1966 World Wrestling Championships

The 1966 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio, United States.

1966 World Championships
Host cityUnited States Toledo, United States
Dates16–22 June
Champions
Freestyle Turkey
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union65011
2 Bulgaria3014
3 Turkey1438
4 Japan1304
5 Iran1045
6 West Germany1023
7 Hungary1001
 South Korea1001
 Yugoslavia1001
10 United States0213
11 Romania0112
12 Sweden0101
13 Czechoslovakia0022
14 Austria0011
 Finland0011
Totals (15 entries)16161648

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1  Turkey34 Soviet Union39.5
2  Soviet Union28.5 Bulgaria19.33
3  United States23 Romania14.5
4  Iran19 West Germany14
5  Bulgaria18.5 Finland12.5
6  Japan17 Turkey12.33

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Chang Chang-sun
 South Korea
Yasuo Katsumura
 Japan
Rick Sanders
 United States
Bantamweight
57 kg
Ali Aliyev
 Soviet Union
Hasan Sevinç
 Turkey
Aboutaleb Talebi
 Iran
Featherweight
63 kg
Masaaki Kaneko
 Japan
Bobby Douglas
 United States
Nihat Kabanlı
 Turkey
Lightweight
70 kg
Abdollah Movahed
 Iran
Iwao Horiuchi
 Japan
Seyit Ahmet Ağralı
 Turkey
Welterweight
78 kg
Mahmut Atalay
 Turkey
Guram Sagaradze
 Soviet Union
Hossein Tahami
 Iran
Middleweight
87 kg
Prodan Gardzhev
 Bulgaria
Hasan Güngör
 Turkey
Josef Urban
 Czechoslovakia
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Aleksandr Medved
 Soviet Union
Ahmet Ayık
 Turkey
Said Mustafov
 Bulgaria
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
 Soviet Union
Larry Kristoff
 United States
Abolfazl Anvari
 Iran

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Angel Kerezov
 Bulgaria
Sergey Rybalko
 Soviet Union
Rolf Lacour
 West Germany
Bantamweight
57 kg
Fritz Stange
 West Germany
Koji Sakurama
 Japan
Ünver Beşergil
 Turkey
Featherweight
63 kg
Roman Rurua
 Soviet Union
Leif Freij
 Sweden
Iraj Khorshidfar
 Iran
Lightweight
70 kg
Stevan Horvat
 Yugoslavia
Gennady Sapunov
 Soviet Union
Eero Tapio
 Finland
Welterweight
78 kg
Viktor Igumenov
 Soviet Union
Florea Ciorcilă
 Romania
Peter Nettekoven
 West Germany
Middleweight
87 kg
Valentin Olenik
 Soviet Union
Tevfik Kış
 Turkey
Franz Pötsch
 Austria
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Boyan Radev
 Bulgaria
Valery Anisimov
 Soviet Union
Nicolae Martinescu
 Romania
Heavyweight
+97 kg
István Kozma
 Hungary
Nikolay Shmakov
 Soviet Union
Petr Kment
 Czechoslovakia

References

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