Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1969 World Wrestling Championships

1969 World Championships
Host cityArgentina Mar del Plata, Argentina
Dates3–10 March
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

The 1969 World Wrestling Championships were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union102618
2 Iran3328
3 United States2327
4 Romania2114
5 Japan2024
6 Bulgaria1528
7 Sweden0123
8 Finland0112
 Yugoslavia0112
10 South Korea0101
 West Germany0101
Totals (11 entries)20191958

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

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Ebrahim Javadi
 Iran
Roman Dmitriyev
 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

Men's 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

References