Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg
Appearance
Men's freestyle middleweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
Date | 17 – 20 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Freestyle | |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Greco-Roman | |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
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
[edit]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
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
TF / 1:59 | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
2.5 | 2.5 | ![]() |
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2.5 | 2.5 | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
TF / 1:45 | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
2nd round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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7 | 4 | ![]() |
TF / 1:16 | ![]() |
0 | 2 |
4 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 3 | |
5 | 4 | ![]() |
DQ | ![]() |
4 | 5 |
3.5 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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3.5 | 6.5 | |
1 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 4:33 | ![]() |
4 | 8 |
0 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 10:36 | ![]() |
4 | 6.5 |
3.5 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 5 | |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
TF / 1:17 | ![]() |
0 | 1 |
3 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 0:37 | ![]() |
4 | 8 |
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3rd round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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7 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | |
2 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 6:54 | ![]() |
4 | 9 |
3 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 1:39 | ![]() |
4 | 7.5 |
4.5 | 3.5 | ![]() |
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0.5 | 0.5 | |
4.5 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 5 | |
8.5 | 3.5 | ![]() |
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0.5 | 1.5 | |
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Bye |
4th round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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6 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 2 | |
2.5 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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3.5 | 8 | |
3 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 1:19 | ![]() |
4 | 8.5 |
0.5 | 0 | ![]() |
TF / 0:49 | ![]() |
4 | 9 |
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Bye |
5th round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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3.5 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 4.5 | |
5 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 4 | |
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Bye |
6th round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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2.5 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 5.5 | |
5.5 | 1 | ![]() |
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3 | 7 | |
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Bye |
Final round
[edit]TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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8 | 3 | ![]() |
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1 | 6.5 | |
7.5 | 2 | ![]() |
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2 | 4.5 |
Final standings
[edit]Boris Gurevich (URS)
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
Tom Peckham (USA)
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)
Peter Döring (GDR)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 722.
Sources
[edit]- Trueblood, Beatrice (ed). (1969). Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 (Volume 3). pp. 335, 722-723.