Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle +97 kg
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| Men's freestyle +97 kg at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Insurgentes Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17–20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
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 |
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| 1 | Aleksandr Medved |  Soviet Union
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| 2 | Osman Duraliev |  Bulgaria
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| 3 | Wilfried Dietrich |  West Germany
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| 4 | Ştefan Stîngu |  Romania
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| 5 | Larry Kristoff |  United States
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| 6T | Abolfazl Anvari |  Iran
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| 6T | Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir |  Mongolia
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| AC | Raymond Uytterhaeghe |  France
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| AC | László Nyers |  Hungary
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| AC | Harry Geris |  Canada
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| AC | Wiesław Bocheński |  Poland
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| AC | Arne Robertsson |  Sweden
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| AC | Yorihide Isogai |  Japan
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| AC | Gıyasettin Yılmaz |  Turkey
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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