1969 World Wrestling Championships

1969 World Championships
Host city	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Dates	March 3–10
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

The 1969 FILA Wrestling World Championships were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	10	2	6	18
2	Iran	3	3	2	8
3	United States	2	3	2	7
4	Romania	2	1	1	4
5	Japan	2	0	2	4
6	Bulgaria	1	5	2	8
7	Sweden	0	1	2	3
8	Finland	0	1	1	2
8	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
10	South Korea	0	1	0	1
10	West Germany	0	1	0	1
Total		20	19	19	58

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
Rank	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	44	Soviet Union	53
2	United States	38	Bulgaria	26
3	Iran	37	Romania	23
4	Bulgaria	27	Sweden	20
5	Japan	25	Finland	12.5
6	Mongolia	10	West Germany	12.5

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Ebrahim Javadi Iran (IRI)	Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union (URS)	Akihiko Umeda Japan (JPN)
52 kg	Rick Sanders United States (USA)	Mohammad Ghorbani Iran (IRI)	Tariel Alibegashvili Soviet Union (URS)
57 kg	Tadamichi Tanaka Japan (JPN)	Don Behm United States (USA)	Aboutaleb Talebi Iran (IRI)
62 kg	Takeo Morita Japan (JPN)	Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran (IRI)	Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union (URS)
68 kg	Abdollah Movahed Iran (IRI)	Enyu Valchev Bulgaria (BUL)	Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union (URS)
74 kg	Zarbeg Beriashvili Soviet Union (URS)	Wayne Wells United States (USA)	Seiji Yamagata Japan (JPN)
82 kg	Fred Fozzard United States (USA)	None awarded	None awarded
90 kg	Boris Gurevich Soviet Union (URS)	Rusi Petrov Bulgaria (BUL)	Henk Schenk United States (USA)
100 kg	Shota Lomidze Soviet Union (URS)	Larry Kristoff United States (USA)	Vasil Todorov Bulgaria (BUL)
+100 kg	Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union (URS)	Osman Duraliev Bulgaria (BUL)	Abolfazl Anvari Iran (IRI)

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Gheorghe Berceanu Romania (ROU)	Rahim Aliabadi Iran (IRI)	Vladislav Kustov Soviet Union (URS)
52 kg	Firouz Alizadeh Iran (IRI)	Cornel Turturea Romania (ROU)	Ivan Mikhailishin Soviet Union (URS)
57 kg	Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union (URS)	An Chang-young South Korea (KOR)	David Hazewinkel United States (USA)
62 kg	Roman Rurua Soviet Union (URS)	Roland Svensson Sweden (SWE)	Martti Laakso Finland (FIN)
68 kg	Simion Popescu Romania (ROU)	Sreten Damjanović Yugoslavia (YUG)	Yury Grigoriev Soviet Union (URS)
74 kg	Viktor Igumenov Soviet Union (URS)	Eero Tapio Finland (FIN)	Matti Poikala Sweden (SWE)
82 kg	Petar Krumov Bulgaria (BUL)	Omar Bliadze Soviet Union (URS)	Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia (YUG)
90 kg	Aleksandr Yurkevich Soviet Union (URS)	Venko Tsintsarov Bulgaria (BUL)	Nicolae Neguţ Romania (ROU)
100 kg	Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union (URS)	Stefan Petrov Bulgaria (BUL)	Lennart Eriksson Sweden (SWE)
+100 kg	Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union (URS)	Wilfried Dietrich West Germany (FRG)	Petar Donev Bulgaria (BUL)

References

FILA Database

World Wrestling Championships

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List of medalists (Men's freestyle, Men's Greco-Roman, Women's freestyle)

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