Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
Wrestling at the Olympics
Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
Dates | 23–26 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The weight class allowed wrestlers of up to 87 kilograms to compete.[1]
Results
The following wrestlers took part in the event:[1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Lothar Metz | East Germany |
2 | Valentin Olenik | Soviet Union |
3 | Branislav Simić | Yugoslavia |
4 | Nicolae Neguţ | Romania |
5 | Wayne Baughman | United States |
6 | Petar Krumov | Bulgaria |
AC | Håkon Øverby | Norway |
AC | Czesław Kwieciński | Poland |
AC | Tevfik Kış | Turkey |
AC | Teuvo Ojala | Finland |
AC | Ernst Knoll | West Germany |
AC | Jiří Kormaník | Czechoslovakia |
AC | László Sillai | Hungary |
AC | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | Switzerland |
AC | Julio Graffigna | Argentina |
AC | José Manuel Hernández | Guatemala |
AC | Kenjiro Hiraki | Japan |
AC | Héctor Alvarez | Mexico |
AC | Bertil Nyström | Sweden |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2019.