Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg


The Men's Freestyle bantamweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The bantamweight was the second-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 57 kilograms.

Medalists

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
;Legend
;Penalties
TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
00'TF / 5:0244
11'33
33'11
44TF / 2:47'00
11'33
11'33
44DQ'00
33'11
0.50.5'3.53.5
33'11
0Bye

2nd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
0.50.5'3.53.5
21'36
74TF / 9:00'01
84TF / 2:10'01
00'TF / 1:4347
4.53.5'0.54.5
63'11
63'11.5
43'14
7.54TF / 6:20'01
4DNA

3rd round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1.51'35
7.54TF / 1:08'01
11'34
83.5'0.51.5
8.54TF / 9:52'04
2.51'37
1Bye

4th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
1.50.5'3.55
7.52.52.53.5
3223.5
51'37
2.5Bye

5th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
3.51'34.5
8.53.5'0.53.5
4.51'38
3.5'Bye

6th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
5.5225.5
5.51'37.5
3.5'Bye

7th round

TPPMPPScoreMPPTPP
5.5227.5
8.5316.5

Final standings

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