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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	23 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	24 from 24 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.

Soviet Vladimir Bakulin was the 1967 World Champion, but he was expected to be challenged by Bulgarian Petar Kirov, the 1967 European Champion. After five rounds four wrestlers remained – Bakulin, Kirov, Czechoslovak Miroslav Zeman, and Hungarian Imre Alker. Bakulin and Kirov won decisions, which eliminated Zeman and Alker, but the bad points Bakulin accumulated also eliminated him and Kirov became the gold medalist. Kirov would win the Worlds in 1970-71 and in 1972, at München, defended his Olympic gold medal. He later won the Europeans again in 1974 and 1976, also winning a third World title in 1974.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	–	–	Gold
2	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	–	–	Silver
3	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	–	–	Bronze
4	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	–	–
5	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	–	–
6	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	–	–
7	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	eliminated r4/6	6.0
6	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	eliminated r4/6	7.0
22	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	eliminated r4/6	7.0
19	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA	eliminated r3/6	6.0
1	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	eliminated r3/6	6.0
14	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	eliminated r3/6	6.5
20	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE	eliminated r3/6	7.0
15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	eliminated r3/6	7.5
5	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN	eliminated r3/6	9.0
2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	withdrew r3/6	4.5
16	Jan Michalik	👁 Image POL	eliminated r2/6	6.0
23	Rich Tamble	👁 Image USA	eliminated r2/6	6.0
11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	eliminated r2/6	6.0
12	Mohamed Karmous	👁 Image MAR	eliminated r2/6	6.0
3	Leonel Duarte	👁 Image POR	eliminated r2/6	7.5
8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
18	Shuichi Ishiguro	👁 Image JPN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
13	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA	withdrew r2/6	3.0
–	Peter Michienzi	👁 Image CAN	–	–
–	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	👁 Image MGL	–	–
–	Gheorghe Berceanu	👁 Image ROU	–	–

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	0.0	–
=1	7	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	0.0	–
=1	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	0.0	–
=4	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	1.0	–
=4	20	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE	1.0	–
=4	6	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	1.0	–
=4	15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	1.0	–
=4	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
=4	14	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	1.0	–
=10	2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	2.0	–
=10	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	2.0	–
=10	12	Mohamed Karmous	👁 Image MAR	2.0	–
=10	1	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	2.0	–
=14	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	2.5	–
=14	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	2.5	–
=16	5	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN	3.0	–
=16	13	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA	3.0	withdrew
=16	19	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA	3.0	–
=16	16	Jan Michalik	👁 Image POL	3.0	–
=16	22	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	3.0	–
=16	23	Rich Tamble	👁 Image USA	3.0	–
=22	8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	4.0	–
=22	18	Shuichi Ishiguro	👁 Image JPN	4.0	–
=22	3	Leonel Duarte	👁 Image POR	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	Draw	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY
Match #2	23 Oct	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	Fall (5:20)	Leonel Duarte	👁 Image POR
Match #3	23 Oct	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	Decision	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN
Match #4	23 Oct	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	Fall (1:25)	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA
Match #5	23 Oct	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	Draw	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG
Match #6	23 Oct	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	Draw	Mohamed Karmous	👁 Image MAR
Match #7	23 Oct	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	Decision	André Gaudinot	👁 Image FRA
Match #8	23 Oct	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	Decision	Jan Michalik	👁 Image POL
Match #9	23 Oct	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	Dq (9:45)	Shuichi Ishiguro	👁 Image JPN
Match #10	23 Oct	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE	Decision	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA
Match #11	23 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR
Match #12	23 Oct	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	Decision	Rich Tamble	👁 Image USA

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	1.0	–
=1	6	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	1.0	–
=1	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	1.0	–
=1	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
=5	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	2.0	–
=5	7	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	2.0	–
=7	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	2.5	–
=7	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	2.5	–
=7	1	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	2.5	–
10	19	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA	3.0	–
=11	15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	3.5	–
=11	14	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	3.5	–
=13	20	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE	4.0	–
=13	22	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	4.0	–
=15	5	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN	5.0	–
=15	2	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY	5.0	–
=17	16	Jan Michalik	👁 Image POL	6.0	eliminated
=17	23	Rich Tamble	👁 Image USA	6.0	eliminated
=17	11	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND	6.0	eliminated
=17	12	Mohamed Karmous	👁 Image MAR	6.0	eliminated
21	3	Leonel Duarte	👁 Image POR	7.5	eliminated
=22	8	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA	8.0	eliminated
=22	18	Shuichi Ishiguro	👁 Image JPN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	Superiority	Leonel Duarte	👁 Image POR
Match #2	24 Oct	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	Decision	Mohamed Salem	👁 Image EGY
Match #3	24 Oct	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN	Draw	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX
Match #4	24 Oct	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	Fall (0:56)	Gustavo Ramírez	👁 Image GUA
Match #5	24 Oct	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	Fall (2:57)	Sudesh Kumar	👁 Image IND
Match #6	24 Oct	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	Dq	Mohamed Karmous	👁 Image MAR
Match #7	24 Oct	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	Draw	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU
Match #8	24 Oct	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	Decision	Jan Michalik	👁 Image POL
Match #9	24 Oct	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA	Fall (2:01)	Shuichi Ishiguro	👁 Image JPN
Match #10	24 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE
Match #11	24 Oct	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	Decision	Rich Tamble	👁 Image USA
Match #12	24 Oct	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	1.0	–
=1	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
3	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	2.0	–
4	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	2.5	–
=5	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	3.0	–
=5	7	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	3.0	–
7	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	3.5	–
=8	6	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	4.0	–
=8	22	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	4.0	–
10	19	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA	6.0	eliminated
=11	14	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG	6.5	eliminated
=11	1	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR	6.5	eliminated
13	20	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE	7.0	eliminated
14	15	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU	7.5	eliminated
15	5	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Oct	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	Dq	Ahmed Charour	👁 Image SYR
Match #2	25 Oct	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	Fall (1:55)	Alex Børger	👁 Image DEN
Match #3	25 Oct	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	Decision	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR
Match #4	25 Oct	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Boško Marinko	👁 Image YUG
Match #5	25 Oct	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	Fall (1:52)	Gheorghe Stoiciu	👁 Image ROU
Match #6	25 Oct	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	Decision	Vasilios Ganotis	👁 Image GRE
Match #7	25 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Domenico Centurioni	👁 Image ITA
Match #8	25 Oct	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	2.0	–
=1	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	2.0	–
3	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	3.0	–
=4	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	4.5	–
=4	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	4.5	–
6	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	5.0	–
7	7	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX	6.5	eliminated
=8	6	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR	7.0	eliminated
=8	22	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	Decision	Metin Çıkmaz	👁 Image TUR
Match #2	26 Oct	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	Decision	Sin Sang-Sik	👁 Image KOR
Match #3	26 Oct	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Enrique Jiménez	👁 Image MEX
Match #4	26 Oct	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	Draw	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN
Match #5	26 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	21	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	4.0	–
=2	4	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH	5.0	–
=2	24	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	5.0	–
4	9	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	5.5	–
5	10	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	6.0	eliminated
6	17	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN	7.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS
Match #2	26 Oct	Rolf Lacour	👁 Image FRG	Decision	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH
Match #3	26 Oct	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Jussi Vesterinen	👁 Image FIN

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Petar Kirov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Miroslav Zeman	👁 Image TCH
Match #2	26 Oct	Vladimir Bakulin	👁 Image URS	Decision	Imre Alker	👁 Image HUN

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/125976