Date | 17 – 20 October 1968 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México | |
Participants | 22 from 22 countries | |
Format | Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward. |
Soviet Ukrainian Borys Hurevych was the 1967 World and European Champion and would also win the gold medal in this class at Mexico City. After six rounds there were four wrestlers remaining – Hurevych, defending gold medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria, Mongolian Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, and American Thomas Peckham. Hurevych and Gardzhev fought to a draw, which eliminated Gardzhev on bad points. Mönkhbat won by decision over Peckham, which eliminated both wrestlers on bad points, giving Hurevych the gold medal. He would later win the 1970 European title, after which he retired. This was the third Olympics for Gardzhev, adding a bronze medal to the gold he won in 1964, after finishing fifth at Roma in 1960. Mönkhbat was the silver medalist in Mexico City, adding that to a bronze he won at the 1967 Worlds.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | – | – | Gold | ||
2 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | – | – | Silver | ||
3 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | – | – | Bronze | ||
4 | Tom Peckham | USA | – | – | |||
5 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | – | – | |||
6 | Peter Döring | GDR | – | – | |||
Ron Grinstead | GBR | Eliminated r4/7 | 8,0 | ||||
Shigeru Endo | JPN | Eliminated r4/7 | 8,5 | ||||
Lupe Lara | CUB | Eliminated r4/7 | 9,0 | ||||
Julio Graffigna | ARG | Eliminated r3/7 | 7,0 | ||||
Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA | Eliminated r3/7 | 7,5 | ||||
Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI | Eliminated r3/7 | 8,5 | ||||
Francisc Balla | ROU | Eliminated r3/7 | 9,0 | ||||
Géza Hollósi | HUN | Withdrew r3/7 | 5,0 | ||||
Raúl García | MEX | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,0 | ||||
Ernst Knoll | FRG | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,0 | ||||
Robert Chamberot | CAN | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,5 | ||||
Jan Wypiorczyk | POL | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,5 | ||||
Ghulam Dastagir | AFG | Eliminated r2/7 | 7,0 | ||||
Robert Nihon | BAH | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 | ||||
José Manuel Hernández | GUA | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 | ||||
Mansour Mahdizadeh | IRI | Withdrew r2/7 | 4,0 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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=1 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 0,0 | |||
=3 | Francisc Balla | ROU | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Julio Graffigna | ARG | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Lupe Lara | CUB | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Géza Hollósi | HUN | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 1,0 | |||
=9 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI | 2,0 | |||
=9 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 2,0 | |||
=9 | Tom Peckham | USA | 2,0 | |||
=9 | Raúl García | MEX | 2,0 | |||
=13 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | 2,5 | |||
=13 | Jan Wypiorczyk | POL | 2,5 | |||
=15 | Peter Döring | GDR | 3,0 | |||
=15 | Ghulam Dastagir | AFG | 3,0 | |||
=15 | Robert Chamberot | CAN | 3,0 | |||
=15 | Ernst Knoll | FRG | 3,0 | |||
=15 | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA | 3,0 | |||
=15 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | IRI | 3,0 | withdrew | ||
=21 | Robert Nihon | BAH | 4,0 | |||
=21 | José Manuel Hernández | GUA | 4,0 |
Match #1 | Julio Graffigna | ARG | decision | Ghulam Dastagir | AFG |
Match #2 | Tom Peckham | USA | draw | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL |
Match #3 | Francisc Balla | ROU | decision | Mansour Mahdizadeh | IRI |
Match #4 | Géza Hollósi | HUN | decision | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA |
Match #5 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | decision | Robert Chamberot | CAN |
Match #6 | Boris Gurevich | URS | fall (1:59) | Robert Nihon | BAH |
Match #7 | Jan Wypiorczyk | POL | draw | Shigeru Endo | JPN |
Match #8 | Lupe Lara | CUB | decision | Ernst Knoll | FRG |
Match #9 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI | draw | Raúl García | MEX |
Match #10 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | decision | Peter Döring | GDR |
Match #11 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | fall (1:45) | José Manuel Hernández | GUA |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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=1 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 0,0 | |||
=1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 0,0 | |||
=3 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | 1,0 | |||
=3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 1,0 | |||
=5 | Lupe Lara | CUB | 2,0 | |||
=5 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 2,0 | |||
=7 | Peter Döring | GDR | 3,0 | |||
=7 | Tom Peckham | USA | 3,0 | |||
=9 | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA | 3,5 | |||
