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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men

Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men

Date	23 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.5; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). 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.

The defending gold medalist was Yugoslav Branislav Simić but he had done little since 1964. In fact, of the major titles since 1964, nobody had dominated, with multiple wrestlers winning medals, so it was difficult to choose a favorite. After five rounds four wrestlers remained – Simić, 1964 bronze medalist East German Lothar Metz, Soviet Valentin Olenik, the 1966 World Champion, and Romanian Nicolae Neguţ, who had already competed in freestyle in Mexico City, but as a light-heavyweight. In round six Simić drew with Olenik, which eliminated Olenik. Metz defeated Neguţ on points, which eliminated Neguţ. Simić and Metz had drawn in round five, but Metz won the gold medal based on fewer bad points, Olenik taking silver and Simić bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	–	–	Gold
2	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	–	–	Silver
3	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	–	–	Bronze
4	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	–	–
5	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	–	–
6	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	–	–
8	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	eliminated r4/6	7.0
12	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	eliminated r4/6	7.0
1	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	eliminated r4/6	8.5
2	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN	eliminated r3/6	6.0
19	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG	eliminated r3/6	6.0
15	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH	eliminated r3/6	8.0
11	László Sillai	👁 Image HUN	eliminated r2/6	6.0
16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	👁 Image SUI	eliminated r2/6	7.0
13	Julio Graffigna	👁 Image ARG	eliminated r2/6	8.0
9	José Manuel Hernández	👁 Image GUA	eliminated r2/6	8.0
4	Kenjiro Hiraki	👁 Image JPN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
7	Héctor Álvarez	👁 Image MEX	eliminated r2/6	8.0
3	Bertil Nyström	👁 Image SWE	eliminated r2/6	8.0
–	Robert Chamberot	👁 Image CAN	–	–
–	Carlo Buldrassi	👁 Image ITA	–	–

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	0.0
=1	19	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG	0.0
=1	8	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	0.0
=1	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	0.0
=5	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	1.0
=5	12	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	1.0
=5	15	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH	1.0
=5	1	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	1.0
=5	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	1.0
=10	2	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN	3.0
=10	11	László Sillai	👁 Image HUN	3.0
=10	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	3.0
=10	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	👁 Image SUI	3.0
=10	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	3.0
=15	13	Julio Graffigna	👁 Image ARG	4.0
=15	9	José Manuel Hernández	👁 Image GUA	4.0
=15	4	Kenjiro Hiraki	👁 Image JPN	4.0
=15	7	Héctor Álvarez	👁 Image MEX	4.0
=15	3	Bertil Nyström	👁 Image SWE	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	Decision	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN
Match #2	23 Oct	Bertil Nyström	👁 Image SWE	Dq (both)	Kenjiro Hiraki	👁 Image JPN
Match #3	23 Oct	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	Decision	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA
Match #4	23 Oct	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	Fall (8:49)	Héctor Álvarez	👁 Image MEX
Match #5	23 Oct	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	Fall (0:51)	José Manuel Hernández	👁 Image GUA
Match #6	23 Oct	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	Decision	László Sillai	👁 Image HUN
Match #7	23 Oct	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	Fall (1:56)	Julio Graffigna	👁 Image ARG
Match #8	23 Oct	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH	Decision	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	👁 Image SUI
Match #9	23 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	Decision	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU
Match #10	23 Oct	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	8	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	0.0	–
=2	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	1.0	–
=2	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	1.0	–
=2	12	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	1.0	–
=2	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
=2	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	1.0	–
7	1	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	2.0	–
=8	2	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN	3.0	–
=8	19	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG	3.0	–
=8	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	3.0	–
=8	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	3.0	–
12	15	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH	4.0	–
13	11	László Sillai	👁 Image HUN	6.0	eliminated
14	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	👁 Image SUI	7.0	eliminated
=15	13	Julio Graffigna	👁 Image ARG	8.0	eliminated
=15	9	José Manuel Hernández	👁 Image GUA	8.0	eliminated
=15	4	Kenjiro Hiraki	👁 Image JPN	8.0	eliminated
=15	7	Héctor Álvarez	👁 Image MEX	8.0	eliminated
=15	3	Bertil Nyström	👁 Image SWE	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	Decision	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG
Match #2	24 Oct	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN	Fall (8:46)	Bertil Nyström	👁 Image SWE
Match #3	24 Oct	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	Fall (4:41)	Kenjiro Hiraki	👁 Image JPN
Match #4	24 Oct	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	Fall (10:49)	Héctor Álvarez	👁 Image MEX
Match #5	24 Oct	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	Fall (4:56)	José Manuel Hernández	👁 Image GUA
Match #6	24 Oct	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	László Sillai	👁 Image HUN
Match #7	24 Oct	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	Fall (2:56)	Julio Graffigna	👁 Image ARG
Match #8	24 Oct	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	Decision	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH
Match #9	24 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	Fall (5:11)	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	👁 Image SUI
Match #10	24 Oct	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	2.0	–
=1	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	2.0	–
=1	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	2.0	–
=1	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	2.0	–
=5	8	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	3.0	–
=5	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	3.0	–
=5	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	3.0	–
8	12	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	4.0	–
9	1	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	5.0	–
=10	2	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN	7.0	eliminated
=10	19	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG	7.0	eliminated
=10	15	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Oct	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	Fall (4:43)	Ernst Knoll	👁 Image FRG
Match #2	25 Oct	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	Decision	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR
Match #3	25 Oct	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	Fall (8:56)	Teuvo Ojala	👁 Image FIN
Match #4	25 Oct	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	Decision	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR
Match #5	25 Oct	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	Decision	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL
Match #6	25 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	Decision	Jiří Kormaník	👁 Image TCH

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	1.0	–
=1	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	1.0	–
=3	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	4.0	–
=3	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	4.0	–
5	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	5.0	–
6	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	6.5	–
=7	8	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR	7.0	eliminated
=7	12	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL	7.0	eliminated
9	1	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR	8.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	Draw	Tevfik Kış	👁 Image TUR
Match #2	26 Oct	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	Fall (1:33)	Håkon Øverby	👁 Image NOR
Match #3	26 Oct	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	Decision	Czesław Kwieciński	👁 Image POL
Match #4	26 Oct	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	Draw	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS
Match #5	26 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	5	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	3.0	–
=1	17	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	3.0	–
3	14	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	4.0	–
4	18	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	6.5	eliminated
5	10	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL	8.0	eliminated
6	6	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	Draw	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR
Match #2	26 Oct	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU	Fall (8:58)	Petar Krumov	👁 Image BUL
Match #3	26 Oct	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS	Fall (10:08)	Wayne Baughman	👁 Image USA

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Branislav Simić	👁 Image YUG	Draw	Valentin Olenik	👁 Image URS
Match #2	26 Oct	Lothar Metz	👁 Image GDR	Decision	Nicolae Neguț	👁 Image ROU

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/126229