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

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]

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
← 1964
1972 →

Results

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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

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  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.