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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men

Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men

Date	23 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	16 from 16 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.

Bulgaria’s Boyan Radev was the defending gold medalist, had won the 1966 World Championships, and was runner-up at the 1967 Worlds. He was slightly favored, but the 1967 World Champion, Soviet Nikolay Yakovenko was at about the same level, and Romanian Nicolae Martinescu had won bronze at the last two Worlds and was also highly considered. After four rounds, those three remained as finalists and would contest the medals. First, Radev and Yakovenko fought to a draw, followed by Yakovenko decisioning Martinescu. Radev then threw Martinescu to win the gold medal, with Yakovenko taking silver. It was later revealed in Communist-era secret service files that Radev was an intelligence officer for Bulgaria at the time of the 1968 Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	–	–	Gold
2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	–	–	Silver
3	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	–	–	Bronze
4	12	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	–	–
5	10	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	–	–
=6	9	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN	–	–
=6	16	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL	–	–
=6	3	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	–	–
14	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN	eliminated r3/7	8.0
6	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	eliminated r3/7	9.0
11	Daniel Verník	👁 Image ARG	eliminated r2/7	6.0
1	Henk Schenk	👁 Image USA	eliminated r2/7	6.5
5	Jürgen Klinge	👁 Image GDR	eliminated r2/7	7.0
8	Heinz Kiehl	👁 Image FRG	eliminated r2/7	7.0
13	Ed Millard	👁 Image CAN	eliminated r2/7	8.0
4	Gürbüz Lü	👁 Image TUR	eliminated r2/7	8.0

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	0.0
=1	14	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN	0.0
=1	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	0.0
=1	3	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	0.0
=5	10	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	1.0
=5	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0
=7	11	Daniel Verník	👁 Image ARG	2.0
=7	12	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	2.0
=9	9	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN	3.0
=9	16	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL	3.0
=11	13	Ed Millard	👁 Image CAN	4.0
=11	5	Jürgen Klinge	👁 Image GDR	4.0
=11	8	Heinz Kiehl	👁 Image FRG	4.0
=11	6	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	4.0
=11	4	Gürbüz Lü	👁 Image TUR	4.0
=11	1	Henk Schenk	👁 Image USA	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	Dq	Henk Schenk	👁 Image USA
Match #2	23 Oct	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	Fall (1:30)	Gürbüz Lü	👁 Image TUR
Match #3	23 Oct	Jürgen Klinge	👁 Image GDR	Dq (both)	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN
Match #4	23 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Fall (2:09)	Heinz Kiehl	👁 Image FRG
Match #5	23 Oct	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	Decision	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN
Match #6	23 Oct	Daniel Verník	👁 Image ARG	Draw	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE
Match #7	23 Oct	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN	Fall (6:05)	Ed Millard	👁 Image CAN
Match #8	23 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Decision	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	0.0	–
=2	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	1.0	–
=2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
4	3	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	2.5	–
=5	9	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN	3.0	–
=5	16	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL	3.0	–
=5	10	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	3.0	–
=8	14	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN	4.0	–
=8	12	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	4.0	–
10	6	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	5.0	–
11	11	Daniel Verník	👁 Image ARG	6.0	eliminated
12	1	Henk Schenk	👁 Image USA	6.5	eliminated
=13	5	Jürgen Klinge	👁 Image GDR	7.0	eliminated
=13	8	Heinz Kiehl	👁 Image FRG	7.0	eliminated
=15	13	Ed Millard	👁 Image CAN	8.0	eliminated
=15	4	Gürbüz Lü	👁 Image TUR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	Draw	Henk Schenk	👁 Image USA
Match #2	24 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	Dq	Gürbüz Lü	👁 Image TUR
Match #3	24 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Decision	Jürgen Klinge	👁 Image GDR
Match #4	24 Oct	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	Decision	Heinz Kiehl	👁 Image FRG
Match #5	24 Oct	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN	Fall (0:33)	Daniel Verník	👁 Image ARG
Match #6	24 Oct	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	Draw	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE
Match #7	24 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (1:37)	Ed Millard	👁 Image CAN
Match #8	24 Oct	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL	Fall (2:42)	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	0.5	–
=2	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	1.0	–
=2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
4	10	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	4.0	–
5	12	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	5.0	–
=6	9	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN	6.0	eliminated
=6	16	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL	6.0	eliminated
=6	3	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI	6.0	eliminated
9	14	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN	8.0	eliminated
10	6	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	Superiority	Peter Jutzeler	👁 Image SUI
Match #2	25 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	Fall (4:51)	Ferenc Kiss	👁 Image HUN
Match #3	25 Oct	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Decision	Caj Malmberg	👁 Image FIN
Match #4	25 Oct	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	Decision	Wacław Orłowski	👁 Image POL
Match #5	25 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Fall (4:52)	Takeshi Nagao	👁 Image JPN

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	0.5	–
2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
3	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	4.0	–
4	12	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	6.0	eliminated
5	10	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Per Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Decision	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU
Match #2	26 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	Fall (2:49)	Tore Hem	👁 Image NOR
Match #3	26 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	3.0
2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	3.5
3	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Draw	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL
Match #2	26 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU

Round Six

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	2	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	3.0	–
2	15	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	4.5	–
3	7	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Nikolay Yakovenko	👁 Image URS	Decision	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU
Match #2	26 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Boyan Radev	👁 Image BUL	Fall (4:58)	Nicolae Martinescu	👁 Image ROU

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/126272

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