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Wrestling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:

Men's Middleweight, Freestyle

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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): Ice Rink of the Insurgents, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 17, 1968
Date Finished: October 20, 1968
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.

Gold: URS Borys Hurevych
Silver: MGL Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
Bronze: BUL Prodan Gardzhev

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal RE BP
1 Borys Hurevych 31 Soviet Union URS Gold
2 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 27 Mongolia MGL Silver
3 Prodan Gardzhev 32 Bulgaria BUL Bronze
4 Thomas Peckham 24 United States USA
5 Hüseyin Gürsoy Turkey TUR
6 Peter Döring 25 East Germany GDR
AC Ron Grinstead 25 Great Britain GBR Eliminated r4/7 8,0
AC Shigeru Endo 23 Japan JPN Eliminated r4/7 8,5
AC Lupe Lara 24 Cuba CUB Eliminated r4/7 9,0
AC Julio Graffigna 37 Argentina ARG Eliminated r3/7 7,0
AC Umberto Marcheggiani 25 Italy ITA Eliminated r3/7 7,5
AC Jean-Marie Chardonnens 25 Switzerland SUI Eliminated r3/7 8,5
AC Francisc Balla 35 Romania ROU Eliminated r3/7 9,0
AC Géza Hollósi 30 Hungary HUN Withdrew r3/7 5,0
AC Raúl García 24 Mexico MEX Eliminated r2/7 6,0
AC Ernst Knoll 28 West Germany FRG Eliminated r2/7 6,0
AC Robert Chamberot 29 Canada CAN Eliminated r2/7 6,5
AC Jan Wypiorczyk 21 Poland POL Eliminated r2/7 6,5
AC Ghulam Dastagir 23 Afghanistan AFG Eliminated r2/7 7,0
AC Robert Nihon 18 Bahamas BAH Eliminated r2/7 8,0
AC José Manuel Hernández 27 Guatemala GUA Eliminated r2/7 8,0
AC Mansour Mahdizadeh 30 Iran IRI Withdrew r2/7 4,0