Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
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The Men's Greco-Roman 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][2]
| Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23–26 October 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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Medalists
edit| Gold | Roman Rurua Soviet Union |
| Silver | Hideo Fujimoto Japan |
| Bronze | Simion Popescu Romania |
Tournament results
editThe 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.[2]
- 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
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |  Jiří Švec (TCH) | TF / 1:21 |  José Luis García (GUA) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |  Nikolaos Lazarou (GRE) |  Tadeusz Godyń (POL) | 3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Metin Alakoç (TUR) | DQ |  Adriano Morais (POR) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Seyed Hossein Moareb (IRI) | TF / 8:00 |  Yehya Mohamed Hassanein (EGY) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | DQ |  Rahal Mahassine (MAR) | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 |  Sreten Damjanović (YUG) |  Kim Ik-Jong (KOR) | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  József Rusznyák (HUN) |  Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Rurua (URS) | TF / 5:28 |  Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) | 4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Simion Popescu (ROU) |  Ponciano Contreras (MEX) | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Lothar Schneider (GDR) |  Martti Laakso (FIN) | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Léonard Dutz (BEL) | TF / 2:49 |  Tortillano Tumasis (PHI) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Bye |
2nd round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | TF / 0:20 | José Luis García (GUA) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Jiří Švec (TCH) | DQ | Nikolaos Lazarou (GRE) | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Adriano Morais (POR) | DQ | Tadeusz Godyń (POL) | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | Seyed Hossein Moareb (IRI) | 3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | Yehya Hassanein (EGY) | 3 | 7 | |
| 8 | 4 | Rahal Mahassine (MAR) | Kim Ik-Jong (KOR) | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 | 0 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | TF / 2:23 | József Rusznyák (HUN) | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | TF / 6:23 | Roman Rurua (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Martti Laakso (FIN) | Ponciano Contreras (MEX) | 3 | 6.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Tortillano Tumasis (PHI) | TF / 2:13 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | 0 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Lothar Schneider (GDR) | Léonard Dutz (BEL) | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) | DNA |
3rd round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Jiří Švec (TCH) | 3 | 7 | |
| 1 | 0 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | Nikolaos Lazarou (GRE) | 4 | 9 | |
| 7 | 4 | Seyed Hossein Moareb (IRI) | TF / 1:20 | Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3.5 | Kim Ik-Jong (KOR) | Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | 0.5 | 5.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Rurua (URS) | TF / 4:37 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) | 4 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | Lothar Schneider (GDR) | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | Martti Laakso (FIN) | DQ | Léonard Dutz (BEL) | 4 | 9 |
4th round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | 2 | 3 | |
| 8.5 | 3 | Jim Hazewinkel (USA) | Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | Roman Rurua (URS) | TF / 8:56 | Lothar Schneider (GDR) | 4 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 1 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | Martti Laakso (FIN) | 3 | 6 |
5th round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 3 | Metin Alakoç (TUR) | Roman Rurua (URS) | 1 | 1 | |
| 3.5 | Simion Popescu (ROU) | Bye |
6th round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Simion Popescu (ROU) | 3 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Roman Rurua (URS) | TF / 2:32 | Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) | 3 | 8 |
Final round
edit| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) | Roman Rurua (URS) | 2 | 4 |
Final standings
editReferences
edit- Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3) (PDF). Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. pp. 728–729.
Notes
edit- ↑ Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3) (PDF). Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. p. 728. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2019.