Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boyan Radev  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolay Yakovenko  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
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Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight 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 97 kilograms to compete.[1]

Results

The following wrestlers took part in the event:[1]

Rank Name Country
1 Boyan Radev  Bulgaria
2 Nikolay Yakovenko  Soviet Union
3 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
4 Per Svensson  Sweden
5 Tore Hem  Norway
6T Caj Malmberg  Finland
6T Wacław Orłowski  Poland
6T Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland
AC Takeshi Nagao  Japan
AC Ferenc Kiss  Hungary
AC Daniel Verník  Argentina
AC Henk Schenk  United States
AC Jürgen Klinge  East Germany
AC Heinz Kiehl  West Germany
AC Ed Millard  Canada
AC Gürbüz Lü  Turkey

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2019.