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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1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vehbi Akdağ|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Jürgen Luczak|GDR|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bobby Douglas|USA|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yelkan Tedeyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ebrahimi|AFG|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tadeusz Godyń|POL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gabriel Ruz|MEX|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:47 | {{flagIOCathlete|Masaaki Kaneko|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Choi Jeong-hyeok|KOR|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:24 | {{flagIOCathlete|Onésimo Rufino|DOM|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petre Coman|ROU|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|John McCourtney|GBR|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Bolger|CAN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|József Rusznyák|HUN|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Enyu Todorov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | TF / 10:09 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ismail Al-Karaghouli|IRQ|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:45 | {{flagIOCathlete|José García|GUA|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Antonio Senosa|PHI|1968 Summer}} | TF / 6:15 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nikolaos Karypidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Engel|TCH|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Engel|TCH|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Vehbi Akdağ|TUR|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
6.5 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hans-Jürgen Luczak|GDR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 1.5 |
1 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Yelkan Tedeyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | TF / 9:04 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tadeusz Godyń|POL|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
5 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ebrahimi|AFG|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1968 Summer}} | 2 | 3 |
7 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gabriel Ruz|MEX|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Choi Jung-Heuk|KOR|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Masaaki Kaneko|JPN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 2:06 | {{flagIOCathlete|Onésimo Rufino|DOM|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
1 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petre Coman|ROU|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Patrick Bolger|CAN|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 6.5 |
7.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|John McCourtney|GBR|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:45 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Rusznyák|HUN|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Enyu Todorov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ismail Al-Karaghouli|IRQ|1968 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
4 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:57 | {{flagIOCathlete|Antonio Senosa|PHI|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|José García|GUA|1968 Summer}} | TF / 4:47 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nikolaos Karypidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bobby Douglas|USA|1968 Summer}} | DNA |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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7 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Engel|TCH|1968 Summer}} | TF / 8:39 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | 0 | 1.5 |
4 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vehbi Akdağ|TUR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Yelkan Tedeyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 2 | 3 |
6.5 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj|MGL|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Masaaki Kaneko|JPN|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 0.5 |
4 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Choi Jung-Heuk|KOR|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Petre Coman|ROU|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
4.5 | 3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Rusznyák|HUN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Enyu Todorov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 0.5 | 1 |
6 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|José Ramos|CUB|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ismail Al-Karaghouli|IRQ|1968 Summer}} | 2 | 5.5 |
0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nikolaos Karypidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | Bye |
5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohammad Ebrahimi|AFG|1968 Summer}} | DNA |
TPP | MPP | | Score | | MPP | TPP |
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2.5 | 2.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nikolaos Karypidis|GRE|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Vehbi Akdağ|TUR|1968 Summer}} | 2.5 | 6.5 |
2.5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi|IRI|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Yelkan Tedeyev|URS|1968 Summer}} | 3 | 6 |
0.5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Masaaki Kaneko|JPN|1968 Summer}} | TF / 5:31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Choi Jung-Heuk|KOR|1968 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petre Coman|ROU|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Enyu Todorov|BUL|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
7.5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Rusznyák|HUN|1968 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ismail Al-Karaghouli|IRQ|1968 Summer}} | 1 | 6.5 |
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-featherweight-freestyle.html |title=Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=4 April 2019}}