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Wrestling At The 1968 Summer Olympics ...
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. Medal summary Freestyle Greco-Roman Medal table Participating nations A total of 297 wrestlers from 46 nations competed at the Mexico City Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * See also *List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling *List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling At The 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Summer Olympics events 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insurgentes Ice Rink
The Insurgentes Ice Rink is an indoor arena located in Mexico City that hosted the wrestling competitions for the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport ev .... References1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestling venues Indoor arenas in Mexico Sports venues in Mexico City Boxing venues in Mexico {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enyu Valchev
Enyu Valchev Dimov ( bg, Еню Вълчев Димов; 4 January 1936 – 15 February 2014) was a lightweight freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze, gold and silver medal, respectively. At the World championships, he won gold in 1962, silvers in 1959 and 1969 and bronze in 1967, while finishing fourth in 1965, fifth in 1966 and sixth in 1963. At the European Championships Valchev won gold medals in 1968 and 1969 and a bronze in 1967. . iat.uni-leipzig.de In 1962 Valchev was selected as . After finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Dietrich
Wilfried Dietrich (14 October 1933 – 2 June 1992) was a German heavyweight wrestler. Between 1956 and 1972 he took part in five Olympics and six world championships, often entering both the freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling contests – a feat unmatched by any other wrestler. He won five Olympic and five world championship medals, becoming Olympic (1960), world (1961) and European champion (1967). Between 1955 and 1962 he won all his freestyle bouts. In 1968 Dietrich was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for West Germany at its first appearance at summer Olympics; he won a bronze medal at those games. He failed to medal at his last Olympics in 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ..., yet he produced the most spectacular victory of his career by throwing ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osman Duraliev
Osman Duraliev ( bg, Осман Дуралиев, 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler with Turkish origin. Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. An archrival of the Soviet Aleksandr Medved, to whom he lost eight high-profile finals (two Olympic, four World, and two European,) subsequently winning only the Silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, et ...s. He came close to winning at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where he led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left. Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight. Considering that Medved was named one of the greatest wrestlers in history, the Duraliev could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Medved
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved (born 16 September 1937) is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian retired freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics. Biography According to Medved, his grandparents came from Russia; his grandmother was ca. 195 cm, and his grandfather was even taller. Medved was smaller, at 190 cm and 100+ kg, yet big enough to fit into his last name, which means ''bear'' in Russian (and with minor variations in Belarusian and Ukrainian languages). Between 1967 and 1972 Medved had a rivalry with Turkish-Bulgarian wrestler Osman Duraliev. They met eight times in the finals of major international champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Csatári
József Csatári (17 December 1943 – 30 January 2021) was a Hungarian . He was born in . He was Olympic bronze medalist in in 1968 and in 1972. He won a silver medal at the |
Shota Lomidze
Shota Lomidze (20 January 1936 – 23 October 1993) was a Georgian wrestler who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport ev .... References 1936 births 1993 deaths Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Ayık
Ahmet Ayık (born March 31, 1938), is a former Turkish World champion of Karachay origin and Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (97 kg) and a sports executive. He won the silver medal at the 1964 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling and the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. Biography He was born in 1938 in Eskiköy, a village of Doğanşar district in Sivas Province in the eastern part of Central Anatolia as the sixth child of a poor family. Ahmet Ayık lost four of his siblings during the 1939 Erzincan earthquake. He began wrestling as a youngster in the traditional Turkish Karakucak Güreşi. At age 13, he followed his brother to Istanbul, and joined first Şişli Youth Club and later Beşiktaş JK for sports wrestling. After winning the title of Turkish champion, he was admitted to the national team in 1962, and received training by the renowned wrestlers such as Yaşar Doğu, Celal Atik, Nasuh Akar and Bayram Şit. Besides his medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prodan Gardzhev
Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev ( bg, Продан Стоянов Гарджев, 8 April 1936 – 5 July 2003) was a Bulgarian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze in 1968. Gardzhev held the world title in 1963 and 1966 and placed third in 1965. References External links * 1936 births 2003 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat ( mn, Жигжидийн Мөнхбат; 1 June 1941 – 9 April 2018) was a Mongolian wrestler. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Middleweight category (87 kg), behind gold medalist Boris Michail Gurevich of the Soviet Union and ahead of bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria. His results in the Olympics were 4 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses. Mönkhbat was a Titan in Mongolian wrestling, a top rank in the sport, with six Naadam championship wins (1963–1967, 1974). He won five tournaments in a row, a feat achieved by only two other athletes in the modern history of Mongolian wrestling (since 1922). His name Mönkhbat means "Eternal firm" in the Mongolian language. He was the father of professional sumo wrestler Hakuhō Shō ; , lead=yes) is a retired professional sumo wrestler (''rikishi'') from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Making his debut in March 2001, he reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Michail Gurevich
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (also Gurevitch, Gurewitsch, or Hurevych; 23 February 1937 – 12 November 2020) was a Soviet wrestler. The figure of Boris Gurevich served as a model for the allegorical sculpture of the Soviet sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich "Let's Forge Swords into Plowshares", installed in 1957 in New York near the UN building. Gurevich, who was Jewish, was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Career Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City. He finished ahead of silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia and bronze medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria. He won a silver medal at the 1961 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the 1969 World Wrestling Championships at 90 kilograms. He won a gold medal at the 1967 European Wrestling Championships at 87 kilograms, and a gold medal at the 1970 Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tömöriin Artag
Tömöriin Artag (; born April 10, 1943, died 1993) was a Mongolian wrestler. At the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport ev ... he won the bronze medal in the men's Freestyle Welterweight category.ThIOC databaseincorrectly assigns this medal to Püreviin Dagvasüren. References sports-reference.com: Tömöriin Artag External links * 1943 births 1993 deaths People from Uvs Province Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Mongolian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Mongolia Olympic bronze medalists for Mongolia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Mongolian people {{Mongolia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
