) |
4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) |
Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) |
2 | 3 | |
| 7 | 3 | Gabriel Ruz (MEX) |
Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
TF / 2:06 | Onésimo Rufino (DOM) |
4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0.5 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
Patrick Bolger (CAN) |
3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | John McCourtney (GBR) |
TF / 5:45 | József Rusznyák (HUN) |
0 | 1 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | 0 | José Ramos (CUB) |
TF / 5:57 | Antonio Senosa (PHI) |
4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | José García (GUA) |
TF / 4:47 | Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) |
0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bobby Douglas (USA) |
DNA |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 7 | 4 | Josef Engel (TCH) |
TF / 8:39 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
0 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) |
2 | 3 | |
| 6.5 | 3.5 | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) |
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR) |
Petre Coman (ROU) |
1 | 2 | |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | József Rusznyák (HUN) |
Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
0.5 | 1 | |
| 6 | 2 | José Ramos (CUB) |
Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) |
2 | 5.5 | |
| 0 | Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) |
Bye | ||||
| 5 | Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG) |
DNA |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 2.5 | 2.5 | Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) |
Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) |
2.5 | 6.5 | |
| 2.5 | 1 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
Yelkan Tedeyev (URS) |
3 | 6 | |
| 0.5 | 0 | Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
TF / 5:31 | Choi Jung-Heuk (KOR) |
4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | Petre Coman (ROU) |
Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
1 | 2 | |
| 7.5 | 3 | József Rusznyák (HUN) |
Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) |
1 | 6.5 |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 6.5 | 4 | Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) |
TF / 1:39 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
0 | 2.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
Petre Coman (ROU) |
3 | 8 | |
| 2 | Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
Bye |
Final round
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 2 | Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
2 | |||
| 2.5 | Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
2.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI) |
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
1 | 3.5 |
Final standings
- Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- Enyu Todorov (BUL)
- Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)
- Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)
- Petre Coman (ROU)
- Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)
References
- "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
External links
 Olympic Champions in freestyle featherweight | |
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