Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date	17 – 20 October
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ahmet Ayık  Turkey Shota Lomidze  Soviet Union József Csatári  Hungary

Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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

The Men's Freestyle light heavyweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20. The light heavyweight allowed wrestlers up to 97 kilograms.

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

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
1	1	Jess Lewis (USA)		Gerd Bachmann (GDR)	3	3
1	1	Shunichi Kawano (JPN)		Nicolae Neguț (ROU)	3	3
0	0	Ryszard Długosz (POL)	TF / 1:33	22x20px Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH)	4	4
3.5	3.5	Edward Millard (CAN)		22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	0.5	0.5
1	1	József Csatári (HUN)		Peter Jutzeler (SUI)	3	3
3.5	3.5	Heinz Kiehl (FRG)		Shota Lomidze (URS)	0.5	0.5
0.5	0.5	Moslem Eskandar (IRI)		Victor Vernik (ARG)	3.5	3.5
3	3	Said Mustafov (BUL)		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	1	1

2nd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
2	1	Jess Lewis (USA)		Shunichi Kawano (JPN)	3	4
5	2	Gerd Bachmann (GDR)		Nicolae Neguț (ROU)	2	5
3	3	Ryszard Długosz (POL)		Edward Millard (CAN)	1	4.5
8	4	22x20px Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH)	TF / 1:17	22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	0	0.5
4	1	Peter Jutzeler (SUI)		Moslem Eskandar (IRI)	3	3.5
4	3	József Csatári (HUN)		Shota Lomidze (URS)	1	1.5
7.5	4	Victor Vernik (ARG)	TF / 5:16	Said Mustafov (BUL)	0	3
		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	DNA	Heinz Kiehl (FRG)

3rd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	2	Jess Lewis (USA)		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	2	4
6	1	Gerd Bachmann (GDR)		Shunichi Kawano (JPN)	3	7
8	3	Nicolae Neguț (ROU)		Ryszard Długosz (POL)	1	4
8.5	4	Edward Millard (CAN)	TF / 9:02	József Csatári (HUN)	0	4
1.5	1	22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)		Peter Jutzeler (SUI)	3	7
2.5	1	Shota Lomidze (URS)		Moslem Eskandar (IRI)	3	6.5
		Said Mustafov (BUL)		Bye

4th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	3	Jess Lewis (USA)		Said Mustafov (BUL)	1	4
7	3	Ryszard Długosz (POL)		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	1	4
5	1	22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)		József Csatári (HUN)	3	4.5
		Shota Lomidze (URS)		Bye

5th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
4	0	Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	TF / 1:02	22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)	4	8.5
5	2.5	Shota Lomidze (URS)		Said Mustafov (BUL)	2.5	6.5
		József Csatári (HUN)		Bye

Final rounds

First round robin bout

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	3	József Csatári (HUN)		Shota Lomidze (URS)	1	1
		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)		Bye

Second round robin bout

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
7	4	József Csatári (HUN)	TF / 10:12	Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	0	0
		Shota Lomidze (URS)		Bye

Third round robin bout

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3	2	Shota Lomidze (URS)		Ahmet Ayık (TUR)	2	2

Final standings

1.  Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
2.  Shota Lomidze (URS)
3.  József Csatári (HUN)
4.  Said Mustafov (BUL)
5. 22x20px Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (MGL)

References

• Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 337, 723-724.