Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg
Appearance
Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | Greco-Roman | |
48 kg | 48 kg | |
52 kg | 52 kg | |
57 kg | 57 kg | |
62 kg | 62 kg | |
68 kg | 68 kg | |
74 kg | 74 kg | |
82 kg | 82 kg | |
90 kg | 90 kg | |
100 kg | 100 kg | |
+100 kg | +100 kg | |
The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Medalists
Gold | Dan Gable![]() |
Silver | Kikuo Wada![]() |
Bronze | Ruslan Ashuraliyev![]() |
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
- DNA — Did not appear
- TPP — Total penalty points
- MPP — Match penalty points
- Penalties
- 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
- 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, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
Round 1
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
3.5 | 3.5 | ![]() |
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0.5 | 0.5 | |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | ![]() |
1:08 | ![]() |
4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | ![]() |
2:47 | ![]() |
4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
7:35 | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
8:58 | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
3.5 | 3.5 | ![]() |
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0.5 | 0.5 | |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
7:36 | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
0 | ![]() |
Bye |
Round 2
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 2 | |
4 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 4 | |
1.5 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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3.5 | 7 | |
5 | 4 | ![]() |
5:45 | ![]() |
0 | 3 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
5:31 | ![]() |
0 | 1 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
8 | 4 | ![]() |
1:50 | ![]() |
0 | 4 |
7 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 5 | |
0.5 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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3.5 | 3.5 | |
6.5 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 5 | |
3.5 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
0.5 | ![]() |
DNA |
Round 3
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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3 | 0 | ![]() |
4:50 | ![]() |
4 | 8 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 5 | |
4 | 0 | ![]() |
3:27 | ![]() |
4 | 9 |
1.5 | 0 | ![]() |
7:37 | ![]() |
4 | 7 |
3 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 5 | |
5 | 4 | ![]() |
4:03 | ![]() |
0 | 0.5 |
4 | 0 | ![]() |
4:53 | ![]() |
4 | 9 |
7 | 3.5 | ![]() |
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0.5 | 1.5 | |
3.5 | 0 | ![]() |
7:29 | ![]() |
4 | 9 |
Round 4
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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7 | 4 | ![]() |
4:42 | ![]() |
0 | 5 |
5 | 0 | ![]() |
8:26 | ![]() |
4 | 8 |
1.5 | 0 | ![]() |
2:23 | ![]() |
4 | 7 |
5 | 0 | ![]() |
2:17 | ![]() |
4 | 8 |
8 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 4.5 | |
1.5 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 4.5 |
Round 5
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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6 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 4.5 | |
6 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 8 | |
1.5 | 0 | ![]() |
4:13 | ![]() |
4 | 8.5 |
4.5 | ![]() |
Bye |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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1 | ![]() |
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3 | |||
4 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | ||
2 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 6 |
Final standings
Dan Gable (USA)
Kikuo Wada (JPN)
Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS)
Ali Şahin (TUR) and
Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)
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Udo Schröder (GDR)
Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL)