Men's Greco-Roman 57 kgat the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink Dates 23–26 October Competitors 24 from 24 nations
The Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink . The bantamweight was the second-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 57 kilograms.[1]
Medalists [ edit ] Tournament results [ edit ] Left-right: Baciu, Varga, Kochergin 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 [ edit ] 2nd round [ edit ] 3rd round [ edit ] 4th round [ edit ] 5th round [ edit ] 6th round [ edit ] Final round (2nd-4th places) [ edit ] Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings [ edit ] János Varga (HUN ) Ion Baciu (ROU ) Ivan Kochergin (URS ) Othon Moschidis (GRE ) Koji Sakurama (JPN ) Kaya Özcan (TUR ) and Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY ) References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
1924–1928: 58 kg 1932–1936: 56 kg 1948–1996: 57 kg 2000: 58 kg 2004–2012: 55 kg 2016: 59 kg 2020–present: 60 kg