Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 78 kg

Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's freestyle welterweight; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date	17 – 20 October
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The Men's Freestyle welterweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20.^[1] The welterweight allowed wrestlers up to 78 kilograms.^[2]

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.^[1]

Legend

TF — Won by Fall
DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit
D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
DNA — Did not appear

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
4	4	Mukhtiar Singh (IND)	TF / 0:37	Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)	0	0
0	0	Brian Heffel (CAN)	TF / 9:14	Wesley O'Brien (AUS)	4	4
1	1	Angel Sotirov (BUL)		Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	3	3
3	3	Anthony Shacklady (GBR)		Károly Bajkó (HUN)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Ali Mohammad Momeni (IRI)		Kayum Ayub (AFG)	3.5	3.5
1	1	Martin Heinze (GDR)		Carlos Romero (MEX)	3	3
1	1	Seo Yong-seok (KOR)		Osvaldo Ferrari (ITA)	3	3
1	1	Mahmut Atalay (TUR)		Steve Combs (USA)	3	3
3	3	Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)		Daniel Robin (FRA)	1	1
		Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)		Bye

2nd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
8	4	Mukthiar Singh (IND)	TF / 10:10	Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	0	0
0.5	0.5	Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)		Brian Heffel (CAN)	3.5	3.5
8	4	Wesley O'Brien (AUS)	TF / 1:03	Angel Sotirov (BUL)	0	1
3	0	Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	TF / 4:51	Anthony Shacklady (GBR)	4	7
1.5	1	Ali Mohammad Momeni (IRI)		Károly Bajkó (HUN)	3	4
1	0	Martin Heinze (GDR)	DQ	Kayum Ayub (AFG)	4	7.5
7	4	Carlos Romero (MEX)	TF / 10:52	Seo Yong-Seok (KOR)	0	1
6.5	3.5	Osvaldo Ferrari (ITA)		Mahmut Atalay (TUR)	0.5	1.5
4	1	Steve Combs (USA)		Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)	3	6
		Daniel Robin (FRA)		Bye

3rd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	3	Daniel Robin (FRA)		Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	1	1
1.5	1	Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)		Angel Sotirov (BUL)	3	4
7.5	4	Brian Heffel (CAN)	TF / 4:38	Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	0	3
5	1	Károly Bajkó (HUN)		Martin Heinze (GDR)	3	4
4.5	3	Ali Mohammad Momeni (IRI)		Mahmut Atalay (TUR)	1	2.5
4	3	Seo Yong-Seok (KOR)		Steve Combs (USA)	1	5

4th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	4	Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)	DQ	Daniel Robin (FRA)	0	4
5	1	Angel Sotirov (BUL)		Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	3	4
4	1	Tömöriin Artag (MGL)		Károly Bajkó (HUN)	3	8
5.5	1	Ali Mohammad Momeni (IRI)		Martin Heinze (GDR)	3	7
8	4	Seo Yong-Seok (KOR)	TF / 8:37	Mahmut Atalay (TUR)	0	2.5
		Steve Combs (USA)		Bye

5th round

TPP	MPP			MPP	TPP
8	3	Steve Combs (USA)	Daniel Robin (FRA)	1	5
8	2.5	Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)	Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	2.5	6.5
8	3	Angel Sotirov (BUL)	Ali Mohammad Momeni (IRI)	1	6.5
6	2	Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	Mahmut Atalay (TUR)	2	4.5

Final round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	1	Mahmut Atalay (TUR)		Daniel Robin (FRA)	3	8

Final standings

References

^ ^a ^b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ Official Report, p. 721.

Sources

Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 721-722.

[SR-1] "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[2] Official Report, p. 721.

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