Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Muneji Munemura  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece
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1968 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight 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 70 kilograms to compete.[1]

Results

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

Rank Name Country
1 Muneji Munemura  Japan
2 Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia
3 Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece
4 Klaus Rost  West Germany
5 Eero Tapio  Finland
6T Gennady Sapunov  Soviet Union
6T Werner Holzer  United States
AC Antal Steer  Hungary
AC Vítězslav Mácha  Czechoslovakia
AC Seo Hun-gyo  South Korea
AC Klaus Pohl  East Germany
AC Piero Bellotti  Italy
AC Gord Garvie  Canada
AC Jan Karlsson  Sweden
AC Ion Enache  Romania
AC Kurt Madsen  Denmark
AC Guy Marchand  France
AC António Galantinho  Portugal
AC Kazım Ayvaz  Turkey
AC Mahmoud El-Sherbini  Egypt
AC Carlos Alberto Vario  Argentina
AC Stoyan Apostolov  Bulgaria
AC Mohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour  Morocco
AC Ángel Aldama  Guatemala
AC Mario Tovar  Mexico
AC Eliseo Salugta  Philippines

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2019.