1968 Summer Olympics / wrestling
Wrestling at the XIX. Summer Olympics |
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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 |
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4th | 1 | - | 5 |
2 |
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3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
4th |
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
5 |
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2 | - | - | 2 |
6th |
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2 | - | - | 2 |
7th |
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1 | - | 2 | 3 |
8th |
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
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- | 2 | - | 2 | |
10 |
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- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
11 |
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 |
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
14th |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Shigeo Nakata |
2 |
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Richard Sanders |
3 |
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Tschimedbadsaryn Damdinscharaw |
4th |
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Nasar Albarjan |
5 |
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Vincenzo Grassi |
6th |
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Sudesh Kumar |
7th |
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Mohammad Ghorbani |
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Paul Neff |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
23 participants from 23 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Yōjirō Uetake |
2 |
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Donald Behm |
3 |
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Aboutaleb Talebi |
4th |
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Ali Aliyev |
5 |
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Ivan Shavov |
6th |
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Zbigniew Żedzicki |
7th |
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Bishambar Singh |
8th |
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Hasan Sevinç |
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Badsaryn Süchbaatar | |
15th |
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Horst Mayer |
Date: October 17-20, 1968
21 participants from 21 countries
Feather weight (up to 63 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Masaaki Kaneko |
2 |
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Enju Todorov |
3 |
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Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi |
4th |
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Nikolaos Karypidis |
5 |
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Petre Coman |
6th |
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Yelkan Tedeev |
7th |
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Vehbi Akdağ |
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Ismail Al-Karaghouli | |
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Choi Jeong-hyeok | |
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József Rusznyák | |
15th |
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Hans-Jürgen Luczak |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
23 participants from 23 countries
Lightweight (up to 70 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Abdollah Movahed |
2 |
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Enjo Waltschew |
3 |
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Standard Shaagi Sereeter |
4th |
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Wayne Wells |
5 |
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Sarbeg Beriashvili |
6th |
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Udey Chand |
7th |
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Iwao Horiuchi |
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Klaus Rost |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
26 participants from 26 countries
Welter weight (up to 78 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Mahmut Atalay |
2 |
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Daniel Robin |
3 |
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Tömöriin Artag |
4th |
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Ali-Mohammad Momeni |
5 |
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Tatsuo Sasaki |
6th |
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Yuri Shachmuradov |
7th |
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Steve Combs |
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Angel Sotirov | |
9 |
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Martin Heinze |
13 |
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Jimmy Martinetti |
Date: October 17-20, 1968
19 participants from 19 countries
Middle weight (up to 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Boris Gurevich |
2 |
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Jigjidiin Monk Bath |
3 |
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Prodan Gardschew |
4th |
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Tom Peckham |
5 |
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Huseyin Gursoy |
6th |
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Peter Döring |
7th |
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Shigeru Endo |
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Ronald Grinstead | |
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Lupe Lara | |
10 |
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Jean-Marie Chardonnens |
13 |
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Ernst Knoll |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
22 participants from 22 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 97 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Ahmet Ayık |
2 |
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Shota Lomidze |
3 |
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József Csatári |
4th |
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Said Mustafow |
5 |
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Chorloogiin bayan monk |
6th |
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yszard Długosz |
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Jess Lewis | |
8th |
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Gerd Bachmann |
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Peter Jutzeler | |
14th |
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Heinz Kiehl |
Date: October 17th to 20th, 1968
16 participants from 16 countries
Heavy weight (over 97 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Alexander Medved |
2 |
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Osman Duraliew |
3 |
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Wilfried Dietrich |
4th |
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Ștefan Stîngu |
5 |
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Larry Kristoff |
6th |
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Abolfazl Anvari |
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Öldsiisaichany Erdene-Otschir | |
8th |
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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 |
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1 |
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Petar Kirov |
2 |
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Vladimir Bakulin |
3 |
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Miroslav Zeman |
4th |
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Imre Alker |
5 |
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Rolf Lacour |
6th |
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Metin Çıkmaz |
7th |
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Jussi Vesterinen |
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Enrique Jiménez | |
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Sin Sang-sik |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Janos Varga |
2 |
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Ion Baciu |
3 |
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Ivan Kochergin |
4th |
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Othon Moskhidis |
5 |
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Kōji Sakurama |
6th |
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Ibrahim El-Sayed |
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Kaya Ozcan | |
8th |
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To Cheon-yeong |
12 |
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Fritz Stange |
18th |
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Hartmut Puls |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Feather weight (up to 63 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Roman Rurua |
2 |
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Hideo Fujimoto |
3 |
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Simion Popescu |
4th |
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Dimitar Galintschew |
5 |
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Metin Alakoç |
6th |
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Martti Laakso |
7th |
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Jim Hazewinkel |
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Lothar Schneider |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
24 participants from 24 countries
Lightweight (up to 70 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Muneji Munemura |
2 |
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Stevan Horvat |
3 |
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Petros Galaktopoulos |
4th |
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Klaus Rost |
5 |
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Eero Tapio |
6th |
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Werner Holzer |
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Gennady Sapunov | |
8th |
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Klaus Pohl |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
27 participants from 27 countries
Welter weight (up to 78 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Rudolf Vesper |
2 |
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Daniel Robin |
3 |
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Károly Bajkó |
4th |
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Metodi Tsarev |
5 |
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Ion Țăranu |
6th |
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Jan Kärström |
7th |
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Harald Barlie |
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Franz Berger | |
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Milan Nenadić | |
10 |
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Peter Nettekoven |
16 |
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Jimmy Martinetti |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
22 participants from 22 countries
Middle weight (up to 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Lothar Metz |
2 |
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Valentin Olenik |
3 |
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Branislav Simić |
4th |
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Nicolae Neguț |
5 |
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Wayne Baughman |
6th |
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Petar Krumov |
7th |
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Tevfik Kış |
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Czesław Kwieciński | |
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Håkon Øverby | |
10 |
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Ernst Knoll |
13 |
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Jean-Marie Chardonnens |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
19 participants from 19 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 97 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Bojan Radew |
2 |
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Nikolai Yakovenko |
3 |
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Nicolae Martinescu |
4th |
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Per Svensson |
5 |
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Gates Hem |
6th |
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Peter Jutzeler |
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Caj Malmberg | |
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Wacław Orłowski | |
11 |
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Heinz Kiehl |
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Jürgen Klinge |
Date: October 23-26, 1968
16 participants from 16 countries
Heavy weight (over 97 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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István Kozma |
2 |
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Anatoly Roschtschin |
3 |
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Petr Kment |
4th |
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Ragnar Svensson |
5 |
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Constantin Bușoi |
6th |
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Stefan Petrow |
7th |
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Raymond Uytterheaeghe |
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Edward Wojda | |
9 |
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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)