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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>97 kg), Men

Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>97 kg), Men

Date	23 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	15 from 15 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.

Hungary’s István Kozma was the defending gold medalist and had won the 1966-67 World Championships and the 1967 European title, so he came in as the favorite, but the 1964 silver medalist, Soviet Anatoly Roshchin was also back. In round five Kozma and Roshchin drew, as they had in 1964. The other match in that round saw Czechoslovak Petr Kment defeat Sweden’s by disqualification, but Kment was injured and had to withdraw. That left only Kozma and Roshchin in the tournament and Kozma defended his gold medal based on fewer bad points, with Roshchin taking silver and Kment the bronze. After winning the 1969-70 World Championships, Roshchin would finally win the gold medal in this class in 1972, making him, at over 40-years-old, the oldest wrestling gold medalist since Finn Adolf Lindfors in 1920, and the second oldest ever.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	–	–	Gold
2	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	–	–	Silver
3	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	–	–	Bronze
4	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	–	–
5	12	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	–	–
6	6	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	–	–
9	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	eliminated r5/6	5.0
1	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	eliminated r4/6	9.5
15	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR	eliminated r3/6	6.5
7	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA	eliminated r3/6	8.0
4	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG	eliminated r3/6	9.0
8	Harry Geris	👁 Image CAN	eliminated r2/6	7.0
2	Arje Nadbornik	👁 Image FIN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
10	Yorihide Isogai	👁 Image JPN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
13	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN	eliminated r2/6	8.0
–	Doljingiin Adyaatömör	👁 Image MGL	–	–

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	9	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	0.0
=1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	0.0
=1	1	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	0.0
=1	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	0.0
=1	15	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR	0.0
=1	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	0.0
=1	7	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA	0.0
=8	4	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG	2.0
=8	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	2.0
=10	6	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	4.0
=10	8	Harry Geris	👁 Image CAN	4.0
=10	2	Arje Nadbornik	👁 Image FIN	4.0
=10	10	Yorihide Isogai	👁 Image JPN	4.0
=10	13	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN	4.0
=10	12	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Oct	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	Fall (2:24)	Arje Nadbornik	👁 Image FIN
Match #2	23 Oct	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Draw	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG
Match #3	23 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Fall (2:51)	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL
Match #4	23 Oct	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA	Fall (9:34)	Harry Geris	👁 Image CAN
Match #5	23 Oct	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	Fall (1:19)	Yorihide Isogai	👁 Image JPN
Match #6	23 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Fall (5:31)	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU
Match #7	23 Oct	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	Fall (2:36)	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN
Match #8	23 Oct	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	0.0	–
=1	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	0.0	–
=3	9	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	1.0	–
=3	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
5	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	2.0	–
=6	1	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	2.5	–
=6	15	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR	2.5	–
=8	6	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	4.0	–
=8	12	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	4.0	–
=8	7	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA	4.0	–
11	4	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG	5.0	–
12	8	Harry Geris	👁 Image CAN	7.0	eliminated
=13	2	Arje Nadbornik	👁 Image FIN	8.0	eliminated
=13	10	Yorihide Isogai	👁 Image JPN	8.0	eliminated
=13	13	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR	Draw	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL
Match #2	24 Oct	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Fall (6:48)	Arje Nadbornik	👁 Image FIN
Match #3	24 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Decision	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG
Match #4	24 Oct	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	Fall (9:32)	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA
Match #5	24 Oct	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	Decision	Harry Geris	👁 Image CAN
Match #6	24 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Fall (0:38)	Yorihide Isogai	👁 Image JPN
Match #7	24 Oct	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	Fall (2:12)	Hassan Bechara	👁 Image LBN
Match #8	24 Oct	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	0.0	–
=1	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	0.0	–
3	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
4	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	3.0	–
=5	6	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	4.0	–
=5	12	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	4.0	–
7	9	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	5.0	–
8	1	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	5.5	–
9	15	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR	6.5	eliminated
10	7	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA	8.0	eliminated
11	4	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Oct	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Decision	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL
Match #2	25 Oct	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	Disqualification	Roland Bock	👁 Image FRG
Match #3	25 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Fall (2:48)	Bob Roop	👁 Image USA
Match #4	25 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Fall (0:30)	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA
Match #5	25 Oct	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	Disqualification	Bekir Aksu	👁 Image TUR
Match #6	25 Oct	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	0.0	–
=2	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	1.0	–
=2	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	1.0	–
4	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	3.0	–
5	12	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU	7.0	eliminated
6	6	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL	8.0	eliminated
7	9	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA	9.0	eliminated
8	1	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL	9.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	Decision	Constantin Bușoiu	👁 Image ROU
Match #2	26 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	Fall (9:26)	Stefan Petrov	👁 Image BUL
Match #3	26 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Fall (5:29)	Edward Wojda	👁 Image POL
Match #4	26 Oct	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	Disqualification (8:55)	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	👁 Image FRA

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	2.5	–
2	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	3.5	–
3	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	5.0	–
4	3	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	Disqualification	Ragnar Svensson	👁 Image SWE
Match #2	26 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Draw	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN

Round Six

Date	26 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	11	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN	2.5
2	5	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	3.5
3	14	Petr Kment	👁 Image TCH	9.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS
Match #2	26 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Oct	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN
Match #2	26 Oct	Anatoly Roshchin	👁 Image URS	Walkover	István Kozma	👁 Image HUN

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/126308

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