Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

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Men's freestyle 52 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink
Dates17–20 October
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Shigeo Nakata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Sanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
  1964
1972  

The Men's Freestyle flyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The flyweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 52 kilograms. [1]

Medalists

Gold Shigeo Nakata
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
Silver Richard Sanders
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg Mongolia

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.

Legend
Penalties

1st round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
44Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  José Defran  (DOM)TF / 1:55State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mohammad Ghorbani  (IRI)00
44Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  César Solari  (ECU)DQ / 0:08Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Petros Triantafyllidis  (GRE)00
11Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  O Jeong-ryong  (KOR)Flag of France.svg  André Gaudinot  (FRA)33
11Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Baju Baev  (BUL)33
33Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Gheorghe Stoiciu  (ROU)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)11
44Flag of Australia.svg  John Kinsella  (AUS)TF / 10:50Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)00
33Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Mohamed Mongued  (EGY)Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)11
2.52.5Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmet Esenceli  (TUR)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (FRG)2.52.5
33Flag of Mexico.svg  Florentino Martínez  (MEX)Flag of Hungary.svg  Márton Erdős  (HUN)11
00Flag of Panama.svg  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)TF / 8:15Flag of Guatemala.svg  Gustavo Ramírez  (GUA)44
0.50.5Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boris Dimovski  (YUG)3.53.5
0Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)Bye

2nd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)TF / 1:11Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  José Defran  (DOM)48
00State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mohammad Ghorbani  (IRI)TF / 5:00Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  César Solari  (ECU)48
33Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Petros Triantafyllidis  (GRE)Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Oh Jung-Yong  (KOR)12
6.53.5Flag of France.svg  André Gaudinot  (FRA)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)0.51.5
30Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Baju Baev  (BUL)TF / 5:30Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Gheorghe Stoiciu  (ROU)47
1.50.5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)Flag of Australia.svg  John Kinsella  (AUS)3.57.5
0.50.5Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Mohamed Mongued  (EGY)3.56.5
10Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)TF / 10:14Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmet Esenceli  (TUR)46.5
2.50Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (FRG)TF / 6:40Flag of Mexico.svg  Florentino Martínez  (MEX)47
21Flag of Hungary.svg  Márton Erdős  (HUN)Flag of Panama.svg  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)33
84Flag of Guatemala.svg  Gustavo Ramírez  (GUA)TF / 5:32Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)00.5
3.5Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boris Dimovski  (YUG)Bye

3rd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
7.54Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Boris Dimovski  (YUG)TF / 8:41Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)00
00State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mohammad Ghorbani  (IRI)TF / 8:43Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Petros Triantafyllidis  (GRE)47
53Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Oh Jung-Yong  (KOR)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)12.5
63Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Baju Baev  (BUL)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)12.5
0.50Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)DQFlag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)45
3.51Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (FRG)Flag of Hungary.svg  Márton Erdős  (HUN)35
41Flag of Panama.svg  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)33.5

4th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)TF / 2:48State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mohammad Ghorbani  (IRI)44
61Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Oh Jung-Yong  (KOR)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)35.5
3.51Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)33.5
50Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)TF / 5:44Flag of Hungary.svg  Márton Erdős  (HUN)49
40.5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (FRG)Flag of Panama.svg  Wanelge Castillo  (PAN)3.57.5
3.5Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)Bye

5th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
7.54Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)TF / 1:34Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)00
84State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Mohammad Ghorbani  (IRI)TF / 6:32Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)03.5
6.51Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)36.5
50Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)DNAFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (FRG)48

Final round

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
3Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)1
3Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)14
10Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)TF / 5:07Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)47

Final standings

  1. Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shigeo Nakata  (JPN)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Sanders  (USA)
  3. Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  (MGL)
  4. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazar Albaryan  (URS)
  5. Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Grassi  (ITA)
  6. Flag of India.svg  Sudesh Kumar  (IND)

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2019.