Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Insurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Muneji Munemura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Stevan Horvat Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Bronze medal icon.svg Petros Galaktopoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
  1964
1972  

The Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight 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 70 kilograms to compete. [1]

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Muneji Munemura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2 Stevan Horvat Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
3 Petros Galaktopoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
4 Klaus Rost Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany
5 Eero Tapio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
6T Gennady Sapunov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
6T Werner Holzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
AC Antal Steer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
AC Vítězslav Mácha Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
AC Seo Hun-gyo Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
AC Klaus Pohl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
AC Piero Bellotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
AC Gord Garvie Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
AC Jan Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
AC Ion Enache Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
AC Kurt Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
AC Guy Marchand Flag of France.svg  France
AC António Galantinho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
AC Kazım Ayvaz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
AC Mahmoud El-Sherbini Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Egypt
AC Carlos Alberto Vario Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
AC Stoyan Apostolov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria
AC Mohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
AC Ángel Aldama Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
AC Mario Tovar Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
AC Eliseo Salugta Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2019.