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

Round One

Date	23 October 1968

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

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

Round Two

Date	24 October 1968

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

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

Round Three

Date	25 October 1968

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

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

Round Four

Date	26 October 1968

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

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

Round Five

Date	26 October 1968

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

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

Round Six

Date	26 October 1968

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

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

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

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