Jump to content

Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +97 kg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men's freestyle +97 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates17–20 October
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Osman Duraliev  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  West Germany
← 1964
1972 →

The Men's Freestyle 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]

Results

[edit]

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

Rank Name Country
1 Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union
2 Osman Duraliev  Bulgaria
3 Wilfried Dietrich  West Germany
4 Ştefan Stîngu  Romania
5 Larry Kristoff  United States
6T Abolfazl Anvari  Iran
6T Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir  Mongolia
AC Raymond Uytterhaeghe  France
AC László Nyers  Hungary
AC Harry Geris  Canada
AC Wiesław Bocheński  Poland
AC Arne Robertsson  Sweden
AC Yorihide Isogai  Japan
AC Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.