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

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

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

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

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

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

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

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

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

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

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

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

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

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

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

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

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

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