1977 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Lausanne |
| Country |
 SUI |
| Held |
21 – 23 October 1977 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
13 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
6 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
| 2 |
Japan |
 JPN |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 3 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Germany |
 GER |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 5 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 6 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| 7 |
Iran |
 IRI |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Poland |
 POL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Yugoslavia |
 YUG |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 10 |
Hungary |
 HUN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 11 |
Mongolia |
 MGL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Romania |
 ROU |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
South Korea |
 KOR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Anatoly Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Nobuo Fujisawa
|
JPN
|
Kim Hwa-Gyeong
|
KOR
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Yuji Takada
|
JPN
|
Władysław Stecyk
|
POL
|
Hartmut Reich
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Tadashi Sasaki
|
JPN
|
Viktor Alekseyev
|
URS
|
Jack Reinwand
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Vladimir Yumin
|
URS
|
James Humphrey
|
USA
|
Miho Dukov
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Pavel Pinigin
|
URS
|
Šaban Sejdi
|
YUG
|
Zevegiin Oidov
|
MGL
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Stan Dziedzic
|
USA
|
Mansour Barzegar
|
IRI
|
Aleksandar Nanev
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Adolf Seger
|
GER
|
Magomedkhan Aratsilov
|
URS
|
István Kovács
|
HUN
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Anatoly Prokopchuk
|
URS
|
Uwe Neupert
|
GDR
|
Shukri Akhmedov
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -+100 kg, Men |
Soslan Andiyev
|
URS
|
Marin Gerchev
|
BUL
|
József Balla
|
HUN
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Aslanbek Bisultanov
|
URS
|
Harald Büttner
|
GDR
|
Vasile Pușcașu
|
ROU
|