Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg

The Men's Freestyle 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.

Medalists

Gold	Yojiro Uetake  Japan
Silver	Donald Behm  United States
Bronze	Aboutaleb Talebi  Iran

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

1st round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0	0	Herbert Singerman (CAN)	TF / 5:02	Rogelio Famatid (PHI)	4	4
1	1	Hasan Sevinç (TUR)		Simeon Šutev (YUG)	3	3
3	3	Chang Kyung-Mu (KOR)		Ivan Shavov (BUL)	1	1
4	4	Marco Terán (ECU)	TF / 2:47	Yojiro Uetake (JPN)	0	0
1	1	Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)		Horst Mayer (GDR)	3	3
1	1	Pekka Alanen (FIN)		Nicolae Cristea (ROU)	3	3
4	4	Moises López (MEX)	DQ	Ali Aliyev (URS)	0	0
3	3	Ahmad Djan (AFG)		Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL)	1	1
0.5	0.5	Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)		Javier Raxon (GUA)	3.5	3.5
3	3	Sardar Mohammad (PAK)		Donald Behm (USA)	1	1
0		Bishambar Singh (IND)		Bye

2nd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
0.5	0.5	Bishambar Singh (IND)		Herbert Singerman (CAN)	3.5	3.5
2	1	Hasan Sevinç (TUR)		Chang Kyung-Mu (KOR)	3	6
7	4	Simeon Šutev (YUG)	TF / 9:00	Ivan Shavov (BUL)	0	1
8	4	Marco Terán (ECU)	TF / 2:10	Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)	0	1
0	0	Yojiro Uetake (JPN)	TF / 1:43	Horst Mayer (GDR)	4	7
4.5	3.5	Pekka Alanen (FIN)		Moises López (MEX)	0.5	4.5
6	3	Nicolae Cristea (ROU)		Ali Aliyev (URS)	1	1
6	3	Ahmad Djan (AFG)		Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)	1	1.5
4	3	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL)		Sardar Mohammad (PAK)	1	4
7.5	4	Javier Raxon (GUA)	TF / 6:20	Donald Behm (USA)	0	1
4		Rogelio Famatid (PHI)		DNA

3rd round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1.5	1	Bishambar Singh (IND)		Hasan Sevinç (TUR)	3	5
7.5	4	Herbert Singerman (CAN)	TF / 1:08	Ivan Shavov (BUL)	0	1
1	1	Yojiro Uetake (JPN)		Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)	3	4
8	3.5	Pekka Alanen (FIN)		Ali Aliyev (URS)	0.5	1.5
8.5	4	Moises López (MEX)	TF / 9:52	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL)	0	4
2.5	1	Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)		Sardar Mohammad (PAK)	3	7
1		Donald Behm (USA)		Bye

4th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
1.5	0.5	Donald Behm (USA)		Bishambar Singh (IND)	3.5	5
7.5	2.5	Hasan Sevinç (TUR)		Ivan Shavov (BUL)	2.5	3.5
3	2	Yojiro Uetake (JPN)		Ali Aliyev (URS)	2	3.5
5	1	Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)		Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL)	3	7
2.5		Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)		Bye

5th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
3.5	1	Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)		Donald Behm (USA)	3	4.5
8.5	3.5	Bishambar Singh (IND)		Yojiro Uetake (JPN)	0.5	3.5
4.5	1	Ivan Shavov (BUL)		Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)	3	8
3.5		Ali Aliyev (URS)		Bye

6th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	2	Ali Aliyev (URS)		Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)	2	5.5
5.5	1	Donald Behm (USA)		Ivan Shavov (BUL)	3	7.5
3.5		Yojiro Uetake (JPN)		Bye

7th round

TPP	MPP		Score		MPP	TPP
5.5	2	Yojiro Uetake (JPN)		Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)	2	7.5
8.5	3	Ali Aliyev (URS)		Donald Behm (USA)	1	6.5

Final standings

1.  Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
2.  Donald Behm (USA)
3.  Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)
4.  Ali Aliyev (URS)
5.  Ivan Shavov (BUL)
6.  Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)

References

• Official Report