Misplaced Pages

Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Wrestling at the Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October 1968
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lothar Metz  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Olenik  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Branislav Simić  Yugoslavia
← 19641972 →
Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen
Greco-Roman
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen

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.

Results

The following wrestlers took part in the event:

Rank Name Country
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

  1. ^ "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.
Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman middleweight
  • 1908: 73 kg
  • 1912–1928: 75 kg
  • 1932–1960: 79 kg
  • 1964–1968: 87 kg
  • 1972–1996: 82 kg
  • 2000: 85 kg
  • 2004–2012: 84 kg
  • 2016: 85 kg
  • 2020–present: 87 kg
Category:
Ad.

Before you begin

Get Life Coaching Tips
Or continue to this article
X