1966 World Wrestling Championships

1966 World Championships
Host city United States Toledo, United States
Dates June 16–22
Champions
Freestyle  Turkey
Greco-Roman  Soviet Union

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

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 6 5 0 11
2  Bulgaria 3 0 1 4
3  Turkey 1 4 3 8
4  Japan 1 3 0 4
5  Iran 1 0 4 5
6  West Germany 1 0 2 3
7  Hungary 1 0 0 1
 South Korea 1 0 0 1
 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1
10  United States 0 2 1 3
11  Romania 0 1 1 2
12  Sweden 0 1 0 1
13  Czechoslovakia 0 0 2 2
14  Austria 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
Total 16 16 16 48

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1  Turkey 34  Soviet Union 39.5
2  Soviet Union 28.5  Bulgaria 19.33
3  United States 23  Romania 14.5
4  Iran 19  West Germany 14
5  Bulgaria 18.5  Finland 12.5
6  Japan 17  Turkey 12.33

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

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

Men's Greco-Roman

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

References

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