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

Men's freestyle 68 kg
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueInstitut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya
Dates3–5 August
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsen Fadzaev  Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Getsov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kosei Akaishi  Japan
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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

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[a] 13 23
2  Kosei Akaishi (JPN) 5 4 1 X[a] 14 22
3  Fatih Özbaş (TUR) 5 3 2 X[a] 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. ^ a b c 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[a] 10 20
2  Ali Akbarnejad (IRI) 5 4 1 X[a] 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. ^ a b 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Arsen Fadzaev (EUN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Valentin Getsov (BUL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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)

References

  1. ^ "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.

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