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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Date	17 – 20 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	23 from 23 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.

At the 1967 World Championships Shigeo Nakata of Japan had defeated American Rich Sanders for the gold medal. Sanders had also won a bronze medal at the 1966 Worlds and the two were expected to battle it out in this class, along with Turkey’s Mehmet Esenceli, winner of the 1966-67 European Championships. Esenceli was never a factor, drawing his first match and then losing by fall in round to Mongolian Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav, which led to his elimination. Nakata, Sanders, and Damdinsharav made it to the final round, where Nakata won the gold medal with a throw over Damdinsharav, and winning a close decision over Sanders.

Nakata never wrestled internationally again. Sanders would return to the Olympics in 1972 and win another silver medal, that time as a bantamweight. Tragically he was killed in an automobile accident only seven weeks after that second Olympic medal. Many previous sources list the Mongolian in this class as Surenjaav Sukhbaatar, but the Mongolian Olympic Committee has confirmed that it was actually Damdinsharav.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	–	–	Gold
2	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	–	–	Silver
3	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	–	–	Bronze	1
4	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	–	–
5	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	–	–
6	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	–	–
16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	eliminated r5/6	8.0
2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	eliminated r5/6	8.0
5	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	eliminated r4/6	6.0
19	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	eliminated r4/6	7.5
18	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	eliminated r4/6	9.0
8	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL	eliminated r3/6	6.0
4	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE	eliminated r3/6	7.0
22	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG	eliminated r3/6	7.5
2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	eliminated r2/6	6.5
13	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA	eliminated r2/6	6.5
15	Mehmet Esenceli	👁 Image TUR	eliminated r2/6	6.5
17	Florentino Martínez	👁 Image MEX	eliminated r2/6	7.0
15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	eliminated r2/6	7.0
11	John Kinsela	👁 Image AUS	eliminated r2/6	7.5
1	José Defran	👁 Image DOM	eliminated r2/6	8.0
3	César Solari	👁 Image ECU	eliminated r2/6	8.0
8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
–	Peter Michienzi	👁 Image CAN	–	–
–	Jo Chum-Duk	👁 Image PRK	–	–
–	Gheorghe Berceanu	👁 Image ROU	–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	4	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE	0.0
=1	2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	0.0
=1	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	0.0
=1	19	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	0.0
=1	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	0.0
6	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	0.5
=7	18	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	1.0
=7	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	1.0
=7	5	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	1.0
=7	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	1.0
=7	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	1.0
=12	16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	2.5
=12	15	Mehmet Esenceli	👁 Image TUR	2.5
=14	8	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL	3.0
=14	2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	3.0
=14	13	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA	3.0
=14	17	Florentino Martínez	👁 Image MEX	3.0
=14	15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	3.0
19	22	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG	3.5
=20	11	John Kinsela	👁 Image AUS	4.0
=20	1	José Defran	👁 Image DOM	4.0
=20	3	César Solari	👁 Image ECU	4.0
=20	8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	Fall (1:55)	José Defran	👁 Image DOM
Match #2	17 Oct	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE	Dq (0:08)	César Solari	👁 Image ECU
Match #3	17 Oct	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	Decision	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA
Match #4	17 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL
Match #5	17 Oct	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	Decision	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU
Match #6	17 Oct	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	Fall (10:50)	John Kinsela	👁 Image AUS
Match #7	17 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 2	👁 Image MGL	Decision	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY
Match #8	17 Oct	Mehmet Esenceli	👁 Image TUR	Draw	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG
Match #9	17 Oct	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Florentino Martínez	👁 Image MEX
Match #10	17 Oct	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	Fall (8:15)	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA
Match #11	17 Oct	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	Superiority	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG
Match #12	17 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA

