Men's freestyle middleweight
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Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink |
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Date | 17 – 20 October |
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Competitors | 22 from 22 nations |
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Medalists |
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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]
Tournament results
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
2nd round
3rd round
4th round
5th round
6th round
Final round
Final standings
Boris Gurevich (URS)
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
Tom Peckham (USA)
Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)
Peter Döring (GDR)
References
- ^ 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
- 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.
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- 1908: 73 kg
- 1920: 75 kg
- 1924–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016–present: 86 kg
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