1969 World Wrestling Championships

{{Infobox FILA wrestling event |Name = 1969 World Wrestling Championships |Logo = |Size = 140 |Host city ={{flagicon|ARG}} Mar del Plata, Argentina |dates = 3–10 March 1969 |Stadium = |Freestyle = {{URS}} |Greco-Roman = {{URS}} |Previous = 1967 |Next = 1970 }}

The '''1969 World Wrestling Championships''' were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from 3 to 10 March 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=75 Years FILA |url=https://jerzylipski.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HF01-75-lecie-FILA-ang-2.pdf |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=FILA |page=56}}</ref> [[File:Enyu Valchev, Abdollah Movahed, Nodar Khokhashvili 1969.jpg|thumb|right|Medal winners of freestyle 68 kg. From left to right, Enyu Valchev, Abdollah Movahed and Nodar Khokhashvili]] [[File:Rahim aliabadi.jpg|thumb|right|Medal winners of Greco-Roman 48 kg. From left to right, Rahim Aliabadi, Gheorghe Berceanu and Vladislav Kustov]]

==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_URS = 10 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 6 | gold_IRI = 3 | silver_IRI = 3 | bronze_IRI = 2 | name_IRI = {{flagcountry|IRI|1964}} | gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 2 | gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 1 | name_ROU = {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} | gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2 | name_JPN = {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 5 | bronze_BUL = 2 | name_BUL = {{flagcountry|BUL|1968}} | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 2 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1 | gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 1 | bronze_YUG = 1 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0 | name_KOR = {{flagcountry|KOR|1949}} | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0 }}

==Team ranking== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! width=50 rowspan="2"|Rank ! colspan="2"| Men's freestyle ! colspan="2"| Men's Greco-Roman |- !width=200|Team !width=50|Points !width=200|Team !width=50|Points |- ! 1 | align=left|{{URS}} || 44 || align=left|{{URS}} || 53 |- ! 2 | align=left|{{USA}} || 38 || align=left|{{flagcountry|BUL|1968}} || 26 |- ! 3 | align=left|{{flagcountry|IRI|1964}} || 37 || align=left|{{flagcountry|ROU|1965}} || 23 |- ! 4 | align=left|{{flagcountry|BUL|1968}} || 27 || align=left|{{SWE}} || 20 |- ! 5 | align=left|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} || 25 || align=left|{{FIN}} || 12.5 |- ! 6 | align=left|{{flagcountry|MGL|1945}} || 10 || align=left|{{FRG}} || 12.5 |}

==Medal summary== ===Freestyle=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |48 kg |{{flagmedalist|Ebrahim Javadi|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Roman Dmitriev|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Akihiko Umeda|JPN|1947}} |- |52 kg |{{flagmedalist|Rick Sanders|USA}} |{{flagmedalist|Mohammad Ghorbani|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Tariel Alibegashvili|URS}} |- |57 kg |{{flagmedalist|Tadamichi Tanaka|JPN|1947}} |{{flagmedalist|Donald Behm|USA}} |{{flagmedalist|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRI|1964}} |- |62 kg |{{flagmedalist|Takeo Morita|JPN|1947}} |{{flagmedalist|Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Zagalav Abdulbekov|URS}} |- |68 kg |{{flagmedalist|Abdollah Movahed|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Enyu Valchev|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Nodar Khokhashvili|URS}} |- |74 kg |{{flagmedalist|Zarbeg Beriashvili|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Wayne Wells|USA}} |{{flagmedalist|Seiji Yamagata|JPN|1947}} |- |82 kg |{{flagmedalist|Fred Fozzard|USA}} |''None awarded'' |''None awarded'' |- |90 kg |{{flagmedalist|Boris Gurevich|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Rusi Petrov|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Henk Schenk|USA}} |- |100 kg |{{flagmedalist|Shota Lomidze|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Larry Kristoff|USA}} |{{flagmedalist|Vasil Todorov|BUL|1968}} |- | +100 kg |{{flagmedalist|Aleksandr Medved|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Osman Duraliev|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Abolfazl Anvari|IRI|1964}} |}

===Greco-Roman=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |48 kg |{{flagmedalist|Gheorghe Berceanu|ROU|1965}} |{{flagmedalist|Rahim Aliabadi|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Vladislav Kustov|URS}} |- |52 kg |{{flagmedalist|Firouz Alizadeh|IRI|1964}} |{{flagmedalist|Cornel Turturea|ROU|1965}} |{{flagmedalist|Ivan Mikhailishin|URS}} |- |57 kg |{{flagmedalist|Rustam Kazakov|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|An Chun-young|KOR|1949}} |{{flagmedalist|David Hazewinkel|USA}} |- |62 kg |{{flagmedalist|Roman Rurua|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Roland Svensson|SWE}} |{{flagmedalist|Martti Laakso|FIN}} |- |68 kg |{{flagmedalist|Simion Popescu|ROU|1965}} |{{flagmedalist|Sreten Damjanović|YUG}} |{{flagmedalist|Yury Grigoriev|URS}} |- |74 kg |{{flagmedalist|Viktor Igumenov|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Eero Tapio|FIN}} |{{flagmedalist|Matti Poikala|SWE}} |- |82 kg |{{flagmedalist|Petar Krumov|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Omar Bliadze|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Milan Nenadić|YUG}} |- |90 kg |{{flagmedalist|Aleksandr Yurkevich|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Venko Tsintsarov|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Nicolae Neguț|ROU|1965}} |- |100 kg |{{flagmedalist|Nikolay Yakovenko|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Stefan Petrov|BUL|1968}} |{{flagmedalist|Lennart Eriksson|SWE}} |- | +100 kg |{{flagmedalist|Anatoly Roshchin|URS}} |{{flagmedalist|Wilfried Dietrich|FRG}} |{{flagmedalist|Petar Donev|BUL|1968}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://uww.org/historical-results UWW Database]

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