USSR Championships

**1968 Championship**
5/13/1968 - 5/18/1968
**Host:** Lugansk, Ukraine **Arena:** Dynamo Sports Hall
**Number of Athletes:** 85
**Main Referee:** A. Medvedev **Secretary:** P. Akushev

**GOLD MEDALS**
Weight	Class	Name	Total (kg)
56	Bantamweight	Gennady CHETIN, Army Perm	347.5
60	Featherweight	Erkin KARIMOV, Burevestnik Tashkent	375
67.5	Lightweight	Nikolay NOGAYTSEV, Dynamo Moscow	417.5
75	Middleweight	Viktor KURENSTOV, Army Khabarovsk	462.5
82.5	Light Heavyweight	Grigory KOCHIEV, Spartak Donetsk	470
90	Middle Heavyweight	Jaan TALTS, Jiud Tallinn	500
102.5	Heavyweight	Yury YABLONOVSKY, Avangard Lugansk	495
102.5+	Super Heavyweight	Leonid ZHABOTINSKY, Army Zaporozhie	585

Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.

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