1961 World Wrestling Championships
The 1961 World Wrestling Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan.
Medal winners of freestyle 79 kg. From left to right, Géza Hollósi, Mansour Mehdizadeh and Hans Antonsson
| 1961 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yokohama, Japan |
| Dates | 2–7 June |
| Stadium | Hiyoshi Commemorative Hall |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iran |
| Greco-Roman |  Soviet Union |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Turkey | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Team ranking
| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| 1 | Iran | 41 | Soviet Union | 38 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 33 | Turkey | 27.5 |
| 3 | Turkey | 26 | Romania | 23.5 |
| 4 | Japan | 15 | Hungary | 15 |
| 5 | Hungary | 13 | Yugoslavia | 12 |
| 6 |  United States | 11.5 | Czechoslovakia | 8.5 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg |
Ali Aliyev Soviet Union |
Nasrollah Soltaninejad Iran |
Cemal Yanılmaz Turkey |
| Bantamweight 57 kg |
Ebrahim Seifpour Iran |
János Varga Hungary |
Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Featherweight 62 kg |
Vladimir Rubashvili Soviet Union |
Yunus Pehlivan Turkey |
Hamid Tavakkol Iran |
| Lightweight 67 kg |
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Iran |
Vladimir Sinyavsky Soviet Union |
Udey Chand India |
| Welterweight 73 kg |
Emam-Ali Habibi Iran |
Mikhail Bekmurzov Soviet Union |
Yutaka Kaneko Japan |
| Middleweight 79 kg |
Mansour Mehdizadeh Iran |
Géza Hollósi Hungary |
Hans Antonsson Sweden |
| Light heavyweight 87 kg |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran |
Boris Gurevich Soviet Union |
Hasan Güngör Turkey |
| Heavyweight +87 kg |
Wilfried Dietrich West Germany |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union |
Men's Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg |
Armais Sayadov Soviet Union |
Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania |
Burhan Bozkurt Turkey |
| Bantamweight 57 kg |
Oleg Karavayev Soviet Union |
Ion Cernea Romania |
Jiří Švec Czechoslovakia |
| Featherweight 62 kg |
Moustafa Hamid Mansour United Arab Republic |
Yaşar Yılmaz Turkey |
Alireza Ghelichkhani Iran |
| Lightweight 67 kg |
Avtandil Koridze Soviet Union |
Imre Polyák Hungary |
Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia |
| Welterweight 73 kg |
Valeriu Bularca Romania |
Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia |
Ziya Doğan Turkey |
| Middleweight 79 kg |
Vasily Zenin Soviet Union |
Bertil Nyström Sweden |
Yavuz Selekman Turkey |
| Light heavyweight 87 kg |
György Gurics Hungary |
Arkady Tkachev Soviet Union |
Gheorghe Popovici Romania |
| Heavyweight +87 kg |
Ivan Bogdan Soviet Union |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
István Kozma Hungary |
References
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