| Men's freestyle lightweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17 – 20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 26 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 lightweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20. The lightweight allowed wrestlers up to 70 kilograms.
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
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |  Udey Chand (IND) |
TF / 1:55 |  Ángel Aldama (GUA) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Klaus Rost (FRG) |
TF / 2:20 |  Roger Till (GBR) |
4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Carlos Vario (ARG) |
 Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
 Gordon Garvie (CAN) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Guy Marchand (FRA) |
TF / 3:01 |  Eliseo Salugta (PHI) |
4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Sidney Marsh (AUS) |
 Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 |  Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR) |
 Israel Vargas (MEX) |
3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Muhammad Taj (PAK) |
 Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
 Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Wayne Wells (USA) |
 Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) |
2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Severino Aguilar (PAN) |
TF / 2:16 |  Ion Enache (ROU) |
0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Janusz Pająk (POL) |
 Aka-Jahan Dastagir (AFG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) |
 Károly Buzás (HUN) |
3 | 3 |
2nd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Udey Chand (IND) |
Klaus Rost (FRG) |
1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | Ángel Aldama (GUA) |
TF / 2:15 | Roger Till (GBR) |
0 | 4 |
| 6,5 | 3.5 | Carlos Vario (ARG) |
Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
0.5 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
TF / 10:50 | Gordon Garvie (CAN) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 1 | Guy Marchand (FRA) |
Sidney Marsh (AUS) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Eliseo Salugta (PHI) |
TF / 0:57 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
0 | 0.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR) |
Muhammad Taj (PAK) |
3 | 4 | |
| 6,5 | 3 | Israel Vargas (MEX) |
Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) |
1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) |
Wayne Wells (USA) |
1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) |
2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | Severino Aguilar (PAN) |
TF / 1:14 | Janusz Pająk (POL) |
0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Ion Enache (ROU) |
DQ | Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) |
0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Aka-Jahan Dastagir (AFG) |
DQ | Károly Buzás (HUN) |
4 | 7 |
3rd round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | Udey Chand (IND) |
TF / 2:07 | Roger Till (GBR) |
4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Klaus Rost (FRG) |
Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
3 | 4 | |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
Guy Marchand (FRA) |
3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 1.5 | 1 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR) |
3 | 4.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Muhammad Taj (PAK) |
TF / 1:38 | Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) |
TF / 8:15 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) |
TF / 2:10 | Ion Enache (ROU) |
4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | Janusz Pająk (POL) |
Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) |
1 | 2 |
4th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | Udey Chand (IND) |
Francisco Lebeque (CUB) |
4 | 8 | |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | Klaus Rost (FRG) |
Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
0.5 | 2 | |
| 8.5 | 4 | Guy Marchand (FRA) |
TF / 1:52 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
0 | 1.5 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Seyyit Ahmet Ağralı (TUR) |
TF / 10:28 | Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
Janusz Pająk (POL) |
3 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1 | Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) |
Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) |
3 | 5 |
5th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Udey Chand (IND) |
Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
1 | 3 | |
| 9.5 | 4 | Klaus Rost (FRG) |
TF / 10:38 | Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
0 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 3 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) |
1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Wayne Wells (USA) |
Iwao Horiuchi (JPN) |
3 | 8 |
6th round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) |
3 | 7.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
Wayne Wells (USA) |
3 | 8 |
Final round
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
3 | 7 |
Final standings
- Abdollah Movahed (IRI)
- Enyu Valchev (BUL)
- Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)
- Wayne Wells (USA)
- Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)
- Udey Chand (IND)
References
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- Official Report, p. 720.
Sources
- Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 716-721.
 Olympic Champions in freestyle lightweight | |
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