1979 World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling event
1979 World Championships | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Dates | 21–28 August |
Stadium | San Diego State University |
Champions | |
Men's freestyle | ![]() |
Greco-Roman | ![]() |
The 1979 World Wrestling Championships were held in San Diego, California, United States. As during the 1973 edition, the venue, San Diego State University Arena hosted the Pan American Sambo Championships very next day after the freestyle event finale.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 19 | 20 | 60 |
Team ranking
Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | ||
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Team | Points | Team | Points | |
1 | ![]() | 50 | ![]() | 43 |
2 | ![]() | 35 | ![]() | 30 |
3 | ![]() | 21 | ![]() | 27 |
4 | ![]() | 19.25 | ![]() | 17 |
5 | ![]() | 19 | ![]() | 17 |
6 | ![]() | 13.5 | ![]() | 15 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
48 kg | Sergey Kornilayev![]() | Bobby Weaver![]() | Jan Falandys![]() |
52 kg | Yuji Takada![]() | James Haines![]() | Hartmut Reich![]() |
57 kg | Hideaki Tomiyama![]() | Sergey Beloglazov![]() | Joe Corso![]() |
62 kg | Vladimir Yumin![]() | Miho Dukov![]() | Andre Metzger![]() |
68 kg | Mikhail Charachura![]() | Akira Miyahara![]() | Eberhard Probst![]() |
74 kg | Leroy Kemp![]() | Martin Knosp![]() | Nikolay Petrenko![]() |
82 kg | István Kovács![]() | John Peterson![]() | Magomedkhan Aratsilov![]() |
90 kg | Khasan Ortzev![]() | Uwe Neupert![]() | Ivan Ginov![]() |
100 kg | Ilya Mate![]() | Russ Hellickson![]() | Vasile Pușcașu![]() |
+100 kg | Salman Khasimikov![]() | Roland Gehrke![]() | Andrei Ianko![]() |
Men's Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
48 kg | Constantin Alexandru![]() | Aleksey Shumakov![]() | Pavel Hristov![]() |
52 kg | Lajos Rácz![]() | Kamil Fatkulin![]() | Toshio Asakura![]() |
57 kg | Shamil Serikov![]() | Kiwamu Kashiwagi![]() | Antonino Caltabiano![]() |
62 kg | István Tóth![]() | Abdurrahim Kuzu![]() | Lars Malmkvist![]() |
68 kg | Andrzej Supron![]() | Aleksandr Aliyev![]() | Erich Klaus![]() |
74 kg | Yanko Shopov![]() | Shared gold | Karl-Heinz Helbing![]() |
Ferenc Kocsis![]() | |||
82 kg | Gennady Korban![]() | Momir Petković![]() | Pavel Pavlov![]() |
90 kg | Frank Andersson![]() | Norbert Növényi![]() | Pedro Pawlidis![]() |
100 kg | Nikolay Balboshin![]() | Georgi Raykov![]() | Brad Rheingans![]() |
+100 kg | Aleksandar Tomov![]() | Aleksandr Kolchinsky![]() | Bob Walker![]() |
References
- FILA Database
- Page 48–49
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