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

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]

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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Results edit

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 edit

  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.