Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg

Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink
Date 17 – 20 October
Competitors 22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria

The Men's Freestyle middleweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink from October 17 to October 20.[1] The middleweight allowed wrestlers up to 87 kilograms.[2]

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.[1]

Legend
  • TF — Won by Fall
  • DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit
  • D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity
  • DNA — Did not appear
Penalties
  • 0 — Won by Fall and Disqualification
  • 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
  • 1 — Won by Points
  • 2 — Draw
  • 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
  • 3 — Lost by Points
  • 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
  • 4 — Lost by Fall and Disqualification

1st round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
33 Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) Julio Graffigna (ARG)11
22 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) Tom Peckham (USA)22
11 Francisc Balla (ROU) Mansour Mahdizadeh (IRI)33
11 Géza Hollósi (HUN) Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA)33
33 Robert Chamberot (CAN) Ronald Grinstead (GBR)11
44 Robert Nihon (BAH)TF / 1:59 Boris Gurevich (URS)00
2.52.5 Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) Shigeru Endo (JPN)2.52.5
33 Ernst Knoll (FRG) Lupe Lara (CUB)11
22 Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) Raúl García (MEX)22
11 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) Peter Döring (GDR)33
44 José Manuel Hernández (GUA)TF / 1:45 Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)00

2nd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
74 Ghulam Dastagir (AFG)TF / 1:16 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)02
43 Julio Graffigna (ARG) Tom Peckham (USA)13
54 Francisc Balla (ROU)DQ Géza Hollósi (HUN)45
3.50.5 Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) Robert Chamberot (CAN)3.56.5
10 Ronald Grinstead (GBR)TF / 4:33 Robert Nihon (BAH)48
00 Boris Gurevich (URS)TF / 10:36 Jan Wypiorczyk (POL)46.5
3.51 Shigeru Endo (JPN) Ernst Knoll (FRG)36
21 Lupe Lara (CUB) Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI)35
64 Raúl García (MEX)TF / 1:17 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)01
30 Peter Döring (GDR)TF / 0:37 José Manuel Hernández (GUA)48
 Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)

3rd round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
73 Julio Graffigna (ARG) Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)11
20 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)TF / 6:54 Francisc Balla (ROU)49
30 Tom Peckham (USA)TF / 1:39 Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA)47.5
4.53.5 Ronald Grinstead (GBR) Boris Gurevich (URS)0.50.5
4.51 Shigeru Endo (JPN) Lupe Lara (CUB)35
8.53.5 Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)0.51.5
 Peter Döring (GDR)Bye

4th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
63 Peter Döring (GDR) Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)12
2.50.5 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) Ronald Grinstead (GBR)3.58
30 Tom Peckham (USA)TF / 1:19 Shigeru Endo (JPN)48.5
0.50 Boris Gurevich (URS)TF / 0:49 Lupe Lara (CUB)49
 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)Bye

5th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
3.52 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)24.5
52 Tom Peckham (USA) Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)24
 Boris Gurevich (URS)Bye

6th round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
2.52 Boris Gurevich (URS) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)25.5
5.51 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)37
 Tom Peckham (USA)Bye

Final round

TPP MPP Score MPP TPP
83 Tom Peckham (USA) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)16.5
7.52 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) Boris Gurevich (URS)24.5

Final standings

  1.  Boris Gurevich (URS)
  2.  Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)
  3.  Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
  4.  Tom Peckham (USA)
  5.  Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)
  6.  Peter Döring (GDR)

References

  1. 1 2 Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 722.
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