1979 World Wrestling Championships

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.

1979 World Championships
Host cityUnited States San Diego, United States
Dates21–28 August
StadiumSan Diego State University
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union95216
2 Hungary4105
3 Bulgaria2237
4 Japan2215
5 United States15410
6 Romania1023
7 Poland1012
 Sweden1012
9 East Germany0224
10 West Germany0134
11 Yugoslavia0101
12 Italy0011
Totals (12 entries)21192060

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1  Soviet Union50 Soviet Union43
2  United States35 Hungary30
3  East Germany21 Bulgaria27
4  Japan19.25 United States17
5  Bulgaria19 West Germany17
6  Poland13.5 Romania15

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Sergey Kornilayev
 Soviet Union
Bobby Weaver
 United States
Jan Falandys
 Poland
52 kg Yuji Takada
 Japan
James Haines
 United States
Hartmut Reich
 East Germany
57 kg Hideaki Tomiyama
 Japan
Sergey Beloglazov
 Soviet Union
Joe Corso
 United States
62 kg Vladimir Yumin
 Soviet Union
Miho Dukov
 Bulgaria
Andre Metzger
 United States
68 kg Mikhail Charachura
 Soviet Union
Akira Miyahara
 Japan
Eberhard Probst
 East Germany
74 kg Leroy Kemp
 United States
Martin Knosp
 West Germany
Nikolay Petrenko
 Soviet Union
82 kg István Kovács
 Hungary
John Peterson
 United States
Magomedkhan Aratsilov
 Soviet Union
90 kg Khasan Ortzev
 Soviet Union
Uwe Neupert
 East Germany
Ivan Ginov
 Bulgaria
100 kg Ilya Mate
 Soviet Union
Russ Hellickson
 United States
Vasile Pușcașu
 Romania
+100 kg Salman Khasimikov
 Soviet Union
Roland Gehrke
 East Germany
Andrei Ianko
 Romania

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Constantin Alexandru
 Romania
Aleksey Shumakov
 Soviet Union
Pavel Hristov
 Bulgaria
52 kg Lajos Rácz
 Hungary
Kamil Fatkulin
 Soviet Union
Toshio Asakura
 Japan
57 kg Shamil Serikov
 Soviet Union
Kiwamu Kashiwagi
 Japan
Antonino Caltabiano
 Italy
62 kg István Tóth
 Hungary
Abdurrahim Kuzu
 United States
Lars Malmkvist
 Sweden
68 kg Andrzej Supron
 Poland
Aleksandr Aliyev
 Soviet Union
Erich Klaus
 West Germany
74 kg Yanko Shopov
 Bulgaria
Shared gold Karl-Heinz Helbing
 West Germany
Ferenc Kocsis
 Hungary
82 kg Gennady Korban
 Soviet Union
Momir Petković
 Yugoslavia
Pavel Pavlov
 Bulgaria
90 kg Frank Andersson
 Sweden
Norbert Növényi
 Hungary
Pedro Pawlidis
 West Germany
100 kg Nikolay Balboshin
 Soviet Union
Georgi Raykov
 Bulgaria
Brad Rheingans
 United States
+100 kg Aleksandar Tomov
 Bulgaria
Aleksandr Kolchinsky
 Soviet Union
Bob Walker
 United States

References

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