Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg

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Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Date17 – 20 October
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Prodan Gardzhev  
1964
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1.  Boris Gurevich (URS)
  2.  Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL)
  3.  Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
  4.  Tom Peckham (USA)
  5.  Hüseyin Gürsoy (TUR)
  6.  Peter Döring (GDR)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 722.

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