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.

[1] 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.