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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 kg
The Men's Freestyle featherweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The featherweight was the third-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 63 kilograms.[1]
| Men's freestyle 63 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
Medal winners | |
| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink |
| Dates | 17–20 October |
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations |
| Medalists | |
Medalists
| Gold | Masaaki Kaneko Japan |
| Silver | Enyu Todorov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran |
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
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vehbi Akdağ (TUR) | 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 Jeong-hyeok (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
References
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
External links
- Official Report