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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men

Date	17 – 20 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Pista de Hielo Insurgentes, Ciudad de México
Participants	22 from 22 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.

Soviet Ukrainian Borys Hurevych was the 1967 World and European Champion and would also win the gold medal in this class at Mexico City. After six rounds there were four wrestlers remaining – Hurevych, defending gold medalist Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria, Mongolian Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, and American Thomas Peckham. Hurevych and Gardzhev fought to a draw, which eliminated Gardzhev on bad points. Mönkhbat won by decision over Peckham, which eliminated both wrestlers on bad points, giving Hurevych the gold medal. He would later win the 1970 European title, after which he retired. This was the third Olympics for Gardzhev, adding a bronze medal to the gold he won in 1964, after finishing fifth at Roma in 1960. Mönkhbat was the silver medalist in Mexico City, adding that to a bronze he won at the 1967 Worlds.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	–	–	Gold
2	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	–	–	Silver
3	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	3	Tom Peckham	USA	–	–
5	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	–	–
6	20	Peter Döring	GDR	–	–
AC	10	Ron Grinstead	GBR	eliminated r4/7	8.0
AC	14	Shigeru Endo	JPN	eliminated r4/7	8.5
AC	16	Lupe Lara	CUB	eliminated r4/7	9.0
AC	13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	eliminated r3/7	7.0
AC	8	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA	eliminated r3/7	7.5
AC	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI	eliminated r3/7	8.5
AC	5	Francisc Balla	ROU	eliminated r3/7	9.0
AC	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	withdrew r3/7	5.0
AC	18	Raúl García	MEX	eliminated r2/7	6.0
AC	19	Ernst Knoll	FRG	eliminated r2/7	6.0
AC	9	Robert Chamberot	CAN	eliminated r2/7	6.5
AC	13	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	eliminated r2/7	6.5
AC	1	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	eliminated r2/7	7.0
AC	11	Robert Nihon	BAH	eliminated r2/7	8.0
AC	9	José Manuel Hernández	GUA	eliminated r2/7	8.0
AC	6	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	withdrew r2/7	4.0
DNS	–	Ri Chan-Woo	PRK	–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	0.0	–
=1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	0.0	–
=3	5	Francisc Balla	ROU	1.0	–
=3	13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	1.0	–
=3	16	Lupe Lara	CUB	1.0	–
=3	10	Ron Grinstead	GBR	1.0	–
=3	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	1.0	–
=3	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	1.0	–
=9	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI	2.0	–
=9	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2.0	–
=9	3	Tom Peckham	USA	2.0	–
=9	18	Raúl García	MEX	2.0	–
=13	14	Shigeru Endo	JPN	2.5	–
=13	13	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	2.5	–
=15	20	Peter Döring	GDR	3.0	–
=15	1	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	3.0	–
=15	9	Robert Chamberot	CAN	3.0	–
=15	19	Ernst Knoll	FRG	3.0	–
=15	8	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA	3.0	–
=15	6	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	3.0	withdrew
=21	11	Robert Nihon	BAH	4.0	–
=21	9	José Manuel Hernández	GUA	4.0	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Julio Graffigna	ARG	Decision	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #2	17 Oct	Tom Peckham	USA	Draw	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #3	17 Oct	Francisc Balla	ROU	Decision	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI
Match #4	17 Oct	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Decision	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA
Match #5	17 Oct	Ron Grinstead	GBR	Decision	Robert Chamberot	CAN
Match #6	17 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS	Fall (1:59)	Robert Nihon	BAH
Match #7	17 Oct	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	Draw	Shigeru Endo	JPN
Match #8	17 Oct	Lupe Lara	CUB	Decision	Ernst Knoll	FRG
Match #9	17 Oct	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI	Draw	Raúl García	MEX
Match #10	17 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Decision	Peter Döring	GDR
Match #11	17 Oct	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	Fall (1:45)	José Manuel Hernández	GUA

