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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23–26 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
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
[edit]The following wrestlers took part in the event:[1]
| Rank | Name | Country |
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| 1 | Boyan Radev |  Bulgaria
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| 2 | Nikolay Yakovenko |  Soviet Union
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| 3 | Nicolae Martinescu |  Romania
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| 4 | Per Svensson |  Sweden
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| 5 | Tore Hem |  Norway
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| 6T | Caj Malmberg |  Finland
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| 6T | Wacław Orłowski |  Poland
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| 6T | Peter Jutzeler |  Switzerland
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| AC | Takeshi Nagao |  Japan
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| AC | Ferenc Kiss |  Hungary
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| AC | Daniel Verník |  Argentina
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| AC | Henk Schenk |  United States
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| AC | Jürgen Klinge |  East Germany
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| AC | Heinz Kiehl | West Germany
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| AC | Ed Millard |  Canada
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| AC | Gürbüz Lü |  Turkey
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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