1979 World Wrestling Championships

The 1979 World Wrestling Championships were held in San Diego, California, United States. As during the 1973 edition, the venue, San Diego State University Arena hosted the Pan American Sambo Championships very next day after the freestyle event finale.

1979 World Championships
Host city	San Diego, United States
Dates	21–28 August
Stadium	San Diego State University
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	5	2	16
2	Hungary	4	1	0	5
3	Bulgaria	2	2	3	7
4	Japan	2	2	1	5
5	United States	1	5	4	10
6	Romania	1	0	2	3
7	Poland	1	0	1	2
	Sweden	1	0	1	2
9	East Germany	0	2	2	4
10	West Germany	0	1	3	4
11	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
12	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		21	19	20	60

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	50	Soviet Union	43
2	United States	35	Hungary	30
3	East Germany	21	Bulgaria	27
4	Japan	19.25	United States	17
5	Bulgaria	19	West Germany	17
6	Poland	13.5	Romania	15

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Sergey Kornilayev Soviet Union	Bobby Weaver United States	Jan Falandys Poland
52 kg	Yuji Takada Japan	James Haines United States	Hartmut Reich East Germany
57 kg	Hideaki Tomiyama Japan	Sergey Beloglazov Soviet Union	Joe Corso United States
62 kg	Vladimir Yumin Soviet Union	Miho Dukov Bulgaria	Andre Metzger United States
68 kg	Mikhail Charachura Soviet Union	Akira Miyahara Japan	Eberhard Probst East Germany
74 kg	Leroy Kemp United States	Martin Knosp West Germany	Nikolay Petrenko Soviet Union
82 kg	István Kovács Hungary	John Peterson United States	Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union
90 kg	Khasan Ortzev Soviet Union	Uwe Neupert East Germany	Ivan Ginov Bulgaria
100 kg	Ilya Mate Soviet Union	Russ Hellickson United States	Vasile Pușcașu Romania
100 kg	Salman Khasimikov Soviet Union	Roland Gehrke East Germany	Andrei Ianko Romania

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Constantin Alexandru Romania	Aleksey Shumakov Soviet Union	Pavel Hristov Bulgaria
52 kg	Lajos Rácz Hungary	Kamil Fatkulin Soviet Union	Toshio Asakura Japan
57 kg	Shamil Serikov Soviet Union	Kiwamu Kashiwagi Japan	Antonino Caltabiano Italy
62 kg	István Tóth Hungary	Abdurrahim Kuzu United States	Lars Malmkvist Sweden
68 kg	Andrzej Supron Poland	Aleksandr Aliyev Soviet Union	Erich Klaus West Germany
74 kg	Yanko Shopov Bulgaria	Shared gold	Karl-Heinz Helbing West Germany
	Ferenc Kocsis Hungary
82 kg	Gennady Korban Soviet Union	Momir Petković Yugoslavia	Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria
90 kg	Frank Andersson Sweden	Norbert Növényi Hungary	Pedro Pawlidis West Germany
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin Soviet Union	Georgi Raykov Bulgaria	Brad Rheingans United States
100 kg	Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria	Aleksandr Kolchinsky Soviet Union	Bob Walker United States

References

• FILA Database
• Page 48–49