1968 Summer Olympics / wrestling
| Wrestling at the XIX. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Mexico city
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| Competition venue | Pista de Hielo Insurgentes |
| Nations | 46 |
| Athletes | 297 (297 men) |
| date | 17.-26. October 1968 |
| decisions | 16 |
| ← Tokyo 1964 | |
At the XIX. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , 16 wrestling competitions were held, eight each in freestyle and eight in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Pista de Hielo Insurgentes .
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Japan
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4th | 1 | - | 5 |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
| 4th |
 Hungary
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} GDR
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2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th |
 Turkey
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2 | - | - | 2 |
| 7th |
 Iran
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1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 8th |
 France
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
 United States
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- | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 10 |
.svg){kind=small} Mongolia
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- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 11 |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |
 Czechoslovakia
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 14th |
BR Germany
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Shigeo Nakata |
| 2 |
United States
|
Richard Sanders |
| 3 |
MGL
|
Tschimedbadsaryn Damdinscharaw |
| 4th |
URS
|
Nasar Albarjan |
| 5 |
 ITA
|
Vincenzo Grassi |
| 6th |
 IND
|
Sudesh Kumar |
| 7th |
IRN
|
Mohammad Ghorbani |
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FRG
|
Paul Neff |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
23 participants from 23 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Yōjirō Uetake |
| 2 |
United States
|
Donald Behm |
| 3 |
IRN
|
Aboutaleb Talebi |
| 4th |
URS
|
Ali Aliyev |
| 5 |
BUL
|
Ivan Shavov |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} POLE
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Zbigniew Żedzicki |
| 7th |
IND
|
Bishambar Singh |
| 8th |
DOOR
|
Hasan Sevinç |
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MGL
|
Badsaryn Süchbaatar | |
| 15th |
GDR
|
Horst Mayer |
Date: October 17-20, 1968
21 participants from 21 countries
Feather weight (up to 63 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Masaaki Kaneko |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Enju Todorov |
| 3 |
IRN
|
Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi |
| 4th |
GRE
|
Nikolaos Karypidis |
| 5 |
ROME
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Petre Coman |
| 6th |
URS
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Yelkan Tedeev |
| 7th |
DOOR
|
Vehbi Akdağ |
;_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%E2%80%931972).svg){kind=small} IRQ
|
Ismail Al-Karaghouli | |
.svg){kind=small} COR
|
Choi Jeong-hyeok | |
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HUN
|
József Rusznyák | |
| 15th |
GDR
|
Hans-Jürgen Luczak |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
23 participants from 23 countries
Lightweight (up to 70 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IRN
|
Abdollah Movahed |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Enjo Waltschew |
| 3 |
MGL
|
Standard Shaagi Sereeter |
| 4th |
United States
|
Wayne Wells |
| 5 |
URS
|
Sarbeg Beriashvili |
| 6th |
IND
|
Udey Chand |
| 7th |
JPN
|
Iwao Horiuchi |
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FRG
|
Klaus Rost |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
26 participants from 26 countries
Welter weight (up to 78 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
|
Mahmut Atalay |
| 2 |
FRA
|
Daniel Robin |
| 3 |
MGL
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Tömöriin Artag |
| 4th |
IRN
|
Ali-Mohammad Momeni |
| 5 |
JPN
|
Tatsuo Sasaki |
| 6th |
URS
|
Yuri Shachmuradov |
| 7th |
United States
|
Steve Combs |
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BUL
|
Angel Sotirov | |
| 9 |
GDR
|
Martin Heinze |
| 13 |
 SUI
|
Jimmy Martinetti |
Date: October 17-20, 1968
19 participants from 19 countries
Middle weight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Boris Gurevich |
| 2 |
MGL
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Jigjidiin Monk Bath |
| 3 |
BUL
|
Prodan Gardschew |
| 4th |
United States
|
Tom Peckham |
| 5 |
DOOR
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Huseyin Gursoy |
| 6th |
GDR
|
Peter Döring |
| 7th |
JPN
|
Shigeru Endo |
 GBR
|
Ronald Grinstead | |
 CUB
|
Lupe Lara | |
| 10 |
SUI
|
Jean-Marie Chardonnens |
| 13 |
FRG
|
Ernst Knoll |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
22 participants from 22 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 97 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
|
Ahmet Ayık |
| 2 |
URS
|
Shota Lomidze |
| 3 |
HUN
|
József Csatári |
| 4th |
BUL
|
Said Mustafow |
| 5 |
MGL
|
