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Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 78 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 78 kg
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueInsurgentes Ice Rink
Dates23–26 October
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rudolf Vesper  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Robin  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Károly Bajkó  Hungary
← 1964
1972 →

The Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight 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 78 kilograms to compete.[1]

Results

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

Rank Name Country
1 Rudolf Vesper  East Germany
2 Daniel Robin  France
3 Károly Bajkó  Hungary
4 Metodi Zarev  Bulgaria
5 Ion Ţăranu  Romania
6 Jan Kårström  Sweden
AC Franz Berger  Austria
AC Harald Barlie  Norway
AC Milan Nenadić  Yugoslavia
AC Viktor Igumenov  Soviet Union
AC Dimitrios Savvas  Greece
AC Adam Ostrowski  Poland
AC Sırrı Acar  Turkey
AC Peter Nettekoven  West Germany
AC Mahmoud Balah  Syria
AC Toshiro Tashiro  Japan
AC Larry Lyden  United States
AC Jimmy Martinetti  Switzerland
AC Brian Heffel  Canada
AC Daniel Alba  Mexico
AC Wesley O'Brien  Australia
AC Pentti Salo  Finland

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2019.