Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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 Greco-Roman 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 János Varga
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Ion Baciu
Romania (ROU)
Bronze Ivan Kochergin
Soviet Union (URS)

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
Penalties

1st round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 3  David Hazewinkel (USA)  Ion Baciu (ROU) 1 1
4 4  Johnny Nielsen (DEN) DQ  Hristo Traikov (BUL) 0 0
1 1  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY)  Rodolfo Guerra (MEX) 3 3
4 4  Herbert Singerman (CAN) TF / 10:51  Jean Nakouzi (LIB) 0 0
3 3  Roland Svensson (SWE)  Koji Sakurama (JPN) 1 1
2.5 2.5  Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL)  Hartmut Puls (GDR) 2.5 2.5
4 4  Fritz Stange (FRG) TF / 9:08  Ivan Kochergin (URS) 0 0
4 4  Luís Grilo (POR) TF / 2:47  János Varga (HUN) 0 0
3 3  Karlo Čović (YUG)  Othon Moschidis (GRE) 1 1
0 0  Risto Björlin (FIN) TF / 4:38  Javier Raxon (GUA) 4 4
3 3  Khalifa Karouane (MAR)  An Chun-Young (KOR) 1 1
1 1  Kaya Özcan (TUR)  Józef Lipień (POL) 3 3

2nd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 0  David Hazewinkel (USA) TF / 8:28  Johnny Nielsen (DEN) 4 8
2 1  Ion Baciu (ROU)  Hristo Traikov (BUL) 3 3
1 0  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) TF / 1:30  Herbert Singerman (CAN) 4 8
4 1  Rodolfo Guerra (MEX)  Jean Nakouzi (LIB) 3 3
6 3  Roland Svensson (SWE)  Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) 1 3.5
1 0  Koji Sakurama (JPN) TF / 10:45  Hartmut Puls (GDR) 4 6.5
5 1  Fritz Stange (FRG)  Luís Grilo (POR) 3 7
3 3  Ivan Kochergin (URS)  János Varga (HUN) 1 1
4 1  Karlo Čović (YUG)  Risto Björlin (FIN) 3 3
1 0  Othon Moschidis (GRE) TF / 1:23  Javier Raxon (GUA) 4 8
6 3  Khalifa Karouane (MAR)  Kaya Özcan (TUR) 1 2
3 2  An Chun-Young (KOR)  Józef Lipień (POL) 2 5

3rd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3 0  David Hazewinkel (USA) DQ  Hristo Traikov (BUL) 4 7
3 1  Ion Baciu (ROU)  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) 3 4
8 4  Rodolfo Guerra (MEX) TF / 2:44  Koji Sakurama (JPN) 0 1
6 3  Jean Nakouzi (LIB)  Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) 1 4.5
4 1  Ivan Kochergin (URS)  Karlo Čović (YUG) 3 7
2 1  János Varga (HUN)  Othon Moschidis (GRE) 3 4
3 0  Risto Björlin (FIN) TF / 9:00  Józef Lipień (POL) 4 9
4 1  An Chun-Young (KOR)  Kaya Özcan (TUR) 3 5
5  Fritz Stange (FRG) DNA

4th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
6 3  David Hazewinkel (USA)  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) 1 5
5.5 2.5  Ion Baciu (ROU)  Koji Sakurama (JPN) 2.5 3.5
7.5 3  Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL)  Ivan Kochergin (URS) 1 5
3 1  János Varga (HUN)  Risto Björlin (FIN) 3 6
5 1  Othon Moschidis (GRE)  An Chun-Young (KOR) 3 7
5  Kaya Özcan (TUR) Bye

5th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
9 4  Kaya Özcan (TUR) TF / 6:13  Ion Baciu (ROU) 0 5.5
9 4  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) TF / 10:49  Ivan Kochergin (URS) 0 5
6.5 3  Koji Sakurama (JPN)  János Varga (HUN) 1 4
5  Othon Moschidis (GRE) Bye

6th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7.5 2.5  Othon Moschidis (GRE)  Ivan Kochergin (URS) 2.5 7.5
7.5 2  Ion Baciu (ROU)  János Varga (HUN) 2 6

Final round (2nd-4th places)

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2.5  Othon Moschidis (GRE)  Ivan Kochergin (URS) 2.5
6.5 4  Othon Moschidis (GRE) TF / 2:32  Ion Baciu (ROU) 0
6.5 4  Ivan Kochergin (URS) DQ  Ion Baciu (ROU) 4 4

Final standings

  1.  János Varga (HUN)
  2.  Ion Baciu (ROU)
  3.  Ivan Kochergin (URS)
  4.  Othon Moschidis (GRE)
  5.  Koji Sakurama (JPN)
  6.  Kaya Özcan (TUR) and  Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY)

References

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