Round Two

Date	18 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	0.0	–
=1	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	0.0	–
=3	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	0.5	–
=3	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	0.5	–
5	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	1.0	–
=6	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	1.5	–
=6	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	1.5	–
=8	18	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	2.0	–
=8	5	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	2.0	–
10	16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	2.5	–
=11	8	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL	3.0	–
=11	4	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE	3.0	–
=11	19	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	3.0	–
14	22	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG	3.5	–
=15	2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	6.5	eliminated
=15	13	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA	6.5	eliminated
=15	15	Mehmet Esenceli	👁 Image TUR	6.5	eliminated
=18	17	Florentino Martínez	👁 Image MEX	7.0	eliminated
=18	15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	7.0	eliminated
20	11	John Kinsela	👁 Image AUS	7.5	eliminated
=21	1	José Defran	👁 Image DOM	8.0	eliminated
=21	3	César Solari	👁 Image ECU	8.0	eliminated
=21	8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	Fall (1:11)	José Defran	👁 Image DOM
Match #2	18 Oct	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	Fall (5:00)	César Solari	👁 Image ECU
Match #3	18 Oct	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	Decision	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE
Match #4	18 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Superiority	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA
Match #5	18 Oct	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL	Fall (5:30)	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU
Match #6	18 Oct	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	Superiority	John Kinsela	👁 Image AUS
Match #7	18 Oct	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	Superiority	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY
Match #8	18 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 3	👁 Image MGL	Fall (10:14)	Mehmet Esenceli	👁 Image TUR
Match #9	18 Oct	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	Fall (6:40)	Florentino Martínez	👁 Image MEX
Match #10	18 Oct	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN
Match #11	18 Oct	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	Fall (5:32)	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA
Match #12	18 Oct	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG

Round Three

Date	19 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	0.0	–
=1	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	0.0	–
3	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	0.5	–
=4	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	2.5	–
=4	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	2.5	–
=6	16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	3.5	–
=6	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	3.5	–
8	19	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	4.0	–
=9	18	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	5.0	–
=9	5	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	5.0	–
=9	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	5.0	–
12	8	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL	6.0	eliminated
13	4	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE	7.0	eliminated
14	22	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	Fall (8:41)	Boris Dimovski	👁 Image YUG
Match #2	19 Oct	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	Fall (8:43)	Petros Triantafyllidis	👁 Image GRE
Match #3	19 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR
Match #4	19 Oct	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	Decision	Bayo Baev	👁 Image BUL
Match #5	19 Oct	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	Dq	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 4	👁 Image MGL
Match #6	19 Oct	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	Decision	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN
Match #7	19 Oct	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	Decision	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND

Round Four

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	0.0	–
=2	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	3.5	–
=2	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	3.5	–
=2	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	3.5	–
=5	16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	4.0	–
=5	2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	4.0	–
7	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	5.0	–
8	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	5.5	–
9	5	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	6.0	eliminated
10	19	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN	7.5	eliminated
11	18	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	Fall (2:48)	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI
Match #2	20 Oct	Oh Jeong-Ryong	👁 Image KOR	Decision	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS
Match #3	20 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA
Match #4	20 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 5	👁 Image MGL	Fall (5:44)	Márton Erdős	👁 Image HUN
Match #5	20 Oct	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	Superiority	Wanelge Castillo	👁 Image PAN
Match #6	20 Oct	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND

Round Five

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	23	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	0.0	–
2	7	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	3.5	–
3	14	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	5.0	–
=4	12	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA	6.5	eliminated
=4	10	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	6.5	eliminated
6	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	7.5	eliminated
=7	16	Paul Neff	👁 Image FRG	8.0	eliminated
=7	2	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	Fall (1:34)	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND
Match #2	20 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Fall (6:32)	Mohammad Ghorbani	👁 Image IRI
Match #3	20 Oct	Nazar Albaryan	👁 Image URS	Decision	Vincenzo Grassi	👁 Image ITA
Match #4	20 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 6	👁 Image MGL

Final Round One

Date	20 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA
Match #2	20 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 7	👁 Image MGL

Final Round Two

Date	20 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA	Decision	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 8	👁 Image MGL
Match #2	20 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN

Final Round Three

Date	20 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Shigeo Nakata	👁 Image JPN	Fall (5:07)	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 9	👁 Image MGL
Match #2	20 Oct	Rich Sanders	👁 Image USA

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