Round Two

Date	18 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	0.0	–
=1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	0.0	–
=3	10	Ron Grinstead	GBR	1.0	–
=3	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	1.0	–
=5	16	Lupe Lara	CUB	2.0	–
=5	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2.0	–
=7	20	Peter Döring	GDR	3.0	–
=7	3	Tom Peckham	USA	3.0	–
=9	8	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA	3.5	–
=9	14	Shigeru Endo	JPN	3.5	–
11	13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	4.0	–
=12	5	Francisc Balla	ROU	5.0	–
=12	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI	5.0	–
=12	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	5.0	–
=15	19	Ernst Knoll	FRG	6.0	eliminated
=15	18	Raúl García	MEX	6.0	eliminated
=17	9	Robert Chamberot	CAN	6.5	eliminated
=17	13	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL	6.5	eliminated
19	1	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG	7.0	eliminated
=20	11	Robert Nihon	BAH	8.0	eliminated
=20	9	José Manuel Hernández	GUA	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Fall (1:16)	Ghulam Dastagir	AFG
Match #2	18 Oct	Tom Peckham	USA	Decision	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #3	18 Oct	Francisc Balla	ROU	Dq (both passivity)	Géza Hollósi	HUN
Match #4	18 Oct	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA	Superiority	Robert Chamberot	CAN
Match #5	18 Oct	Ron Grinstead	GBR	Fall (4:33)	Robert Nihon	BAH
Match #6	18 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS	Fall (10:36)	Jan Wypiorczyk	POL
Match #7	18 Oct	Shigeru Endo	JPN	Decision	Ernst Knoll	FRG
Match #8	18 Oct	Lupe Lara	CUB	Decision	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI
Match #9	18 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Fall (1:17)	Raúl García	MEX
Match #10	18 Oct	Peter Döring	GDR	Fall (0:37)	José Manuel Hernández	GUA
Match #11	18 Oct	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR

Round Three

Date	19 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	0.5	–
=2	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	1.0	–
=2	20	Peter Döring	GDR	1.0	–
4	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	1.5	–
5	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2.0	–
6	3	Tom Peckham	USA	3.0	–
=7	10	Ron Grinstead	GBR	4.5	–
=7	14	Shigeru Endo	JPN	4.5	–
9	16	Lupe Lara	CUB	5.0	–
10	13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	7.0	eliminated
11	8	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA	7.5	eliminated
12	5	Francisc Balla	ROU	9.0	eliminated
13	16	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI	9.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	Decision	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #2	19 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Fall (6:54)	Francisc Balla	ROU
Match #3	19 Oct	Tom Peckham	USA	Fall (1:39)	Umberto Marcheggiani	ITA
Match #4	19 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS	Superiority	Ron Grinstead	GBR
Match #5	19 Oct	Shigeru Endo	JPN	Decision	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #6	19 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Superiority	Jean-Marie Chardonnens	SUI
Match #7	19 Oct	Peter Döring	GDR

Round Four

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	0.5	–
2	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	2.0	–
3	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2.5	–
4	3	Tom Peckham	USA	3.0	–
5	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	3.5	–
6	20	Peter Döring	GDR	6.0	eliminated
7	10	Ron Grinstead	GBR	8.0	eliminated
8	14	Shigeru Endo	JPN	8.5	eliminated
9	16	Lupe Lara	CUB	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	Decision	Peter Döring	GDR
Match #2	20 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Superiority	Ron Grinstead	GBR
Match #3	20 Oct	Tom Peckham	USA	Fall (1:19)	Shigeru Endo	JPN
Match #4	20 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS	Fall (0:49)	Lupe Lara	CUB
Match #5	20 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL

Round Five

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	0.5
2	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	3.5
3	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	4.0
4	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	4.5
5	3	Tom Peckham	USA	5.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Draw	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #2	20 Oct	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	Draw	Tom Peckham	USA
Match #3	20 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS

Round Six

Date	20 October 1968

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	12	Boris Gurevich	URS	2.5	–
2	3	Tom Peckham	USA	5.0	–
=3	4	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	5.5	–
=3	19	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	5.5	–
5	22	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR	7.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Boris Gurevich	URS	Draw	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL
Match #2	20 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Decision	Hüseyin Gürsoy	TUR
Match #3	20 Oct	Tom Peckham	USA

Final Round

Date	20 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Draw	Boris Gurevich	URS
Match #2	20 Oct	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Decision	Tom Peckham	USA