1978 World Wrestling Championships

The 1978 World Wrestling Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico. Greco-Roman event on 20–23, and freestyle on 24–27 August respectively.[1]

1978 World Championships
Host cityMexico Mexico City, Mexico
Dates20–27 August
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union124420
2  Romania3126
3  East Germany2114
4  Bulgaria1214
5  Japan1203
6  United States1012
7  Iran0224
8  Poland0213
  Yugoslavia0213
10  Sweden0112
  West Germany0112
12  Hungary0101
  South Korea0101
14  Cuba0022
15  Greece0011
  Mongolia0011
  Turkey0011
Totals (17 entries)20202060

Team ranking

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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

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Men's freestyle

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

Men's Greco-Roman

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

References

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  1. ^ AAU News, 1978, p. 8.
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  • UWW Database – Select 1978, World Championship Freestyle Seniors 1978-08-24 and World Championship Greco Roman Seniors 1978-08-20