1979 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle

Host City San Diego
Country USA
Held 25 – 28 August 1979
Competitors 30
Countries 9

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Freestyle -48 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -52 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -62 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -68 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -74 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -82 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -90 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -100 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle +100 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 6 1 2 9
2 Japan JPN 2 1 0 3
3 United States USA 1 4 2 7
4 Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
5 East Germany GDR 0 2 2 4
6 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
7 Germany GER 0 1 0 1
8 Romania ROU 0 0 2 2
9 Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Freestyle -48 kg, Men Sergey Kornilayev URS Bobby Weaver USA Jan Falandys POL
Freestyle -52 kg, Men Yuji Takada JPN James Haines USA Hartmut Reich GDR
Freestyle -57 kg, Men Hideaki Tomiyama JPN Sergey Beloglazov URS Joe Corso USA
Freestyle -62 kg, Men Vladimir Yumin URS Miho Dukov BUL Andre Metzger USA
Freestyle -68 kg, Men Mikhail Charachura URS Akira Miyahara JPN Eberhard Probst GDR
Freestyle -74 kg, Men Leroy Kemp USA Martin Knosp GER Nikolay Petrenko URS
Freestyle -82 kg, Men István Kovács HUN John Peterson USA Magomedkhan Aratsilov URS
Freestyle -90 kg, Men Khasan Ortzev URS Uwe Neupert GDR Ivan Ginov BUL
Freestyle -100 kg, Men Ilya Mate URS Russ Hellickson USA Vasile Pușcașu ROU
Freestyle +100 kg, Men Salman Khasimikov URS Roland Gehrke GDR Andrei Ianko ROU