1967 World Wrestling Championships

1967 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	New Delhi, India
Dates	12–14 November 1967
Greco-Roman
Host city	Bucharest, Romania
Dates	1–3 September 1967
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
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The following is the final results of the 1967 World Wrestling Championships . Freestyle competition were held in New Delhi, India and Greco-Roman competition were held in Bucharest, Romania. ^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	7	6	0	13
2	Hungary	2	2	1	5
3	Japan	2	0	3	5
4	Romania	1	3	1	5
5	Iran	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7	Finland	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
9	Bulgaria	0	2	2	4
10	United States	0	1	2	3
11	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
13	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		16	16	16	48

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	41	Soviet Union	42
2	Japan	22	Hungary	29
3	Iran	17	Romania	26
4	United States	16.5	Bulgaria	13.5
5	Bulgaria	15	Turkey	9.5
6	Turkey	14.5	Finland	8

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Shigeo Nakata   Japan	Rick Sanders   United States	Oh Jung-yong   South Korea
Bantamweight 57 kg	Ali Aliev   Soviet Union	Bishambar Singh   India	Aboutaleb Talebi   Iran
Featherweight 63 kg	Masaaki Kaneko   Japan	Elkan Tedeev   Soviet Union	Mike Young   United States
Lightweight 70 kg	Abdollah Movahed   Iran	Zarbeg Beriashvili   Soviet Union	Enyu Valchev   Bulgaria
Welterweight 78 kg	Daniel Robin   France	Guram Sagaradze   Soviet Union	Tatsuo Sasaki   Japan
Middleweight 87 kg	Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union	Francisc Balla   Romania	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat   Mongolia
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Ahmet Ayık   Turkey	Shota Lomidze   Soviet Union	Said Mustafov   Bulgaria
Heavyweight +97 kg	Aleksandr Medved   Soviet Union	Osman Duraliev   Bulgaria	Larry Kristoff   United States

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Vladimir Bakulin   Soviet Union	Cornel Turturea   Romania	Imre Alker   Hungary
Bantamweight 57 kg	Ion Baciu   Romania	János Varga   Hungary	Tsutomu Hanahara   Japan
Featherweight 63 kg	Roman Rurua   Soviet Union	Simion Popescu   Romania	Hideo Fujimoto   Japan
Lightweight 70 kg	Eero Tapio   Finland	Antal Steer   Hungary	Vahap Pehlivan   Turkey
Welterweight 78 kg	Viktor Igumenov   Soviet Union	Rudolf Vesper   East Germany	Jan Kårström   Sweden
Middleweight 87 kg	László Sillai   Hungary	Valentin Olenik   Soviet Union	Wacław Orłowski   Poland
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Nikolay Yakovenko   Soviet Union	Boyan Radev   Bulgaria	Nicolae Martinescu   Romania
Heavyweight +97 kg	István Kozma   Hungary	Anatoly Roshchin   Soviet Union	Petr Kment   Czechoslovakia

References

1. "75 Years FILA" (PDF). FILA. p. 56. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

External links

• UWW Database
• XVII Free Style World Wrestling Championships 1967 : Official Souvenir ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}