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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date17 – 20 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationPista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

In 1967 Turkey’s Ahmet Ayık won both the European and World Championships, defeating Soviet Georgian Shota Lomidze, the 1966 European Champion, in the World finals. They advanced to the final round in Mexico City, along with Hungarian József Csatári. Csatári was quickly eliminated when he was thrown by Ayık late in their match, after he had already lost by decision to Lomidze. Ayık and Lomidze again met for the gold medal, and their match ended in a draw, but Ayık won the gold by virtue of fewer bad points earlier in the tournament.

Ayık wrestled for two more years, winning the 1970 European Championship, his eighth major international title. Lomidze moved up in weight after the Mexico City Olympics, winning World titles in 1969 and 1971 and a European title in 1969, all as a heavyweight. Czatári would also move up to heavyweight and wrestled through 1974. A steady performer, he would finish in the top six places 15 times at the Olympics, Worlds, and Europeans, winning three silvers and three bronze medals, but he never won a major international.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Ahmet AyıkTUR––Gold
2Shota LomidzeURS––Silver
3József CsatáriHUN––Bronze
4Said MustafovBUL––
5Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL––
=6Ryszard DługoszPOL––
=6Jess LewisUSA––
ACGerd BachmannGDREliminated r3/86,0
ACMoslem Eskandar-FilabiIRIEliminated r3/86,5
ACShunichi KawanoJPNEliminated r3/87,0
ACPeter JutzelerSUIEliminated r3/87,0
ACNicolae NeguțROUEliminated r3/88,0
ACEd MillardCANEliminated r3/88,5
ACDaniel VerníkARGEliminated r2/87,5
ACAlexis NihonBAHEliminated r2/88,0
ACHeinz KiehlFRGWithdrew r2/83,5

Round One (17 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ryszard DługoszPOL0,0
=2Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI0,5
=2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL0,5
=2Shota LomidzeURS0,5
=5József CsatáriHUN1,0
=5Shunichi KawanoJPN1,0
=5Ahmet AyıkTUR1,0
=5Jess LewisUSA1,0
=9Said MustafovBUL3,0
=9Gerd BachmannGDR3,0
=9Nicolae NeguțROU3,0
=9Peter JutzelerSUI3,0
=13Daniel VerníkARG3,5
=13Ed MillardCAN3,5
=13Heinz KiehlFRG3,5withdrew
16Alexis NihonBAH4,0

Match #1 Jess LewisUSA
decision
Gerd BachmannGDR
Match #2 Shunichi KawanoJPN
decision
Nicolae NeguțROU
Match #3 Ryszard DługoszPOL
fall (1:33)
Alexis NihonBAH
Match #4 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
superiority
Ed MillardCAN
Match #5 József CsatáriHUN
decision
Peter JutzelerSUI
Match #6 Shota LomidzeURS
superiority
Heinz KiehlFRG
Match #7 Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI
superiority
Daniel VerníkARG
Match #8 Ahmet AyıkTUR
decision
Said MustafovBUL

Round Two (18 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL0,5
2Ahmet AyıkTUR1,0
3Shota LomidzeURS1,5
4Jess LewisUSA2,0
=5Said MustafovBUL3,0
=5Ryszard DługoszPOL3,0
7Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI3,5
=8József CsatáriHUN4,0
=8Shunichi KawanoJPN4,0
=8Peter JutzelerSUI4,0
11Ed MillardCAN4,5
=12Gerd BachmannGDR5,0
=12Nicolae NeguțROU5,0
14Daniel VerníkARG7,5eliminated
15Alexis NihonBAH8,0eliminated

Match #1 Jess LewisUSA
decision
Shunichi KawanoJPN
Match #2 Gerd BachmannGDR
draw
Nicolae NeguțROU
Match #3 Ed MillardCAN
decision
Ryszard DługoszPOL
Match #4 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
fall (1:17)
Alexis NihonBAH
Match #5 Shota LomidzeURS
decision
József CsatáriHUN
Match #6 Peter JutzelerSUI
decision
Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI
Match #7 Said MustafovBUL
fall (5:16)
Daniel VerníkARG
Match #8 Ahmet AyıkTUR bye

Round Three (19 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,5
2Shota LomidzeURS2,5
=3Said MustafovBUL3,0
=3Ahmet AyıkTUR3,0
=5József CsatáriHUN4,0
=5Ryszard DługoszPOL4,0
=5Jess LewisUSA4,0
8Gerd BachmannGDR6,0eliminated
9Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI6,5eliminated
=10Shunichi KawanoJPN7,0eliminated
=10Peter JutzelerSUI7,0eliminated
12Nicolae NeguțROU8,0eliminated
13Ed MillardCAN8,5eliminated

Match #1 Ahmet AyıkTUR
draw
Jess LewisUSA
Match #2 Gerd BachmannGDR
decision
Shunichi KawanoJPN
Match #3 Ryszard DługoszPOL
decision
Nicolae NeguțROU
Match #4 József CsatáriHUN
fall (9:02)
Ed MillardCAN
Match #5 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
decision
Peter JutzelerSUI
Match #6 Shota LomidzeURS
decision
Moslem Eskandar-FilabiIRI
Match #7 Said MustafovBUL bye

Round Four (20 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Shota LomidzeURS2,5
2Said MustafovBUL4,0
=3Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL4,5
=3Ahmet AyıkTUR4,5
5József CsatáriHUN5,0
6Ryszard DługoszPOL7,0eliminated
7Jess LewisUSA7,5eliminated

Match #1 Said MustafovBUL
decision
Jess LewisUSA
Match #2 Ahmet AyıkTUR
decision
Ryszard DługoszPOL
Match #3 József CsatáriHUN
decision
Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
Match #4 Shota LomidzeURS bye

Round Five (20 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ahmet AyıkTUR4,5
=2József CsatáriHUN5,0
=2Shota LomidzeURS5,0
4Said MustafovBUL6,5eliminated
5Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL8,5eliminated

Match #1 Shota LomidzeURS
draw
Said MustafovBUL
Match #2 Ahmet AyıkTUR
fall (1:02)
Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
Match #3 József CsatáriHUN bye

Round Six (20 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ahmet AyıkTUR4,5
2Shota LomidzeURS6,0
3József CsatáriHUN8,0

Match #1 Shota LomidzeURS
decision
József CsatáriHUN
Match #2 Ahmet AyıkTUR bye

Round Seven (20 October 1968)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ahmet AyıkTUR4,5
2Shota LomidzeURS6,0eliminated
3József CsatáriHUN12,0eliminated

Match #1 Ahmet AyıkTUR
fall (10:12)
József CsatáriHUN
Match #2 Shota LomidzeURS bye

Final Round (20 October 1968)

Match #1 Shota LomidzeURS
draw
Ahmet AyıkTUR