Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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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.
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
Petar Kirov Bulgaria (BUL) |
Vladimir Bakulin Soviet Union (URS) |
Miroslav Zeman Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
János Varga Hungary (HUN) |
Ion Baciu Romania (ROM) |
Ivan Kochergin Soviet Union (URS) |
Featherweight (57 - 63 kg) |
Roman Rurua Soviet Union (URS) |
Hideo Fujimoto Japan (JPN) |
Simion Popescu Romania (ROM) |
Lightweight (63 - 70 kg) |
Muneji Munemura Japan (JPN) |
Stevan Harvat Yugoslavia (YUG) |
Petros Galaktopoulos Greece (GRE) |
Welterweight (70 - 78 kg) |
Rudolf Vesper East Germany (GDR) |
Daniel Robin France (FRA) |
Károly Bajkó Hungary (HUN) |
Middleweight (78 - 87 kg) |
Lothar Metz East Germany (GDR) |
Valentin Olenik Soviet Union (URS) |
Branislav Simic Yugoslavia (YUG) |
Light Heavyweight (87 - 97 kg) |
Boyan Radev Bulgaria (BUL) |
Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union (URS) |
Nicolae Martinescu Romania (ROM) |
Heavyweight (+ 97 kg) |
István Kozma Hungary (HUN) |
Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union (URS) |
Petr Kment Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
[edit] Freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
Shigeo Nakata Japan (JPN) |
Richard Sanders United States (USA) |
Surenjav Sukhbataar Mongolia (MGL) |
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Yojiro Uetake Japan (JPN) |
Donald Behm United States (USA) |
Abutaleb Talebi Iran (IRI) |
Featherweight (57 - 63 kg) |
Masaaki Kaneko Japan (JPN) |
Enyu Todorov Bulgaria (BUL) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran (IRI) |
Lightweight (63 - 70 kg) |
Abdollah Movahed Iran (IRI) |
Enyu Valchev Bulgaria (BUL) |
Sereeter Danzandarjaa Mongolia (MGL) |
Welterweight (70 - 78 kg) |
Mahmut Atalay Turkey (TUR) |
Daniel Robin France (FRA) |
Dagvasuren Purev Mongolia (MGL) |
Middleweight (78 - 87 kg) |
Boris Gurevich Soviet Union (URS) |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Mongolia (MGL) |
Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria (BUL) |
Light Heavyweight (87 - 97 kg) |
Ahmet Ayik Turkey (TUR) |
Shota Lomidze Soviet Union (URS) |
József Csatári Hungary (HUN) |
Heavyweight (+ 97 kg) |
Alexander Medved Soviet Union (URS) |
Osman Duraliev Bulgaria (BUL) |
Wilfried Dietrich West Germany (FRG) |
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