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

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Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Boyan Radev Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria
Silver medal icon.svg Nikolay Yakovenko Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Nicolae Martinescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1964
1972  

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]

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Boyan Radev Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria
2 Nikolay Yakovenko Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
3 Nicolae Martinescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
4 Per Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5 Tore Hem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
6T Caj Malmberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
6T Wacław Orłowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
6T Peter Jutzeler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
AC Takeshi Nagao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
AC Ferenc Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
AC Daniel Verník Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
AC Henk Schenk Flag of the United States.svg  United States
AC Jürgen Klinge Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
AC Heinz Kiehl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany
AC Ed Millard Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
AC Gürbüz Lü Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.