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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 70 kg

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Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Date17 – 20 October
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdollah Movahed  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter  Mongolia
← 1964
1972 →

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.[1] The lightweight allowed wrestlers up to 70 kilograms.[2]

Tournament results

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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.[1]

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
5 1  Abdollah Movahed (IRI)  Enyu Valchev (BUL) 3 7

Final standings

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  1.  Abdollah Movahed (IRI)
  2.  Enyu Valchev (BUL)
  3.  Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL)
  4.  Wayne Wells (USA)
  5.  Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS)
  6.  Udey Chand (IND)

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 720.

Sources

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