World Wrestling Championships 1977

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The 1977 wrestling world championships took place at different locations, separated by style. The wrestlers were divided into ten weight classes.

Greco-Roman

The Greco-Roman style competitions took place in Gothenburg from October 14-17, 1977 .

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
-48 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexei Shumakov TurkeyTurkey Salih Bora Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Todor Gentschew
-52 kg Romania 1965Romania Nicu Gângă Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kamil Fatkulin Iran 1964Iran Morad Ali Shirani
-57 kg FinlandFinland Pertti Ukkola Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Farchat Mustafin Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Ivan Frgić
-62 kg Hungary 1957Hungary László Réczi Poland 1944Poland Kazimierz Lipień Romania 1965Romania Ion Păun
-68 kg Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Heinz-Helmut Wehling SwedenSweden Lars-Erik Skiold Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nikolai Dimov
-74 kg CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Vítězslav Mácha Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Janko Schopow Hungary 1957Hungary Ferenc Kocsis
-82 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Cheboksarov Romania 1965Romania Ion Draica Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Momir Petković
-90 kg SwedenSweden Frank Andersson Romania 1965Romania Petre Dicu Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Stoyan Nikolov
-100 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Balboschin Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Refik Memišević Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Rajkov
+100 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nikola Dinew Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Oleksandr Kolchynskyi SwedenSweden Arne Robertsson

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 3 0
2 Romania 1965Romania Romania 1 2 1
3 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1 4th
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 1 1 1
5 Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 1 0 1
6th Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 1 0 0
FinlandFinland Finland 1 0 0
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 0 0
9 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 1 2
10 Poland 1944Poland Poland 0 1 0
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0 1 0
12 Iran 1964Iran Iran 0 0 1

Freestyle

The free style competitions took place in Lausanne from October 20-23, 1977 .

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
-48 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Beloglasov JapanJapan Nobuo Fujisawa Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Hwa-kyung
-52 kg JapanJapan Yūji Takada Poland 1944Poland Wladyslaw Stecyk Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Hartmut Reich
-57 kg JapanJapan Tadashi Sasaki Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Viktor Alexeyev United StatesUnited States Jack Reinwand
-62 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Jumin United StatesUnited States James Humphrey Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Micho Dukow
-68 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Pavel Pinigin Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Saban Sejdi Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Dzewegiin Oidow
-74 kg United StatesUnited States Stanley Dziedzic Iran 1964Iran Mansour Barzegar Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Alexandar Nanew
-82 kg Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Adolf Seger Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Magomed Arasilov Hungary 1957Hungary István Kovács
-90 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Prokopchuk Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Uwe Neupert Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Zhukri Akhmedov
-100 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Aslanbek Bissultanov Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Harald Buettner Romania 1965Romania Vasile Puşcaşu
+100 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soslan Andiev Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Marin Gertschew Hungary 1957Hungary József Balla

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 6th 2 0
2 JapanJapan Japan 2 1 0
3 United StatesUnited States United States 1 1 1
4th Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany 1 0 0
5 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 0 2 1
6th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 1 3
7th Iran 1964Iran Iran 0 1 0
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 1 0
Poland 1944Poland Poland 0 1 0
10 Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 0 0 2
11 Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Mongolia 0 0 1
Romania 1965Romania Romania 0 0 1
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0 0 1

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