1962 World Wrestling Championships

The 1962 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio.

1962 World Championships
Host cityUnited States Toledo, United States
Dates21–27 June
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union64111
2  Turkey3159
3  Japan2215
4  Iran2204
5  Hungary2013
6  Bulgaria1405
7  Italy0112
8  Denmark0101
  Yugoslavia0101
10  United States0033
  West Germany0033
12  United Arab Republic0011
Totals (12 entries)16161648

Team ranking

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Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1   Soviet Union 29   Soviet Union 40
2   Japan 26.5   Turkey 31
3   Iran 25   Bulgaria 20.5
4   Turkey 21.5   Hungary 16
5   Bulgaria 19   West Germany 8.5
6   United States 15   Japan 8

Medal summary

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Ali Aliyev
  Soviet Union
Noriyuki Harada
  Japan
Satılmış Tektaş
  Turkey
Bantamweight
57 kg
Hüseyin Akbaş
  Turkey
Masaaki Hatta
  Japan
János Varga
  Hungary
Featherweight
63 kg
Osamu Watanabe
  Japan
Mohammad Khadem
  Iran
Ewald Tauer
  West Germany
Lightweight
70 kg
Enyu Valchev
  Bulgaria
Robert Dzhganadze
  Soviet Union
Osvaldo Ferrari
  Italy
Welterweight
78 kg
Emam-Ali Habibi
  Iran
Petko Dermendzhiev
  Bulgaria
James Ferguson
  United States
Middleweight
87 kg
Mansour Mehdizadeh
  Iran
Hasan Güngör
  Turkey
Shunichi Kawano
  Japan
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Aleksandr Medved
  Soviet Union
Gholamreza Takhti
  Iran
Daniel Brand
  United States
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
  Soviet Union
Lyutvi Ahmedov
  Bulgaria
Wilfried Dietrich
  West Germany

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Sergey Rybalko
  Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra
  Italy
Burhan Bozkurt
  Turkey
Bantamweight
57 kg
Masamitsu Ichiguchi
  Japan
Amari Egadze
  Soviet Union
Kamel Ali El-Sayed
  United Arab Republic
Featherweight
63 kg
Imre Polyák
  Hungary
Konstantin Vyrupayev
  Soviet Union
Rıza Doğan
  Turkey
Lightweight
70 kg
Kazım Ayvaz
  Turkey
Stevan Horvat
  Yugoslavia
James Burke
  United States
Welterweight
78 kg
Anatoly Kolesov
  Soviet Union
Bjarne Ansbøl
  Denmark
Yavuz Selekman
  Turkey
Middleweight
87 kg
Tevfik Kış
  Turkey
Krali Bimbalov
  Bulgaria
Anatoly Kirov
  Soviet Union
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Rostom Abashidze
  Soviet Union
Boyan Radev
  Bulgaria
İsmet Atlı
  Turkey
Heavyweight
+97 kg
István Kozma
  Hungary
Anatoly Roshchin
  Soviet Union
Wilfried Dietrich
  West Germany

References

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