1962 World Wrestling Championships

The 1962 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio from 21 to 27 June 1962.^[1]

1962 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Toledo, United States
Dates	21–27 June 1962
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	4	11	21
2	Turkey	3	1	5	9
3	Japan	2	2	1	5
4	Iran	2	2	0	4
5	Hungary	2	0	1	3
6	Bulgaria	1	4	0	5
7	Italy	0	1	1	2
8	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
10	United States	0	0	3	3
	West Germany	0	0	3	3
12	United Arab Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		16	16	26	58

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	29	Soviet Union	40
2	Japan	26.5	Turkey	31
3	Iran	25	Bulgaria	20.5
4	Turkey	21.5	Hungary	16
5	Bulgaria	19	West Germany	8.5
6	United States	15	Japan	8

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Ali Aliev  Soviet Union	Noriyuki Harada  Japan	Satılmış Tektaş  Turkey
Bantamweight 57 kg	Hüseyin Akbaş  Turkey	Masaaki Hatta  Japan	János Varga  Hungary
Featherweight 63 kg	Osamu Watanabe  Japan	Mohammad Khadem  Iran	Ewald Tauer  West Germany
Lightweight 70 kg	Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria	Robert Dzhgamadze  Soviet Union	Osvaldo Ferrari  Italy
Welterweight 78 kg	Emam-Ali Habibi  Iran	Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria	James Ferguson  United States
Middleweight 87 kg	Mansour Mehdizadeh  Iran	Hasan Güngör  Turkey	Shunichi Kawano  Japan
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	Daniel Brand  United States
Heavyweight +97 kg	Aleksandr Ivanitsky  Soviet Union	Lyutvi Ahmedov  Bulgaria	Wilfried Dietrich  West Germany

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Sergey Rybalko  Soviet Union	Ignazio Fabra  Italy	Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey
Bantamweight 57 kg	Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan	Omari Egadze  Soviet Union	Kamal El-Sayed Ali  United Arab Republic
Featherweight 63 kg	Imre Polyák  Hungary	Konstantin Vyrupaev  Soviet Union	Rıza Doğan  Turkey
Lightweight 70 kg	Kazım Ayvaz  Turkey	Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia	James Burke  United States
Welterweight 78 kg	Anatoly Kolesov  Soviet Union	Bjarne Ansbøl  Denmark	Yavuz Selekman  Turkey
Middleweight 87 kg	Tevfik Kış  Turkey	Krali Bimbalov  Bulgaria	Anatoly Kirov  Soviet Union
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union	Boyan Radev  Bulgaria	İsmet Atlı  Turkey
Heavyweight +97 kg	István Kozma  Hungary	Anatoly Roshchin  Soviet Union	Wilfried Dietrich  West Germany