1961 World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling event
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The 1961 World Wrestling Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan from 1 to 7 June 1961.[1]
| 1961 World Wrestling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Yokohama, Japan |
| Dates | 1–7 June 1961 |
| Stadium | Hiyoshi Commemorative Hall |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle |  Iran |
| Greco-Roman |  Soviet Union |
Medal table
| 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 | |
Team ranking
| 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 |
Medal summary
Freestyle
| 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 |
Greco-Roman
| 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 |