Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

Last updated August 13, 2024

Contents

Results
Elimination A
Elimination B
Finals
Final standing
References
External links

Men's freestyle 68 kg

at the Games of the XXV Olympiad

Venue

Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya

Dates

3–5 August

Competitors

21 from 21 nations

Medalists

		Arsen Fadzaev	Unified Team
		Valentin Getsov	Bulgaria
		Kosei Akaishi	Japan

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Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

	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
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 68 kilograms at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from August 3 to August 5. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Elimination A

Round 1

	Score		CP
Endre Elekes (HUN)	0–8 Fall	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0–4 TO
Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	1–2	Max Geller (ISR)	1–3 PP
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	4–2	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3–1 PP
Ludwig Küng (SUI)	0–14 Ret	Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	0–4 PA
Calum McNeil (GBR)	0–5	Townsend Saunders (USA)	0–3 PO
Francisco Barcia (ESP)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	1–7	Endre Elekes (HUN)	1–3 PP
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1–0	Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	3–0 PO
Max Geller (ISR)	0–2	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	0–3 PO
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	4–0	Calum McNeil (GBR)	3–0 PO
Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	4–1	Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1 PP

Ludwig Küng (SUI) withdrew due to injury.

Round 3

	Score		CP
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	0–9	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0–3 PO
Endre Elekes (HUN)	0–0	Max Geller (ISR)	0–0 D2
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	0–2	Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	0–3 PO
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	0–4 Fall	Townsend Saunders (USA)	0–4 TO

Round 4

	Score		CP
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1–3	Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	1–3 PP
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	5–2	Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1 PP

Round 5

	Score		CP
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3–0	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	3–0 PO
Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)		Bye

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	4	4	0	X^{[lower-alpha 1]}	13	23
2	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	5	4	1	X^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14	22
3	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	5	3	2	X^{[lower-alpha 1]}	9	11

4	Townsend Saunders (USA)	4	2	2	4	9	12

—	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3	1	2	3	4	6
5	Endre Elekes (HUN)	3	1	2	3	3	7
—	Max Geller (ISR)	3	1	2	3	3	2
—	Francisco Barcia (ESP)	2	0	2	3	1	1

—	Jesús Rodríguez (CUB)	2	0	2	2	1	1
—	Calum McNeil (GBR)	2	0	2	2	0	0

—	Ludwig Küng (SUI)	1	0	1	1	0	0

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1 2 3 Classification points: EUN 6, JPN 4, TUR 0

Elimination B

Round 1

	Score		CP
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	2–4	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Küllo Kõiv (EST)	2–4	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	1–3 PP
Cris Brown (AUS)	3–4	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	1–3 PP
Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	2–3	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	2–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–3 PP

Round 2

	Score		CP
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	3–1 PP
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	0–0	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	0–0 D2
Cris Brown (AUS)	0–4	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	1–0	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	3–0 PO
Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–3 PP

Round 3

	Score		CP
Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–0	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	3–0 PO
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	1–5	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	1–3 PP
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	2–9	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Chris Wilson (CAN)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Chris Wilson (CAN)	1–2	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	1–3 PP
Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	0–3	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO
Valentin Getsov (BUL)		Bye

Round 5

	Score		CP
Valentin Getsov (BUL)	7–5	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1 PP
Chris Wilson (CAN)	0–1	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	0–3 PO

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	4	3	1	X^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	20
2	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	5	4	1	X^{[lower-alpha 1]}	13	15

3	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	5	3	2	5	11	15
4	Chris Wilson (CAN)	4	2	2	5	7	7

5	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)	4	2	2	4	7	7

—	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	3	1	2	3	4	5
—	Georg Schwabenland (GER)	3	1	2	3	3	4

—	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	2	0	2	2	2	3
—	Cris Brown (AUS)	2	0	2	2	1	3
—	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	2	0	2	2	1	2

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1 2 BUL 3–1 IRI

Finals

	Score		CP
9th place match
Endre Elekes (HUN)	WO	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)
7th place match
Townsend Saunders (USA)	6–3	Chris Wilson (CAN)	3–1 PP
5th place match
Fatih Özbaş (TUR)	3–1	Ko Young-ho (KOR)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4–0	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)	3–0 PO
Gold medal match
Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)	13–1	Valentin Getsov (BUL)	3.5–0.5 SP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)
	Valentin Getsov (BUL)
	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
4	Ali Akbarnejad (IRI)
5	Fatih Özbaş (TUR)
6	Ko Young-ho (KOR)
7	Townsend Saunders (USA)
8	Chris Wilson (CAN)
9	Gérard Sartoro (FRA)
10	Endre Elekes (HUN)

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References

↑ "Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

External links

Official Report

Olympic Champions in freestyle lightweight

1904: 65.77 kg
1908: 66.5 kg
1920–1936: 67.5 kg
1948–1960: 67 kg
1964–1968: 70 kg
1972–1996: 68 kg
2000: 69 kg
2004–2012: 66 kg
2016–present: 65 kg

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