| Wrestling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | September 1979 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1979 Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Yugoslavia.
| Wrestling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | September 1979 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1979 Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Yugoslavia.
* Host nation (Yugoslavia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  Turkey | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 |  Italy | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 |  Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  France | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |  Claudio Pollio (ITA) |  Ömer Sakızcı (TUR) |  Mirko Dimčevski (YUG) |
| 52 kg | Koce Efremov (YUG) | Muhammed Oruç (TUR) | Aldo Bova (ITA) |
| 57 kg | Risto Darlev (YUG) | Antonio La Bruna (ITA) |  Diego Lo Brutto (FRA) |
| 62 kg | Nurettin Kurt (TUR) |  Georgios Khatziioannidis (GRE) | Šaip Bajrami (YUG) |
| 68 kg | Shaban Sejdiu (YUG) | Didier Nicolas (FRA) | Hüseyin Yalın (TUR) |
| 74 kg | Kiro Ristov (YUG) | Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) | Osman Uzun (TUR) |
| 82 kg | Şenol Tenekecioğlu (TUR) | Luciano Ortelli (ITA) |  Mohamed El-Ashram (EGY) |
| 90 kg | Halil Aras (TUR) | Michele Azzola (ITA) | Christophe Andanson (FRA) |
| 100 kg |  Santiago Morales (ESP) | Messias Vitsaras (GRE) | Mehmet Donbay (TUR) |
| +100 kg | Hüseyin Çokal (TUR) |  Hassan Bechara (LBN) | Dimitris Spyridopoulos (GRE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Salih Bora (TUR) | Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) | Sotiris Ventas (GRE) |
| 52 kg | Babis Kholidis (GRE) | Slavko Skušek (YUG) | Giuseppe Caltabiano (ITA) |
| 57 kg | Antonino Caltabiano (ITA) |  Ali Lachkar (MAR) | Mehmet Karadağ (TUR) |
| 62 kg | Ivan Frgić (YUG) | Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) |  Djamel Benaceur (ALG) |
| 68 kg | Ferenc Čaba (YUG) | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) | Domenico Giuffrida (ITA) |
| 74 kg | Karolj Kasap (YUG) | Erol Mutlu (TUR) | Feliciano Marotto (ITA) |
| 82 kg | Momir Petković (YUG) | Mohamed El-Ashram (EGY) | Dimitrios Thanopoulos (GRE) |
| 90 kg | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | Georgios Pozidis (GRE) | Polat Aydın (TUR) |
| 100 kg | Refik Memišević (YUG) | Remo Ricciardelli (ITA) | Georgios Poikilidis (GRE) |
| +100 kg | Prvoslav Ilić (YUG) | Kenan Ege (TUR) | Antonio La Penna (ITA) |
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