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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>97 kilograms), 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. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

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 Ragnar Svensson 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	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	István Kozma	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Petr Kment	TCH	–	–	Bronze
4	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	–	–
5	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	–	–
6	Stefan Petrov	BUL	–	–
AC	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	Eliminated r5/6	5,0
AC	Edward Wojda	POL	Eliminated r4/6	9,5
AC	Bekir Aksu	TUR	Eliminated r3/6	6,5
AC	Bob Roop	USA	Eliminated r3/6	8,0
AC	Roland Bock	FRG	Eliminated r3/6	9,0
AC	Harry Geris	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Arje Nadbornik	FIN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Hassan Bechara	LBN	Eliminated r2/6	8,0

Round One (23 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	0,0
=1	István Kozma	HUN	0,0
=1	Edward Wojda	POL	0,0
=1	Petr Kment	TCH	0,0
=1	Bekir Aksu	TUR	0,0
=1	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	0,0
=1	Bob Roop	USA	0,0
=8	Roland Bock	FRG	2,0
=8	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	2,0
=10	Stefan Petrov	BUL	4,0
=10	Harry Geris	CAN	4,0
=10	Arje Nadbornik	FIN	4,0
=10	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	4,0
=10	Hassan Bechara	LBN	4,0
=10	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	4,0

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

Round Two (24 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	István Kozma	HUN	0,0
=1	Petr Kment	TCH	0,0
=3	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	1,0
=3	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	1,0
5	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	2,0
=6	Edward Wojda	POL	2,5
=6	Bekir Aksu	TUR	2,5
=8	Stefan Petrov	BUL	4,0
=8	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	4,0
=8	Bob Roop	USA	4,0
11	Roland Bock	FRG	5,0
12	Harry Geris	CAN	7,0	eliminated
=13	Arje Nadbornik	FIN	8,0	eliminated
=13	Yorihide Isogai	JPN	8,0	eliminated
=13	Hassan Bechara	LBN	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Bekir Aksu	TUR	draw	Edward Wojda	POL
Match #2	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	fall (6:48)	Arje Nadbornik	FIN
Match #3	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	decision	Roland Bock	FRG
Match #4	Stefan Petrov	BUL	fall (9:32)	Bob Roop	USA
Match #5	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	decision	Harry Geris	CAN
Match #6	István Kozma	HUN	fall (0:38)	Yorihide Isogai	JPN
Match #7	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	fall (2:12)	Hassan Bechara	LBN
Match #8	Petr Kment	TCH	bye

Round Three (25 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	István Kozma	HUN	0,0
=1	Petr Kment	TCH	0,0
3	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	1,0
4	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	3,0
=5	Stefan Petrov	BUL	4,0
=5	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	4,0
7	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	5,0
8	Edward Wojda	POL	5,5
9	Bekir Aksu	TUR	6,5	eliminated
10	Bob Roop	USA	8,0	eliminated
11	Roland Bock	FRG	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	decision	Edward Wojda	POL
Match #2	Stefan Petrov	BUL	DQ	Roland Bock	FRG
Match #3	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	fall (2:48)	Bob Roop	USA
Match #4	István Kozma	HUN	fall (0:30)	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA
Match #5	Petr Kment	TCH	DQ	Bekir Aksu	TUR
Match #6	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	bye

Round Four (26 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	István Kozma	HUN	0,0
=2	Petr Kment	TCH	1,0
=2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	1,0
4	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	3,0
5	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU	7,0	eliminated
6	Stefan Petrov	BUL	8,0	eliminated
7	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA	9,0	eliminated
8	Edward Wojda	POL	9,5	eliminated

Match #1	Petr Kment	TCH	decision	Constantin Bușoiu	ROU
Match #2	István Kozma	HUN	fall (9:26)	Stefan Petrov	BUL
Match #3	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	fall (5:29)	Edward Wojda	POL
Match #4	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	DQ (8:55)	Raymond Uytterhaeghe	FRA

Round Five (26 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	István Kozma	HUN	2,5
2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	3,5
3	Petr Kment	TCH	5,0
4	Ragnar Svensson	SWE	11,0	eliminated

Match #1	Petr Kment	TCH	DQ	Ragnar Svensson	SWE
Match #2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	draw	István Kozma	HUN

Round Six (26 October 1968)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	István Kozma	HUN	2,5
2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	3,5
3	Petr Kment	TCH	9,0

Match #1	Anatoly Roshchin	URS	walkover
Match #2	István Kozma	HUN	bye

Final Round (26 October 1968)

Match #1	István Kozma	HUN	walkover
Match #2	Anatoly Roshchin	URS		István Kozma	HUN