Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
 Petar Kirov (BUL) |
 Vladimir Bakulin (URS) |
 Miroslav Zeman (TCH) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
 János Varga (HUN) |
 Ion Baciu (ROM) |
Ivan Kochergin (URS) |
| Featherweight (57 - 63 kg) |
Roman Rurua (URS) |
 Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) |
Simion Popescu (ROM) |
| Lightweight (63 - 70 kg) |
Muneji Munemura (JPN) |
 Stevan Harvat (YUG) |
 Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) |
| Welterweight (70 - 78 kg) |
 Rudolf Vesper (GDR) |
 Daniel Robin (FRA) |
Károly Bajkó (HUN) |
| Middleweight (78 - 87 kg) |
Lothar Metz (GDR) |
Valentin Olenik (URS) |
Branislav Simic (YUG) |
| Light Heavyweight (87 - 97 kg) |
Boyan Radev (BUL) |
Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
Nicolae Martinescu (ROM) |
| Heavyweight (+ 97 kg) |
István Kozma (HUN) |
Anatoly Roshchin (URS) |
Petr Kment (TCH) |
[edit] Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
Shigeo Nakata (JPN) |
 Richard Sanders (USA) |
 Surenjav Sukhbaatar (MGL) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Yojiro Uetake (JPN) |
Donald Behm (USA) |
 Abutaleb Gorgori (IRI) |
| Featherweight (57 - 63 kg) |
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN) |
Enyu Todorov (BUL) |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbassi (IRI) |
| Lightweight (63 - 70 kg) |
Abdollah Movahed (IRI) |
Enyu Valchev (BUL) |
Sereeter Danzandarjaa (MGL) |
| Welterweight (70 - 78 kg) |
 Mahmut Atalay (TUR) |
Daniel Robin (FRA) |
Dagvasuren Purev (MGL) |
| Middleweight (78 - 87 kg) |
Boris Gurevich (URS) |
Munkbat Jigjid (MGL) |
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL) |
| Light Heavyweight (87 - 97 kg) |
Ahmet Ayik (TUR) |
Shota Lomidze (URS) |
József Csatári (HUN) |
| Heavyweight (+ 97 kg) |
Alexander Medved (URS) |
Osman Duraliev (BUL) |
 Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) |
| Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City) |
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