Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 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 flyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The flyweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 52 kilograms.

Medalists

Gold Shigeo Nakata
Japan (JPN)
Silver Richard Sanders
United States (USA)
Bronze Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav
Mongolia (MGL)

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
4 4  José Defran (DOM) TF / 1:55  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) 0 0
4 4  César Solari (ECU) DQ / 0:08  Petros Triantafyllidis (GRE) 0 0
1 1  Oh Jung-Yong (KOR)  André Gaudinot (FRA) 3 3
1 1  Shigeo Nakata (JPN)  Baju Baev (BUL) 3 3
3 3  Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU)  Nazar Albaryan (URS) 1 1
4 4  John Kinsella (AUS) TF / 10:50  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) 0 0
3 3  Mohamed Mongued (EGY)  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) 1 1
2.5 2.5  Mehmet Esenceli (TUR)  Paul Neff (FRG) 2.5 2.5
3 3  Florentino Martínez (MEX)  Márton Erdős (HUN) 1 1
0 0  Wanelge Castillo (PAN) TF / 8:15  Gustavo Ramírez (GUA) 4 4
0.5 0.5  Sudesh Kumar (IND)  Boris Dimovski (YUG) 3.5 3.5
0  Richard Sanders (USA) Bye

2nd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0  Richard Sanders (USA) TF / 1:11  José Defran (DOM) 4 8
0 0  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) TF / 5:00  César Solari (ECU) 4 8
3 3  Petros Triantafyllidis (GRE)  Oh Jung-Yong (KOR) 1 2
6.5 3.5  André Gaudinot (FRA)  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 0.5 1.5
3 0  Baju Baev (BUL) TF / 5:30  Gheorghe Stoiciu (ROU) 4 7
1.5 0.5  Nazar Albaryan (URS)  John Kinsella (AUS) 3.5 7.5
0.5 0.5  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA)  Mohamed Mongued (EGY) 3.5 6.5
1 0  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) TF / 10:14  Mehmet Esenceli (TUR) 4 6.5
2.5 0  Paul Neff (FRG) TF / 6:40  Florentino Martínez (MEX) 4 7
2 1  Márton Erdős (HUN)  Wanelge Castillo (PAN) 3 3
8 4  Gustavo Ramírez (GUA) TF / 5:32  Sudesh Kumar (IND) 0 0.5
3.5  Boris Dimovski (YUG) Bye

3rd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7.5 4  Boris Dimovski (YUG) TF / 8:41  Richard Sanders (USA) 0 0
0 0  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) TF / 8:43  Petros Triantafyllidis (GRE) 4 7
5 3  Oh Jung-Yong (KOR)  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 1 2.5
6 3  Baju Baev (BUL)  Nazar Albaryan (URS) 1 2.5
0.5 0  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) DQ  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) 4 5
3.5 1  Paul Neff (FRG)  Márton Erdős (HUN) 3 5
4 1  Wanelge Castillo (PAN)  Sudesh Kumar (IND) 3 3.5

4th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
0 0  Richard Sanders (USA) TF / 2:48  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) 4 4
6 1  Oh Jung-Yong (KOR)  Nazar Albaryan (URS) 3 5.5
3.5 1  Shigeo Nakata (JPN)  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) 3 3.5
5 0  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) TF / 5:44  Márton Erdős (HUN) 4 9
4 0.5  Paul Neff (FRG)  Wanelge Castillo (PAN) 3.5 7.5
3.5  Sudesh Kumar (IND) Bye

5th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7.5 4  Sudesh Kumar (IND) TF / 1:34  Richard Sanders (USA) 0 0
8 4  Mohammad Ghorbani (IRI) TF / 6:32  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 0 3.5
6.5 1  Nazar Albaryan (URS)  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA) 3 6.5
5 0  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) DNA  Paul Neff (FRG) 4 8

Final round

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3  Richard Sanders (USA)  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 1
3  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)  Richard Sanders (USA) 1 4
1 0  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) TF / 5:07  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL) 4 7

Final standings

  1.  Shigeo Nakata (JPN)
  2.  Richard Sanders (USA)
  3.  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)
  4.  Nazar Albaryan (URS)
  5.  Vincenzo Grassi (ITA)
  6.  Sudesh Kumar (IND)

References

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