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

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]

Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Muneji Munemura  Japan
Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia
Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece
Wrestling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen
Greco-Roman
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1Muneji Munemura Japan
2Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia
3Petros Galaktopoulos Greece
4Klaus Rost West Germany
5Eero Tapio Finland
6TGennady Sapunov Soviet Union
6TWerner Holzer United States
ACAntal Steer Hungary
ACVítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia
ACSeo Hun-gyo South Korea
ACKlaus Pohl East Germany
ACPiero Bellotti Italy
ACGord Garvie Canada
ACJan Karlsson Sweden
ACIon Enache Romania
ACKurt Madsen Denmark
ACGuy Marchand France
ACAntónio Galantinho Portugal
ACKazım Ayvaz Turkey
ACMahmoud El-Sherbini Egypt
ACCarlos Alberto Vario Argentina
ACStoyan Apostolov Bulgaria
ACMohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour Morocco
ACÁngel Aldama Guatemala
ACMario Tovar Mexico
ACEliseo Salugta Philippines

References
  1. "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.
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