1969 World Wrestling Championships

The 1969 World Wrestling Championships were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from 3 to 10 March 1969.

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

Medal winners of freestyle 68 kg. From left to right, Enyu Valchev, Abdollah Movahed and Nodar Khokhashvili

Medal winners of Greco-Roman 48 kg. From left to right, Rahim Aliabadi, Gheorghe Berceanu and Vladislav Kustov

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
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
10	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	19	19	58

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	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

Freestyle

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

Greco-Roman

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

External links

• UWW Database