Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 kg
The Men's Freestyle 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]
Men's freestyle 63 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17–20 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Freestyle | |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Greco-Roman | |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Medalists
Gold | Masaaki Kaneko![]() |
Silver | Enyu Todorov![]() |
Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi![]() |
Tournament results

Left-right:Todorov, Kaneko, Seyed-Abbasi
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
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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1 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |
4 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 2:47 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 2:24 | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
0.5 | 0.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 10:09 | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 5:45 | ![]() | 4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 6:15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
0 | ![]() | Bye |
2nd round
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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3 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 2 | |
6.5 | 3.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
1 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 9:04 | ![]() | 4 | 7 |
5 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 3 | |
7 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 2:06 | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
1 | 0.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.5 | 6.5 | |
7.5 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 5:45 | ![]() | 0 | 1 |
0.5 | 0.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
4 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 5:57 | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
8 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 4:47 | ![]() | 0 | 0 |
3 | ![]() | DNA |
3rd round
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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7 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 8:39 | ![]() | 0 | 1.5 |
4 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 3 | |
6.5 | 3.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
4 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 2 | |
4.5 | 3.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 0.5 | 1 | |
6 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 5.5 | |
0 | ![]() | Bye | ||||
5 | ![]() | DNA |
4th round
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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2.5 | 2.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.5 | 6.5 | |
2.5 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 6 | |
0.5 | 0 | ![]() | TF / 5:31 | ![]() | 4 | 8 |
5 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 2 | |
7.5 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 6.5 |
5th round
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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6.5 | 4 | ![]() | TF / 1:39 | ![]() | 0 | 2.5 |
1.5 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 8 | |
2 | ![]() | Bye |
Final round
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | |||
2.5 | ![]() | ![]() | 2.5 | 4.5 | ||
5 | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 3.5 |
Final standings
References
- "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
External links
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