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Men's freestyle 57 kgat the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink Dates 17–20 October 1968 Competitors 21 from 21 nations
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.[ 1]
Medalists
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
2nd round
3rd round
4th round
5th round
6th round
7th round
Final standings
Yojiro Uetake (JPN )
Donald Behm (USA )
Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI )
Ali Aliyev (URS )
Ivan Shavov (BUL )
Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL )
References
External links
1904: 56.70 kg
1908: 54 kg
1924–1936: 56 kg
1948–1996: 57 kg
2000: 58 kg
2004–2012: 55 kg
2016–present: 57 kg