Men's freestyle 68 kgat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Messe München Dates 27–31 August Competitors 25 from 25 nations
The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall. Israeli wrestler Eliezer Halfin was later killed in the Munich massacre .[1]
Medalists [ edit ] Tournament results [ edit ] 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 DNA — Did not appear TPP — Total penalty points MPP — Match penalty points Penalties 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit 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, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit Round 1 [ edit ] Round 2 [ edit ] Round 3 [ edit ] Round 4 [ edit ] Round 5 [ edit ] Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings [ edit ] Dan Gable (USA ) Kikuo Wada (JPN ) Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS ) Ali Şahin (TUR ) and Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL ) - Udo Schröder (GDR ) Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL ) References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
1904: 65.77 kg 1908: 66.5 kg 1920–1936: 67.5 kg 1948–1960: 67 kg 1964–1968: 70 kg 1972–1996: 68 kg 2000: 69 kg 2004–2012: 66 kg 2016–present: 65 kg