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

The Men's Greco-Roman 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 more than 97 kilograms to compete.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman +97 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) István Kozma  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anatoly Roshchin  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petr Kment  Czechoslovakia
← 1964
1972 →

Results edit

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

Rank Name Country
1 István Kozma   Hungary
2 Anatoly Roshchin   Soviet Union
3 Petr Kment   Czechoslovakia
4 Ragnar Svensson   Sweden
5 Constantin Buşoiu   Romania
6 Stefan Petrov   Bulgaria
AC Raymond Uytterhaeghe   France
AC Edward Wojda   Poland
AC Bekir Aksu   Turkey
AC Bob Roop   United States
AC Roland Bock   West Germany
AC Harry Geris   Canada
AC Arje Nadbornik   Finland
AC Yorihide Isogai   Japan
AC Hassan Bechara   Lebanon

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2019.