=9 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | 3,5 | |||
11 | Julio Graffigna | ARG | 4,0 | |||
=12 | Francisc Balla | ROU | 5,0 | |||
=12 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI | 5,0 | |||
=12 | Géza Hollósi | HUN | 5,0 | |||
=15 | Ernst Knoll | FRG | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
=15 | Raúl García | MEX | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
=17 | Robert Chamberot | CAN | 6,5 | eliminated | ||
=17 | Jan Wypiorczyk | POL | 6,5 | eliminated | ||
19 | Ghulam Dastagir | AFG | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
=20 | Robert Nihon | BAH | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
=20 | José Manuel Hernández | GUA | 8,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | fall (1:16) | Ghulam Dastagir | AFG |
Match #2 | Tom Peckham | USA | decision | Julio Graffigna | ARG |
Match #3 | Francisc Balla | ROU | DQ (both passivity) | Géza Hollósi | HUN |
Match #4 | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA | superiority | Robert Chamberot | CAN |
Match #5 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | fall (4:33) | Robert Nihon | BAH |
Match #6 | Boris Gurevich | URS | fall (10:36) | Jan Wypiorczyk | POL |
Match #7 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | decision | Ernst Knoll | FRG |
Match #8 | Lupe Lara | CUB | decision | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI |
Match #9 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | fall (1:17) | Raúl García | MEX |
Match #10 | Peter Döring | GDR | fall (0:37) | José Manuel Hernández | GUA |
Match #11 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | bye |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 0,5 | |||
=2 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 1,0 | |||
=2 | Peter Döring | GDR | 1,0 | |||
4 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 1,5 | |||
5 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 2,0 | |||
6 | Tom Peckham | USA | 3,0 | |||
=7 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | 4,5 | |||
=7 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | 4,5 | |||
9 | Lupe Lara | CUB | 5,0 | |||
10 | Julio Graffigna | ARG | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
11 | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA | 7,5 | eliminated | ||
12 | Francisc Balla | ROU | 9,0 | eliminated | ||
13 | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI | 9,5 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | decision | Julio Graffigna | ARG |
Match #2 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | fall (6:54) | Francisc Balla | ROU |
Match #3 | Tom Peckham | USA | fall (1:39) | Umberto Marcheggiani | ITA |
Match #4 | Boris Gurevich | URS | superiority | Ron Grinstead | GBR |
Match #5 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | decision | Lupe Lara | CUB |
Match #6 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | superiority | Jean-Marie Chardonnens | SUI |
Match #7 | Peter Döring | GDR | bye |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 0,5 | |||
2 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 2,0 | |||
3 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 2,5 | |||
4 | Tom Peckham | USA | 3,0 | |||
5 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 3,5 | |||
6 | Peter Döring | GDR | 6,0 | eliminated | ||
7 | Ron Grinstead | GBR | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
8 | Shigeru Endo | JPN | 8,5 | eliminated | ||
9 | Lupe Lara | CUB | 9,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | decision | Peter Döring | GDR |
Match #2 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | superiority | Ron Grinstead | GBR |
Match #3 | Tom Peckham | USA | fall (1:19) | Shigeru Endo | JPN |
Match #4 | Boris Gurevich | URS | fall (0:49) | Lupe Lara | CUB |
Match #5 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | bye |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 0,5 | |||
2 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 3,5 | |||
3 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 4,0 | |||
4 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 4,5 | |||
5 | Tom Peckham | USA | 5,0 |
Match #1 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | draw | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL |
Match #2 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | draw | Tom Peckham | USA |
Match #3 | Boris Gurevich | URS | bye |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | 2,5 | |||
2 | Tom Peckham | USA | 5,0 | |||
=3 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | 5,5 | |||
=3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | 5,5 | |||
5 | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR | 7,0 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Boris Gurevich | URS | draw | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL |
Match #2 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | decision | Hüseyin Gürsoy | TUR |
Match #3 | Tom Peckham | USA | bye |
Match #1 | Prodan Gardzhev | BUL | draw | Boris Gurevich | URS |
Match #2 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat | MGL | decision | Tom Peckham | USA |