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

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Dates
  
23 Oct 1968 – 26 Oct 1968

Location
  
Mexico City, Mexico

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.

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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
  • 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

    • 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

    Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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