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
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria
Nikolay Yakovenko  Soviet Union
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen
Greco-Roman
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1Boyan Radev Bulgaria
2Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union
3Nicolae Martinescu Romania
4Per Svensson Sweden
5Tore Hem Norway
6TCaj Malmberg Finland
6TWacław Orłowski Poland
6TPeter Jutzeler Switzerland
ACTakeshi Nagao Japan
ACFerenc Kiss Hungary
ACDaniel Verník Argentina
ACHenk Schenk United States
ACJürgen Klinge East Germany
ACHeinz Kiehl West Germany
ACEd Millard Canada
ACGürbüz Lü Turkey

References
  1. "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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