Wrestling_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_freestyle_middleweight
Quick Facts Men's freestyle middleweight at the Games of the XIX Olympiad, Venue ...
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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]
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
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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2nd round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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) |
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3rd round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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4th round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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5th round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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6th round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 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 |
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Final round
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| TPP | MPP | Score | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 8 | 3 | Tom Peckham (USA) | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) | 1 | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 | 2 | Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) | Boris Gurevich (URS) | 2 | 4.5 |
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- "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.
- 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.