1978 World Wrestling Championships

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

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

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
Totals (17 entries)		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	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

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

External links

• UWW Database – Select 1978, World Championship Freestyle Seniors 1978-08-24 and World Championship Greco Roman Seniors 1978-08-20