# Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 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

| Gold | János Varga Hungary |
| Silver | Ion Baciu Romania |
| Bronze | Ivan Kochergin Soviet Union |

## 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

* TF — Won by Fall
* DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit
* D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
* DNA — Did not appear
* TPP — Total penalty points
* MPP — Match penalty points

### Penalties

* 0 — Won by Fall and Disqualification
* 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
* 1 — Won by Points
* 2 — Draw
* 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
* 3 — Lost by Points
* 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
* 4 — Lost by Fall and Disqualification

### 1st round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 3 | David Hazewinkel (USA) | | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Johnny Nielsen (DEN) | DQ | Khristo Traykov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) | | Rodolfo Guerra (MEX) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Herbert Singerman (CAN) | TF / 10:51 | Jean Nakouzi (LIB) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Roland Svensson (SWE) | | Koji Sakurama (JPN) | 1 | 1 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) | | Hartmut Puls (GDR) | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Fritz Stange (FRG) | TF / 9:08 | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Luís Grilo (POR) | TF / 2:47 | János Varga (HUN) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Karlo Čović (YUG) | | Othon Moskhidis (GRE) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | TF / 4:38 | Javier Raxón (GUA) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Khalifa Karouane (MAR) | | An Chun-Young (KOR) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Kaya Özcan (TUR) | | Józef Lipień (POL) | 3 | 3 |

### 2nd round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 0 | David Hazewinkel (USA) | TF / 8:28 | Johnny Nielsen (DEN) | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) | TF / 1:30 | Herbert Singerman (CAN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | Rodolfo Guerra (MEX) | | Jean Nakouzi (LIB) | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | Roland Svensson (SWE) | | Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) | 1 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | Koji Sakurama (JPN) | TF / 10:45 | Hartmut Puls (GDR) | 4 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Fritz Stange (FRG) | | Luís Grilo (POR) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | | János Varga (HUN) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Karlo Čović (YUG) | | Risto Björlin (FIN) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | TF / 1:23 | Javier Raxon (GUA) | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Khalifa Karouane (MAR) | | Kaya Özcan (TUR) | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | An Chun-Young (KOR) | | Józef Lipień (POL) | 2 | 5 |

### 3rd round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 3 | 0 | David Hazewinkel (USA) | DQ | Hristo Traikov (BUL) | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Rodolfo Guerra (MEX) | TF / 2:44 | Koji Sakurama (JPN) | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Jean Nakouzi (LIB) | | Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) | 1 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | | Karlo Čović (YUG) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | János Varga (HUN) | | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | Risto Björlin (FIN) | TF / 9:00 | Józef Lipień (POL) | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | An Chun-Young (KOR) | | Kaya Özcan (TUR) | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | | Fritz Stange (FRG) | | DNA | | |

### 4th round

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 6 | 3 | David Hazewinkel (USA) | Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) | 1 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 2.5 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | Koji Sakurama (JPN) | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 7.5 | 3 | Arthur Spaenhoven (BEL) | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | János Varga (HUN) | Risto Björlin (FIN) | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | An Chun-Young (KOR) | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | | Kaya Özcan (TUR) | Bye | | |

### 5th round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 9 | 4 | Kaya Özcan (TUR) | TF / 6:13 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 0 | 5.5 |
| 9 | 4 | Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY) | TF / 10:49 | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | 0 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Koji Sakurama (JPN) | | János Varga (HUN) | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | | Bye | | |

### 6th round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| 7.5 | 2 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | | János Varga (HUN) | 2 | 6 |

### Final round (2nd-4th places)

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| | 2.5 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | 2.5 | |
| 6.5 | 4 | Othon Moschidis (GRE) | TF / 2:32 | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 0 | |
| 6.5 | 4 | Ivan Kochergin (URS) | DQ | Ion Baciu (ROU) | 4 | 4 |

## Final standings

* János Varga (HUN)
* Ion Baciu (ROU)
* Ivan Kochergin (URS)
* Othon Moschidis (GRE)
* Koji Sakurama (JPN)
* Kaya Özcan (TUR) and Ibrahim El-Sayed (EGY)