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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kg), Men

Date	17 – 20 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.5; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

In 1967 Turkey’s Ahmet Ayık won both the European and World Championships, defeating Soviet Georgian Shota Lomidze, the 1966 European Champion, in the World finals. They advanced to the final round in Mexico City, along with Hungarian József Csatári. Csatári was quickly eliminated when he was thrown by Ayık late in their match, after he had already lost by decision to Lomidze. Ayık and Lomidze again met for the gold medal, and their match ended in a draw, but Ayık won the gold by virtue of fewer bad points earlier in the tournament.

Ayık wrestled for two more years, winning the 1970 European Championship, his eighth major international title. Lomidze moved up in weight after the Mexico City Olympics, winning World titles in 1969 and 1971 and a European title in 1969, all as a heavyweight. Czatári would also move up to heavyweight and wrestled through 1974. A steady performer, he would finish in the top six places 15 times at the Olympics, Worlds, and Europeans, winning three silvers and three bronze medals, but he never won a major international.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	–	–	Silver
3	9	József Csatári	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	–	–
5	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	–	–
=6	5	Ryszard Długosz	POL	–	–
=6	1	Jess Lewis	USA	–	–
AC	2	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	eliminated r3/8	6.0
AC	13	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	eliminated r3/8	6.5
AC	3	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	eliminated r3/8	7.0
AC	3	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	eliminated r3/8	7.0
AC	18	Nicolae Neguț	ROU	eliminated r3/8	8.0
AC	13	Ed Millard	CAN	eliminated r3/8	8.5
AC	11	Daniel Verník	ARG	eliminated r2/8	7.5
AC	6	Alexis Nihon	BAH	eliminated r2/8	8.0
AC	8	Heinz Kiehl	FRG	withdrew r2/8	3.5
DNS	–	Giuseppe Rosolen	ITA	–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	5	Ryszard Długosz	POL	0.0	–
=2	13	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	0.5	–
=2	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	0.5	–
=2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	0.5	–
=5	9	József Csatári	HUN	1.0	–
=5	3	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	1.0	–
=5	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	1.0	–
=5	1	Jess Lewis	USA	1.0	–
=9	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	3.0	–
=9	2	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	3.0	–
=9	18	Nicolae Neguț	ROU	3.0	–
=9	3	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	3.0	–
=13	11	Daniel Verník	ARG	3.5	–
=13	13	Ed Millard	CAN	3.5	–
=13	8	Heinz Kiehl	FRG	3.5	withdrew
16	6	Alexis Nihon	BAH	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Jess Lewis	USA	Decision	Gerd Bachmann	GDR
Match #2	17 Oct	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	Decision	Nicolae Neguț	ROU
Match #3	17 Oct	Ryszard Długosz	POL	Fall (1:33)	Alexis Nihon	BAH
Match #4	17 Oct	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	Superiority	Ed Millard	CAN
Match #5	17 Oct	József Csatári	HUN	Decision	Peter Jutzeler	SUI
Match #6	17 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Superiority	Heinz Kiehl	FRG
Match #7	17 Oct	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	Superiority	Daniel Verník	ARG
Match #8	17 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	Decision	Said Mustafov	BUL

Round Two

Date	18 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	0.5	–
2	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	1.0	–
3	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	1.5	–
4	1	Jess Lewis	USA	2.0	–
=5	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	3.0	–
=5	5	Ryszard Długosz	POL	3.0	–
7	13	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	3.5	–
=8	9	József Csatári	HUN	4.0	–
=8	3	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	4.0	–
=8	3	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	4.0	–
11	13	Ed Millard	CAN	4.5	–
=12	2	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	5.0	–
=12	18	Nicolae Neguț	ROU	5.0	–
14	11	Daniel Verník	ARG	7.5	eliminated
15	6	Alexis Nihon	BAH	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Jess Lewis	USA	Decision	Shunichi Kawano	JPN
Match #2	18 Oct	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	Draw	Nicolae Neguț	ROU
Match #3	18 Oct	Ed Millard	CAN	Decision	Ryszard Długosz	POL
Match #4	18 Oct	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	Fall (1:17)	Alexis Nihon	BAH
Match #5	18 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Decision	József Csatári	HUN
Match #6	18 Oct	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	Decision	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI
Match #7	18 Oct	Said Mustafov	BUL	Fall (5:16)	Daniel Verník	ARG
Match #8	18 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR

Round Three

Date	19 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	1.5	–
2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	2.5	–
=3	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	3.0	–
=3	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	3.0	–
=5	9	József Csatári	HUN	4.0	–
=5	5	Ryszard Długosz	POL	4.0	–
=5	1	Jess Lewis	USA	4.0	–
8	2	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	6.0	eliminated
9	13	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI	6.5	eliminated
=10	3	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	7.0	eliminated
=10	3	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	7.0	eliminated
12	18	Nicolae Neguț	ROU	8.0	eliminated
13	13	Ed Millard	CAN	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	Draw	Jess Lewis	USA
Match #2	19 Oct	Gerd Bachmann	GDR	Decision	Shunichi Kawano	JPN
Match #3	19 Oct	Ryszard Długosz	POL	Decision	Nicolae Neguț	ROU
Match #4	19 Oct	József Csatári	HUN	Fall (9:02)	Ed Millard	CAN
Match #5	19 Oct	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	Decision	Peter Jutzeler	SUI
Match #6	19 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Decision	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	IRI
Match #7	19 Oct	Said Mustafov	BUL

Round Four

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	2.5	–
2	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	4.0	–
=3	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	4.5	–
=3	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	4.5	–
5	9	József Csatári	HUN	5.0	–
6	5	Ryszard Długosz	POL	7.0	eliminated
7	1	Jess Lewis	USA	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Said Mustafov	BUL	Decision	Jess Lewis	USA
Match #2	20 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	Decision	Ryszard Długosz	POL
Match #3	20 Oct	József Csatári	HUN	Decision	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL
Match #4	20 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS

Round Five

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	4.5	–
=2	9	József Csatári	HUN	5.0	–
=2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	5.0	–
4	15	Said Mustafov	BUL	6.5	eliminated
5	8	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Draw	Said Mustafov	BUL
Match #2	20 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	Fall (1:02)	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL
Match #3	20 Oct	József Csatári	HUN

Round Six

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	4.5
2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	6.0
3	9	József Csatári	HUN	8.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Decision	József Csatári	HUN
Match #2	20 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR

Round Seven

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	16	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	4.5	–
2	12	Shota Lomidze	URS	6.0	eliminated
3	9	József Csatári	HUN	12.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	Fall (10:12)	József Csatári	HUN
Match #2	20 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS

Final Round

Date	20 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Draw	Ahmet Ayık	TUR