Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg
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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]
| 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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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 |  Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) |
 Julio Graffigna (ARG) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
 Tom Peckham (USA) |
2 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Francisc Balla (ROU) |
 Mansour Mahdizadeh (IRI) |
3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Géza Hollósi (HUN) |
 Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Robert Chamberot (CAN) |
 Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Robert Nihon (BAH) |
TF / 1:59 |  Boris Gurevich (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 |  Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) |
 Shigeru Endo (JPN) |
2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Ernst Knoll (FRG) |
 Lupe Lara (CUB) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) |
 Raúl García (MEX) |
2 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
Peter Döring (GDR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  José Manuel Hernández (GUA) |
TF / 1:45 |  Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
0 | 0 |
2nd round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) |
TF / 1:16 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Julio Graffigna (ARG) |
Tom Peckham (USA) |
1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Francisc Balla (ROU) |
DQ | Géza Hollósi (HUN) |
4 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
Robert Chamberot (CAN) |
3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 1 | 0 | Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
TF / 4:33 | Robert Nihon (BAH) |
4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | Boris Gurevich (URS) |
TF / 10:36 | Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) |
4 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 1 | Shigeru Endo (JPN) |
Ernst Knoll (FRG) |
3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | Lupe Lara (CUB) |
Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) |
3 | 5 | |
| 6 | 4 | Raúl García (MEX) |
TF / 1:17 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Peter Döring (GDR) |
TF / 0:37 | José Manuel Hernández (GUA) |
4 | 8 |
| Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
3rd round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Julio Graffigna (ARG) |
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
TF / 6:54 | Francisc Balla (ROU) |
4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | Tom Peckham (USA) |
TF / 1:39 | Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
Boris Gurevich (URS) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 4.5 | 1 | Shigeru Endo (JPN) |
Lupe Lara (CUB) |
3 | 5 | |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Peter Döring (GDR) |
Bye |
4th round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Peter Döring (GDR) |
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
1 | 2 | |
| 2.5 | 0.5 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
Ronald Grinstead (GBR) |
3.5 | 8 | |
| 3 | 0 | Tom Peckham (USA) |
TF / 1:19 | Shigeru Endo (JPN) |
4 | 8.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | Boris Gurevich (URS) |
TF / 0:49 | Lupe Lara (CUB) |
4 | 9 |
| Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
Bye |
5th round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 2 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
2 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Tom Peckham (USA) |
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
2 | 4 | |
| Boris Gurevich (URS) |
Bye |
6th round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2 | Boris Gurevich (URS) |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
2 | 5.5 | |
| 5.5 | 1 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR) |
3 | 7 | |
| Tom Peckham (USA) |
Bye |
Final round edit
| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 3 | Tom Peckham (USA) |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) |
1 | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 | 2 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
Boris Gurevich (URS) |
2 | 4.5 |
Final standings edit
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.