| 1961 World Wrestling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Yokohama, Japan |
| Dates | 1–7 June 1961 |
| Stadium | Hiyoshi Commemorative Hall |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle |  Iran |
| Greco-Roman |  Soviet Union |
The 1961 World Wrestling Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan from 1 to 7 June 1961. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  United Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Turkey | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| 1 | Iran | 41 | Soviet Union | 38 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 33 | Turkey | 27.5 |
| 3 | Turkey | 26 | Romania | 23.5 |
| 4 | Japan | 15 | Hungary | 15 |
| 5 | Hungary | 13 | Yugoslavia | 12 |
| 6 |  United States | 11.5 | Czechoslovakia | 8.5 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg | Ali Aliev Soviet Union | Nasrollah Soltaninejad Iran | Cemal Yanılmaz Turkey |
| Bantamweight 57 kg | Ebrahim Seifpour Iran | János Varga Hungary | Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Featherweight 62 kg | Vladimir Rubashvili Soviet Union | Yunus Pehlivan Turkey | Hamid Tavakkol Iran |
| Lightweight 67 kg | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Iran | Vladimir Sinyavsky Soviet Union | Udey Chand India |
| Welterweight 73 kg | Emam-Ali Habibi Iran | Mikhail Bekmurzov Soviet Union | Yutaka Kaneko Japan |
| Middleweight 79 kg | Mansour Mehdizadeh Iran | Géza Hollósi Hungary | Hans Antonsson Sweden |
| Light heavyweight 87 kg | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Boris Gurevich Soviet Union | Hasan Güngör Turkey |
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Wilfried Dietrich West Germany | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg | Armais Sayadov Soviet Union | Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania | Burhan Bozkurt Turkey |
| Bantamweight 57 kg | Oleg Karavaev Soviet Union | Ion Cernea Romania | Jiří Švec Czechoslovakia |
| Featherweight 62 kg | Moustafa Hamid Mansour United Arab Republic | Yaşar Yılmaz Turkey | Alireza Ghelichkhani Iran |
| Lightweight 67 kg | Avtandil Koridze Soviet Union | Imre Polyák Hungary | Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia |
| Welterweight 73 kg | Valeriu Bularca Romania | Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia | Ziya Doğan Turkey |
| Middleweight 79 kg | Vasily Zenin Soviet Union | Bertil Nyström Sweden | Yavuz Selekman Turkey |
| Light heavyweight 87 kg | György Gurics Hungary | Arkady Tkachev Soviet Union | Gheorghe Popovici Romania |
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Ivan Bohdan Soviet Union | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | István Kozma Hungary |