1978 World Wrestling Championships

1978 World Championships
Host city Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Dates August 20–27
Champions
Freestyle  Soviet Union
Greco-Roman  Soviet Union

The 1978 FILA Wrestling World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 12 4 4 20
2  Romania 3 1 2 6
3  East Germany 2 1 1 4
4  Bulgaria 1 2 1 4
5  Japan 1 2 0 3
6  United States 1 0 1 2
7  Iran 0 2 2 4
8  Poland 0 2 1 3
 Yugoslavia 0 2 1 3
10  Sweden 0 1 1 2
 West Germany 0 1 1 2
12  Hungary 0 1 0 1
 South Korea 0 1 0 1
14  Cuba 0 0 2 2
15  Greece 0 0 1 1
 Mongolia 0 0 1 1
 Turkey 0 0 1 1
Total 20 20 20 60

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1  Soviet Union 55  Soviet Union 53
2  East Germany 21  Romania 36
3  Iran 19  Bulgaria 30
4  Japan 18  Poland 24
5  United States 17.5  Yugoslavia 15.5
6  Bulgaria 17.5  West Germany 12

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Sergey Kornilayev
 Soviet Union (URS)
Nobuo Fujisawa
 Japan (JPN)
Mohammad Bazmavar
 Iran (IRI)
52 kg Anatoly Beloglazov
 Soviet Union (URS)
Hartmut Reich
 East Germany (GDR)
Luis Ocaña
 Cuba (CUB)
57 kg Hideaki Tomiyama
 Japan (JPN)
Busay Ibragimov
 Soviet Union (URS)
Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold
 Mongolia (MGL)
62 kg Vladimir Yumin
 Soviet Union (URS)
Yang Jung-mo
 South Korea (KOR)
Mohammad Rezaei
 Iran (IRI)
68 kg Pavel Pinigin
 Soviet Union (URS)
Akira Miyahara
 Japan (JPN)
Ivan Yankov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
74 kg Leroy Kemp
 United States (USA)
Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi
 Iran (IRI)
Pyotr Marta
 Soviet Union (URS)
82 kg Magomedkhan Aratsilov
 Soviet Union (URS)
Adolf Seger
 West Germany (FRG)
John Peterson
 United States (USA)
90 kg Uwe Neupert
 East Germany (GDR)
Anatoly Prokopchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)
İsmail Temiz
 Turkey (TUR)
100 kg Harald Büttner
 East Germany (GDR)
Levan Tediashvili
 Soviet Union (URS)
Bárbaro Morgan
 Cuba (CUB)
+100 kg Soslan Andiyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
Reza Soukhteh-Saraei
 Iran (IRI)
Roland Gehrke
 East Germany (GDR)

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Constantin Alexandru
 Romania (ROU)
Aleksey Shumakov
 Soviet Union (URS)
Roman Kierpacz
 Poland (POL)
52 kg Vakhtang Blagidze
 Soviet Union (URS)
Nicu Gingă
 Romania (ROU)
Charalambos Cholidis
 Greece (GRE)
57 kg Shamil Serikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
Ivan Frgić
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Pasquale Passarelli
 West Germany (FRG)
62 kg Boris Kramarenko
 Soviet Union (URS)
Kazimierz Lipień
 Poland (POL)
Lars Malmkvist
 Sweden (SWE)
68 kg Ştefan Rusu
 Romania (ROU)
Andrzej Supron
 Poland (POL)
Aleksandr Aliyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
74 kg Arif Niftullayev
 Soviet Union (URS)
Ferenc Kocsis
 Hungary (HUN)
Gheorghe Ciobotaru
 Romania (ROU)
82 kg Ion Draica
 Romania (ROU)
Momir Petković
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Vladimir Cheboksarov
 Soviet Union (URS)
90 kg Stoyan Nikolov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Frank Andersson
 Sweden (SWE)
Viktor Avdyshev
 Soviet Union (URS)
100 kg Nikolay Balboshin
 Soviet Union (URS)
Georgi Raykov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Refik Memišević
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
+100 kg Aleksandr Kolchinsky
 Soviet Union (URS)
Nikola Dinev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Roman Codreanu
 Romania (ROU)

References

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