World Wrestling Championships 1961
The 1961 Wrestling World Championships took place from June 1 to June 7, 1961 in Yokohama . In contrast to all previous world championships, wrestling was carried out in both Greco-Roman and free style . The wrestlers were divided into eight weight classes.
Greco-Roman
The Greco-Roman style competitions took place from June 5th to 7th, 1961.
Medalist
class | gold | silver | bronze |
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-52 kg |
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-57 kg |
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-62 kg |
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-67 kg |
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-73 kg |
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-79 kg |
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-87 kg |
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+87 kg |
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Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
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1 |
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5 | 1 | 0 |
2 |
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1 | 2 | 1 |
3 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
4th |
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1 | 0 | 0 |
5 |
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0 | 2 | 3 |
6th |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
7th |
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0 | 1 | 0 |
8th |
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0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 |
Freestyle
The freestyle competitions took place from June 1st to 3rd, 1961. The wrestlers from Iran secured medals in seven of the eight competitions. Only Hossein Noori could not place in the medal ranks with a fifth place in the weight class +87 kg.
Medalist
class | gold | silver | bronze |
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-52 kg |
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-57 kg |
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-62 kg |
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-67 kg |
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-73 kg |
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-79 kg |
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-87 kg |
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+87 kg |
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Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
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1 |
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5 | 1 | 1 |
2 |
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2 | 3 | 1 |
3 |
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1 | 0 | 0 |
4th |
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0 | 2 | 3 |
5 |
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0 | 2 | 0 |
6th |
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0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 0 | 1 |
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
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1 |
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7th | 4th | 1 | 12 |
2 |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 8th |
3 |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
4th |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
5 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7th |
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0 | 4th | 6th | 10 |
8th |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |