Men's Greco-Roman 63 kgat the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink Dates 23–26 October Competitors 23 from 23 nations
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.[ 1] [ 2]
Medalists
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.[ 2]
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
2nd round
3rd round
4th round
5th round
6th round
Final round
Final standings
Roman Rurua (URS )
Hideo Fujimoto (JPN )
Simion Popescu (ROU )
Dimitar Galinchev (BUL )
Metin Alakoç (TUR )
Martti Laakso (FIN )
References
Notes
1912–1920: 60 kg
1924–1928: 62 kg
1932–1936: 61 kg
1948–1960: 62 kg
1964–1968: 63 kg
1972–1996: 62 kg
2000: 63 kg
2004–2012: 60 kg