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

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.

## 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 |

* Ludwig Küng (SUI) withdrew due to injury.

**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 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Fatih Özbaş (TUR) | 5 | 3 | 2 | X | 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 |

* 1 2 3 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 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Ali Akbarnejad (IRI) | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 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 |

* 1 2 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 |
| - | - |
| | Arsen Fadzaev (EUN) |
| | Valentin Getsov (BUL) |
| | 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) |
