1978 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Ciudad de México |
| Country |
 MEX |
| Held |
24 – 27 August 1978 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
11 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
6 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
| 2 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| 3 |
Japan |
 JPN |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| 4 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 5 |
Iran |
 IRI |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 6 |
Germany |
 GER |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
South Korea |
 KOR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 8 |
Cuba |
 CUB |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 9 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Mongolia |
 MGL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Turkey |
 TUR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Sergey Kornilayev
|
URS
|
Nobuo Fujisawa
|
JPN
|
Mohammad Bazmavar
|
IRI
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Anatoly Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Hartmut Reich
|
GDR
|
Luis Ocaña
|
CUB
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Hideaki Tomiyama
|
JPN
|
Busay Ibragimov
|
URS
|
Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold
|
MGL
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Vladimir Yumin
|
URS
|
Yang Jeong-Mo
|
KOR
|
Mohamed Reza Navaie
|
IRI
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Pavel Pinigin
|
URS
|
Akira Miyahara
|
JPN
|
Ivan Yankov
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Leroy Kemp
|
USA
|
Mohamed Hossein Mohebbi
|
IRI
|
Pyotr Marta
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Magomedkhan Aratsilov
|
URS
|
Adolf Seger
|
GER
|
John Peterson
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Uwe Neupert
|
GDR
|
Anatoly Prokopchuk
|
URS
|
İsmail Temiz
|
TUR
|
| Freestyle -+100 kg, Men |
Soslan Andiyev
|
URS
|
Reza Sokhtesaraie
|
IRI
|
Roland Gehrke
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Harald Büttner
|
GDR
|
Levan Tediashvili
|
URS
|
Bárbaro Morgan
|
CUB
|