Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Wrestling
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Insurgentes Ice Rink
Dates:	16–26 October
Competitors:	297
Nations:	46
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

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.^[1]

Medal summary

Freestyle

52 kg
57 kg
63 kg
70 kg
78 kg
87 kg
97 kg
+97 kg

Greco-Roman

52 kg
57 kg
63 kg
70 kg
78 kg
87 kg
97 kg
+97 kg

Participating nations

A total of 297 wrestlers from 46 nations competed at the Mexico City Games:^[1]

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See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

External links

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-10-29 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045640/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/WRE/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 31 March 2019.
2. The Official Report 1968 Produced by the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1969. III part 2 . 300–317. 21 September 2015.