Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg

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Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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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]

Medalists

Gold Roman Rurua
 Soviet Union
Silver Hideo Fujimoto
 Japan
Bronze Simion Popescu
 Romania

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.[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

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 22x20px Yehya Hassanein (EGY) 4 4
0 0  Dimitar Galinchev (BUL) DQ  Rahal Mahassine (MAR) 4 4
2.5 2.5  Sreten Damjanović (YUG) 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px Tortillano Tumasis (PHI) 4 4
0 0  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) Bye

2nd round

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) 22x20px Yehya Hassanein (EGY) 3 7
8 4  Rahal Mahassine (MAR) 22x20px 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 22x20px Tortillano Tumasis (PHI) TF / 2:13  Simion Popescu (ROU) 0 0.5
3 1  Lothar Schneider (GDR)  Léonard Dutz (BEL) 3 3
4 22x20px Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) DNA

3rd round

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 22x20px 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

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

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

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

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
7 2  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)  Roman Rurua (URS) 2 4

Final standings

  1.  Roman Rurua (URS)
  2.  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
  3.  Simion Popescu (ROU)
  4.  Dimitar Galinchev (BUL)
  5.  Metin Alakoç (TUR)
  6.  Martti Laakso (FIN)

References

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Notes

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman. Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 February 2016.