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.
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Defran|DOM|1968 Summer}} | TF / 1:55 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|César Solari|ECU|1968 Summer}} | DQ / 0:08 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|O Jeong-ryong|KOR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|André Gaudinot|FRA|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Kinsella|AUS|1968 Summer}} | TF / 10:50 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Mongued|EGY|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
2.5 | 2.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Esenceli|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}} | 2.5 | 2.5 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Florentino Martínez|MEX|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 8:15 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gustavo Ramírez|GUA|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}} | TF / 1:11 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Defran|DOM|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:00 | {{flagIOCathlete|César Solari|ECU|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
6.5 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|André Gaudinot|FRA|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 1.5 |
3 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:30 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
1.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|John Kinsella|AUS|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 7.5 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Mongued|EGY|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 6.5 |
1 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}} | TF / 10:14 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Esenceli|TUR|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 6.5 |
2.5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}} | TF / 6:40 | {{flagIOCathlete|Florentino Martínez|MEX|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
2 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gustavo Ramírez|GUA|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:32 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0.5 |
3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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7.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boris Dimovski|YUG|1968 Summer}} | TF / 8:41 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}} | TF / 8:43 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petros Triantafyllidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2.5 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Baju Baev|BUL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2.5 |
0.5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | DQ | {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 5 |
3.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 5 |
4 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3.5 |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:48 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
6 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oh Jung-Yong|KOR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 5.5 |
3.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3.5 |
5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:44 | {{flagIOCathlete|Márton Erdős|HUN|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 9 |
4 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 7.5 |
3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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7.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}} | TF / 1:34 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sanders|USA|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1968 Summer}} | TF / 6:32 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shigeo Nakata|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 3.5 |
6.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nazar Albaryan|URS|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Vincenzo Grassi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 6.5 |
5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav|MGL|1968 Summer}} | DNA | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Neff|FRG|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html |title=Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=3 April 2019}}