1968 Summer Olympics / wrestling
Wrestling at the XIX. Summer Olympics |
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venue | Mexico city |
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 | total | |||
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1 | Japan | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
4th | Hungary | 2 | - | 2 | 4th |
5 | GDR | 2 | - | - | 2 |
6th | Turkey | 2 | - | - | 2 |
7th | Iran | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
8th | France | - | 2 | - | 2 |
United States | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
10 | Mongolia | - | 1 | 3 | 4th |
11 | Romania | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Yugoslavia | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Czechoslovakia | - | - | 2 | 2 |
14th | BR Germany | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Greece | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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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 |
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 | POLE | Zbigniew Żedzicki |
7th | IND | Bishambar Singh |
8th | DOOR | Hasan Sevinç |
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 |
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1 | JPN | Masaaki Kaneko |
2 | BUL | Enju Todorov |
3 | IRN | Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi |
4th | GRE | Nikolaos Karypidis |
5 | ROME | Petre Coman |
6th | URS | Yelkan Tedeev |
7th | DOOR | Vehbi Akdağ |
IRQ | Ismail Al-Karaghouli | |
COR | Choi Jeong-hyeok | |
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 |
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 | Tömöriin Artag |
4th | IRN | Ali-Mohammad Momeni |
5 | JPN | Tatsuo Sasaki |
6th | URS | Yuri Shachmuradov |
7th | United States | Steve Combs |
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 |
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1 | URS | Boris Gurevich |
2 | MGL | Jigjidiin Monk Bath |
3 | BUL | Prodan Gardschew |
4th | United States | Tom Peckham |
5 | DOOR | 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 |
United States | Jess Lewis | |
8th | GDR | Gerd Bachmann |
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 | Osman Duraliew |
3 | FRG | Wilfried Dietrich |
4th | ROME | Ștefan Stîngu |
5 | United States | Larry Kristoff |
6th | IRN | Abolfazl Anvari |
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 |
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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 |
MEX | Enrique Jiménez | |
COR | 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 | HUN | Janos Varga |
2 | ROME | Ion Baciu |
3 | URS | Ivan Kochergin |
4th | GRE | Othon Moskhidis |
5 | JPN | Kōji Sakurama |
6th | VAR | Ibrahim El-Sayed |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
POLE | Czesław Kwieciński | |
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 |
FIN | Caj Malmberg | |
POLE | Wacław Orłowski | |
11 | FRG | Heinz Kiehl |
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)