Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 78 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight 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 78 kilograms to compete.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 78 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rudolf Vesper  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Robin  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Károly Bajkó  Hungary
← 1964
1972 →

Results edit

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

Rank Name Country
1 Rudolf Vesper   East Germany
2 Daniel Robin   France
3 Károly Bajkó   Hungary
4 Metodi Zarev   Bulgaria
5 Ion Ţăranu   Romania
6 Jan Kårström   Sweden
AC Franz Berger   Austria
AC Harald Barlie   Norway
AC Milan Nenadić   Yugoslavia
AC Viktor Igumenov   Soviet Union
AC Dimitrios Savvas   Greece
AC Adam Ostrowski   Poland
AC Sırrı Acar   Turkey
AC Peter Nettekoven   West Germany
AC Mahmoud Balah   Syria
AC Toshiro Tashiro   Japan
AC Larry Lyden   United States
AC Jimmy Martinetti   Switzerland
AC Brian Heffel   Canada
AC Daniel Alba   Mexico
AC Wesley O'Brien   Australia
AC Pentti Salo   Finland

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2019.