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Lightweight, Freestyle (≤68 kilograms), Men

Date3 – 5 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationInstituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants21 from 21 countries
FormatTwo groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top five in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-10th place.

Former Soviet wrestler Arsen Fadzayev was the defending gold medalist, came to Barcelona as a 6-time World Champion, and was considered the clear favorite. He won the gold medal relatively easily. He won all his matches in group competition, although a few decisions were relatively close, but in the final, against Bulgarian Valentin Getsov, Fadzayev triumphed on points, 13-1, to defend his Olympic title. The bronze went to Japan’s Kosei Akaishi who won a silver medal as a featherweight at the 1984 Olympics. Fadzayev continued competing, but for his native Uzbekistan, and was never again as good, placing 13th at the 1996 Olympics.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCRECP
1Arsen FadzayevEUNGold
2Valentin GetsovBULSilver
3Kosei AkaishiJPNBronze
4Ali AkbarnejadIRI
5Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
6Go Yeong-HoKOR
7Townsend SaundersUSA
8Chris WilsonCAN
9Gérard SantoroFRA
10Endre ElekesHUN
ACIbo OzitiNGREliminated r3/5 Group A4,0
ACMax GellerISREliminated r3/5 Group A3,0
ACFrancisco BarciaESPEliminated r3/5 Group A1,0
ACJesús RodríguezCUBEliminated r2/5 Group A1,0
ACCalum McNeilGBREliminated r2/5 Group A0,0
ACLudwig KüngSUIWithdrew r2/5 Group A0,0
ACGeorgios AthanasiadisGREEliminated r3/5 Group B6,0
ACGeorg SchwabenlandGEREliminated r3/5 Group B3,0
ACKüllo KõivESTEliminated r2/5 Group B2,0
ACCris BrownAUSEliminated r2/5 Group B1,0
ACAhmad Al-AostaSYREliminated r2/5 Group B1,0

Group A - Round One (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Kosei AkaishiJPN4,0
=1Arsen FadzayevEUN4,0
=3Max GellerISR3,0
=3Fatih ÖzbaşTUR3,0
=3Townsend SaundersUSA3,0
=6Jesús RodríguezCUB1,0
=6Ibo OzitiNGR1,0
=8Francisco BarciaESP0,0
=8Calum McNeilGBR0,0
=8Endre ElekesHUN0,0
=8Ludwig KüngSUI0,0

Match #1 Kosei AkaishiJPN
fall (4:54)
Endre ElekesHUN
Match #2 Max GellerISR
decision (2-1)
Jesús RodríguezCUB
Match #3 Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
decision (4-2)
Ibo OzitiNGR
Match #4 Arsen FadzayevEUN
injury
Ludwig KüngSUI
Match #5 Townsend SaundersUSA
decision (5-0)
Calum McNeilGBR
Match #6 Francisco BarciaESP bye

Group A - Round Two (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Kosei AkaishiJPN7,0
=1Arsen FadzayevEUN7,0
3Fatih ÖzbaşTUR6,0
=4Ibo OzitiNGR4,0
=4Townsend SaundersUSA4,0
=6Endre ElekesHUN3,0
=6Max GellerISR3,0
=8Jesús RodríguezCUB1,0eliminated
=8Francisco BarciaESP1,0
10Calum McNeilGBR0,0eliminated

Match #1 Endre ElekesHUN
decision (7-1)
Francisco BarciaESP
Match #2 Kosei AkaishiJPN
decision (1-0)
Jesús RodríguezCUB
Match #3 Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
decision (2-0)
Max GellerISR
Match #4 Ibo OzitiNGR
decision (4-0)
Calum McNeilGBR
Match #5 Arsen FadzayevEUN
decision (4-1)
Townsend SaundersUSA

Group A - Round Three (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Kosei AkaishiJPN10,0
=1Arsen FadzayevEUN10,0
3Townsend SaundersUSA8,0
4Fatih ÖzbaşTUR6,0
5Ibo OzitiNGR4,0eliminated
=6Endre ElekesHUN3,0
=6Max GellerISR3,0eliminated
8Francisco BarciaESP1,0eliminated

Match #1 Endre ElekesHUN
DQ (double passivity)
Max GellerISR
Match #2 Kosei AkaishiJPN
decision (9-0)
Francisco BarciaESP
Match #3 Arsen FadzayevEUN
decision (8-0)
Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
Match #4 Townsend SaundersUSA
fall (3:33)
Ibo OzitiNGR

