# 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

| Gold | Yojiro Uetake Japan |
| Silver | Donald Behm United States |
| Bronze | Aboutaleb Talebi Iran |

## 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 |
| 0 | 0 | Herbert Singerman (CAN) | TF / 5:02 | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) | | Simeon Šutev (YUG) | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Jang Gyeong-mu (KOR) | | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Marco Terán (ECU) | TF / 2:47 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | | Horst Mayer (GDR) | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | Pekka Alanen (FIN) | | Nicolae Cristea (ROU) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Moises López (MEX) | DQ | Ali Aliyev (URS) | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Ahmad Djan (AFG) | | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 1 | 1 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | | Javier Raxon (GUA) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Muhammad Sardar (PAK) | | Donald Behm (USA) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | | Bishambar Singh (IND) | | Bye | | |

### 2nd round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Bishambar Singh (IND) | | Herbert Singerman (CAN) | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) | | Chang Kyung-Mu (KOR) | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Simeon Šutev (YUG) | TF / 9:00 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Marco Terán (ECU) | TF / 2:10 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | TF / 1:43 | Horst Mayer (GDR) | 4 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Pekka Alanen (FIN) | | Moises López (MEX) | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Nicolae Cristea (ROU) | | Ali Aliyev (URS) | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Ahmad Djan (AFG) | | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) | | Sardar Mohammad (PAK) | 1 | 4 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Javier Raxon (GUA) | TF / 6:20 | Donald Behm (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Rogelio Famatid (PHI) | | DNA | | |

### 3rd round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 1.5 | 1 | Bishambar Singh (IND) | | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) | 3 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 4 | Herbert Singerman (CAN) | TF / 1:08 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3.5 | Pekka Alanen (FIN) | | Ali Aliyev (URS) | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 8.5 | 4 | Moises López (MEX) | TF / 9:52 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 0 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 1 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | | Sardar Mohammad (PAK) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | | Donald Behm (USA) | | Bye | | |

### 4th round

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Donald Behm (USA) | Bishambar Singh (IND) | 3.5 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 2.5 | Hasan Sevinç (TUR) | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | Ali Aliyev (URS) | 2 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 3 | 7 |
| 2.5 | | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | Bye | | |

### 5th round

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 3.5 | 1 | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | Donald Behm (USA) | 3 | 4.5 |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Bishambar Singh (IND) | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 1 | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL) | 3 | 8 |
| 3.5 | | Ali Aliyev (URS) | Bye | | |

### 6th round

| TPP | MPP | | | MPP | TPP |
| 5.5 | 2 | Ali Aliyev (URS) | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | 2 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 1 | Donald Behm (USA) | Ivan Shavov (BUL) | 3 | 7.5 |
| 3.5 | | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | Bye | | |

### 7th round

| TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
| 5.5 | 2 | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) | | Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) | 2 | 7.5 |
| 8.5 | 3 | Ali Aliyev (URS) | | Donald Behm (USA) | 1 | 6.5 |

## Final standings

* Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
* Donald Behm (USA)
* Aboutaleb Talebi (IRI)
* Ali Aliyev (URS)
* Ivan Shavov (BUL)
* Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL)