Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 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 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 Masaaki Kaneko
Japan (JPN)
Silver Enyu Todorov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
Iran (IRI)

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
1 1  Vehbi Akdağ (TUR)  Hans-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 Jung-Heuk (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
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
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
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
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
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

  1.  Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
  2.  Enyu Todorov (BUL)
  3.  Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (IRI)
  4.  Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE)
  5.  Petre Coman (ROU)
  6.  Yelkan Tedeyev (URS)

References

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