Group A - Round Four (4 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Arsen FadzayevEUN13,0
2Kosei AkaishiJPN11,0
=3Fatih ÖzbaşTUR9,0
=3Townsend SaundersUSA9,0

Match #1 Arsen FadzayevEUN
decision (3-1)
Kosei AkaishiJPN
Match #2 Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
decision (5-2)
Townsend SaundersUSA

Group A - Round Five (4 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Kosei AkaishiJPN14,0
2Arsen FadzayevEUN13,0
3Fatih ÖzbaşTUR9,0

Match #1 Kosei AkaishiJPN
decision (3-0)
Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
Match #2 Arsen FadzayevEUN bye

Group B - Round One (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Valentin GetsovBUL3,0
=1Chris WilsonCAN3,0
=1Gérard SantoroFRA3,0
=1Georg SchwabenlandGER3,0
=1Georgios AthanasiadisGRE3,0
=6Cris BrownAUS1,0
=6Küllo KõivEST1,0
=6Ali AkbarnejadIRI1,0
=6Go Yeong-HoKOR1,0
=6Ahmad Al-AostaSYR1,0

Match #1 Georgios AthanasiadisGRE
decision (4-2)
Go Yeong-HoKOR
Match #2 Georg SchwabenlandGER
decision (4-2)
Küllo KõivEST
Match #3 Gérard SantoroFRA
decision (4-3)
Cris BrownAUS
Match #4 Valentin GetsovBUL
decision (3-2)
Ali AkbarnejadIRI
Match #5 Chris WilsonCAN
decision (3-2)
Ahmad Al-AostaSYR

Group B - Round Two (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Chris WilsonCAN6,0
=1Gérard SantoroFRA6,0
=3Valentin GetsovBUL4,0
=3Ali AkbarnejadIRI4,0
=3Go Yeong-HoKOR4,0
=6Georg SchwabenlandGER3,0
=6Georgios AthanasiadisGRE3,0
8Küllo KõivEST2,0eliminated
=9Cris BrownAUS1,0eliminated
=9Ahmad Al-AostaSYR1,0eliminated

Match #1 Go Yeong-HoKOR
decision (3-1)
Küllo KõivEST
Match #2 Georgios AthanasiadisGRE
DQ (double passivity)
Georg SchwabenlandGER
Match #3 Ali AkbarnejadIRI
decision (4-0)
Cris BrownAUS
Match #4 Gérard SantoroFRA
decision (1-0)
Ahmad Al-AostaSYR
Match #5 Chris WilsonCAN
decision (3-1)
Valentin GetsovBUL

Group B - Round Three (3 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Valentin GetsovBUL7,0
=1Gérard SantoroFRA7,0
=1Go Yeong-HoKOR7,0
=4Chris WilsonCAN6,0
=4Georgios AthanasiadisGRE6,0eliminated
6Ali AkbarnejadIRI5,0
7Georg SchwabenlandGER3,0eliminated

Match #1 Go Yeong-HoKOR
decision (3-0)
Georg SchwabenlandGER
Match #2 Georgios AthanasiadisGRE
decision (5-1)
Ali AkbarnejadIRI
Match #3 Valentin GetsovBUL
decision (9-2)
Gérard SantoroFRA
Match #4 Chris WilsonCAN bye

Group B - Round Four (4 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Go Yeong-HoKOR10,0
2Ali AkbarnejadIRI8,0
=3Valentin GetsovBUL7,0
=3Chris WilsonCAN7,0
=3Gérard SantoroFRA7,0

Match #1 Go Yeong-HoKOR
decision (2-1) (6:34)
Chris WilsonCAN
Match #2 Ali AkbarnejadIRI
decision (3-0)
Gérard SantoroFRA
Match #3 Valentin GetsovBUL bye

Group B - Round Five (4 August 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Ali AkbarnejadIRI11,0
=1Go Yeong-HoKOR11,0
3Valentin GetsovBUL10,0
4Chris WilsonCAN7,0

Match #1 Valentin GetsovBUL
decision (7-5) (6:34)
Go Yeong-HoKOR
Match #2 Ali AkbarnejadIRI
decision (1-0)
Chris WilsonCAN

Final Round (5 August 1992)

Match 1/2 Arsen FadzayevEUN
decision (13-1)
Valentin GetsovBUL
Match 3/4 Kosei AkaishiJPN
decision (4-0)
Ali AkbarnejadIRI
Match 5/6 Fatih ÖzbaşTUR
decision (3-1)
Go Yeong-HoKOR
Match 7/8 Townsend SaundersUSA
decision (6-3)
Chris WilsonCAN