1966 World Wrestling Championships

The 1966 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio, United States from 16 to 22 June 1966.^[1]

1966 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Toledo, United States
Dates	16–22 June 1966
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	5	0	11
2	Bulgaria	3	0	1	4
3	Turkey	1	4	3	8
4	Japan	1	3	0	4
5	Iran	1	0	4	5
6	West Germany	1	0	2	3
7	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
10	United States	0	2	1	3
11	Romania	0	1	1	2
12	Sweden	0	1	0	1
13	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
14	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		16	16	16	48

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Turkey	34	Soviet Union	39.5
2	Soviet Union	28.5	Bulgaria	19.33
3	United States	23	Romania	14.5
4	Iran	19	West Germany	14
5	Bulgaria	18.5	Finland	12.5
6	Japan	17	Turkey	12.33

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Chang Chang-sun  South Korea	Yasuo Katsumura  Japan	Rick Sanders  United States
Bantamweight 57 kg	Ali Aliev  Soviet Union	Hasan Sevinç  Turkey	Aboutaleb Talebi  Iran
Featherweight 63 kg	Masaaki Kaneko  Japan	Bobby Douglas  United States	Nihat Kabanlı  Turkey
Lightweight 70 kg	Abdollah Movahed  Iran	Iwao Horiuchi  Japan	Seyit Ahmet Ağralı  Turkey
Welterweight 78 kg	Mahmut Atalay  Turkey	Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union	Hossein Tahami  Iran
Middleweight 87 kg	Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria	Hasan Güngör  Turkey	Josef Urban  Czechoslovakia
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Ahmet Ayık  Turkey	Said Mustafov  Bulgaria
Heavyweight +97 kg	Aleksandr Ivanitsky  Soviet Union	Larry Kristoff  United States	Abolfazl Anvari  Iran

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria	Sergey Rybalko  Soviet Union	Rolf Lacour  West Germany
Bantamweight 57 kg	Fritz Stange  West Germany	Koji Sakurama  Japan	Ünver Beşergil  Turkey
Featherweight 63 kg	Roman Rurua  Soviet Union	Leif Freij  Sweden	Iraj Khorshidfar  Iran
Lightweight 70 kg	Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia	Gennady Sapunov  Soviet Union	Eero Tapio  Finland
Welterweight 78 kg	Viktor Igumenov  Soviet Union	Florin Ciorcilă  Romania	Peter Nettekoven  West Germany
Middleweight 87 kg	Valentin Olenik  Soviet Union	Tevfik Kış  Turkey	Franz Pötsch  Austria
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Boyan Radev  Bulgaria	Valery Anisimov  Soviet Union	Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Heavyweight +97 kg	István Kozma  Hungary	Nikolay Shmakov  Soviet Union	Petr Kment  Czechoslovakia