Chorloogiin bayan monk |
| 6th |
POLE
|
yszard Długosz |
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United States
|
Jess Lewis | |
| 8th |
GDR
|
Gerd Bachmann |
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SUI
|
Peter Jutzeler | |
| 14th |
FRG
|
Heinz Kiehl |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
16 participants from 16 countries
Heavy weight (over 97 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Alexander Medved |
| 2 |
BUL
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Osman Duraliew |
| 3 |
FRG
|
Wilfried Dietrich |
| 4th |
ROME
|
Ștefan Stîngu |
| 5 |
United States
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Larry Kristoff |
| 6th |
IRN
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Abolfazl Anvari |
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MGL
|
Öldsiisaichany Erdene-Otschir | |
| 8th |
FRA
|
Raymond Uytterhaeghe |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
14 participants from 14 countries
Results Greco-Roman style
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BUL
|
Petar Kirov |
| 2 |
URS
|
Vladimir Bakulin |
| 3 |
TCH
|
Miroslav Zeman |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Imre Alker |
| 5 |
FRG
|
Rolf Lacour |
| 6th |
DOOR
|
Metin Çıkmaz |
| 7th |
 FIN
|
Jussi Vesterinen |
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MEX
|
Enrique Jiménez | |
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COR
|
Sin Sang-sik |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
|
Janos Varga |
| 2 |
ROME
|
Ion Baciu |
| 3 |
URS
|
Ivan Kochergin |
| 4th |
GRE
|
Othon Moskhidis |
| 5 |
JPN
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Kōji Sakurama |
| 6th |
 VAR
|
Ibrahim El-Sayed |
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DOOR
|
Kaya Ozcan | |
| 8th |
COR
|
To Cheon-yeong |
| 12 |
FRG
|
Fritz Stange |
| 18th |
GDR
|
Hartmut Puls |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Feather weight (up to 63 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Roman Rurua |
| 2 |
JPN
|
Hideo Fujimoto |
| 3 |
ROME
|
Simion Popescu |
| 4th |
BUL
|
Dimitar Galintschew |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
Metin Alakoç |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Martti Laakso |
| 7th |
United States
|
Jim Hazewinkel |
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GDR
|
Lothar Schneider |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Lightweight (up to 70 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Muneji Munemura |
| 2 |
YUG
|
Stevan Horvat |
| 3 |
GRE
|
Petros Galaktopoulos |
| 4th |
FRG
|
Klaus Rost |
| 5 |
FIN
|
Eero Tapio |
| 6th |
United States
|
Werner Holzer |
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URS
|
Gennady Sapunov | |
| 8th |
GDR
|
Klaus Pohl |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
27 participants from 27 countries
Welter weight (up to 78 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GDR
|
Rudolf Vesper |
| 2 |
FRA
|
Daniel Robin |
| 3 |
HUN
|
Károly Bajkó |
| 4th |
BUL
|
Metodi Tsarev |
| 5 |
ROME
|
Ion Țăranu |
| 6th |
 SWE
|
Jan Kärström |
| 7th |
 NOR
|
Harald Barlie |
 AUT
|
Franz Berger | |
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YUG
|
Milan Nenadić | |
| 10 |
FRG
|
Peter Nettekoven |
| 16 |
SUI
|
Jimmy Martinetti |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
22 participants from 22 countries
Middle weight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GDR
|
Lothar Metz |
| 2 |
URS
|
Valentin Olenik |
| 3 |
YUG
|
Branislav Simić |
| 4th |
ROME
|
Nicolae Neguț |
| 5 |
United States
|
Wayne Baughman |
| 6th |
BUL
|
Petar Krumov |
| 7th |
DOOR
|
Tevfik Kış |
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POLE
|
Czesław Kwieciński | |
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NOR
|
Håkon Øverby | |
| 10 |
FRG
|
Ernst Knoll |
| 13 |
SUI
|
Jean-Marie Chardonnens |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
19 participants from 19 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 97 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BUL
|
Bojan Radew |
| 2 |
URS
|
Nikolai Yakovenko |
| 3 |
ROME
|
Nicolae Martinescu |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Per Svensson |
| 5 |
NOR
|
Gates Hem |
| 6th |
SUI
|
Peter Jutzeler |
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FIN
|
Caj Malmberg | |
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POLE
|
Wacław Orłowski | |
| 11 |
FRG
|
Heinz Kiehl |
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GDR
|
Jürgen Klinge |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
16 participants from 16 countries
Heavy weight (over 97 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
|
István Kozma |
| 2 |
URS
|
Anatoly Roschtschin |
| 3 |
TCH
|
Petr Kment |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Ragnar Svensson |
| 5 |
ROME
|
Constantin Bușoi |
| 6th |
BUL
|
Stefan Petrow |
| 7th |
FRA
|
Raymond Uytterheaeghe |
|
POLE
|
Edward Wojda | |
| 9 |
FRG
|
Roland Bock |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
15 participants from 15 countries
Web links
- Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results of the 1968 Summer Games (PDF, 24.4 MB)
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