Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink |
Dates | 16–26 October |
Competitors | 297 from 46 nations |
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Medal summary
Freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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52 kg details | Shigeo Nakata Japan | Richard Sanders United States | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Mongolia |
57 kg details | Yojiro Uetake Japan | Donald Behm United States | Aboutaleb Talebi Iran |
63 kg details | Masaaki Kaneko Japan | Enyu Todorov Bulgaria | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran |
70 kg details | Abdollah Movahed Iran | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter Mongolia |
78 kg details | Mahmut Atalay Turkey | Daniel Robin France | Tömöriin Artag Mongolia |
87 kg details | Boris Michail Gurevich Soviet Union | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Mongolia | Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria |
97 kg details | Ahmet Ayık Turkey | Shota Lomidze Soviet Union | József Csatári Hungary |
+97 kg details | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Wilfried Dietrich West Germany |
Greco-Roman
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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52 kg details | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Vladimir Bakulin Soviet Union | Miroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia |
57 kg details | János Varga Hungary | Ion Baciu Romania | Ivan Kochergin Soviet Union |
63 kg details | Roman Rurua Soviet Union | Hideo Fujimoto Japan | Simion Popescu Romania |
70 kg details | Muneji Munemura Japan | Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece |
78 kg details | Rudolf Vesper East Germany | Daniel Robin France | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
87 kg details | Lothar Metz East Germany | Valentin Oleynik Soviet Union | Branislav Simić Yugoslavia |
97 kg details | Boyan Radev Bulgaria | Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union | Nicolae Martinescu Romania |
+97 kg details | István Kozma Hungary | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Petr Kment Czechoslovakia |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
5 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Participating nations
A total of 297 wrestlers from 46 nations competed at the Mexico City Games:[1]
- Afghanistan (5)
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (3)
- Austria (1)
- Belgium (2)
- Bulgaria (16)
- Canada (7)
- Cuba (3)
- Czechoslovakia (6)
- Denmark (3)
- Dominican Republic (2)
- Ecuador (2)
- Egypt (4)
- Finland (9)
- France (4)
- East Germany (10)
- West Germany (11)
- Great Britain (4)
- Greece (8)
- Guatemala (5)
- Hungary (13)
- India (4)
- Iran (9)
- Iraq (1)
- Italy (5)
- Japan (15)
- Lebanon (2)
- South Korea (8)
- Mexico (12)
- Mongolia (8)
- Morocco (4)
- Norway (3)
- Pakistan (2)
- Panama (2)
- Philippines (4)
- Poland (12)
- Portugal (4)
- Romania (12)
- Soviet Union (16)
- Sweden (7)
- Switzerland (3)
- Syria (2)
- Turkey (16)
- United States (16)
- Yugoslavia (8)[2]
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "The Official Report 1968 Produced by the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad". III part 2. 1969: 300–317. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-10-29.