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

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.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
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
← 1964
1972 →

Results

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

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

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  1. ^ a b "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.