1966 FILA Wrestling World Championships
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The 1966 FILA Wrestling World Championships
were held in Toledo, Ohio
, United States
.
List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
FILA Wrestling World Championships
FILA Wrestling World Championships is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . The men's Greco-Roman tournament began in 1904...
were held in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
, United States
United States
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.
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Iran |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Freestyle
| 52 kg |  Chang Chang-SunChang Chang-Sun Chang Chang-Sun is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler. He received a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.-References:... |
 Yasuo Katsumura |
 Richard SandersRichard Sanders (wrestler) Richard Sanders was an Olympic wrestler from the United States. He won a silver medal in both the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, the flyweight division, and the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in Germany in the bantamweight division. Both medals were won in freestyle wrestling... |
| 57 kg |  Ali Aliev |
 Hasan Sevinc |
Abutaleb Talebi |
| 63 kg | Masaaki Kaneko |
Bobby Douglas |
Nihat Kabanli |
| 70 kg | Abdollah Movahed Abdollah Movahed Abdollah Movahed Ardabili is an Iranian wrestler who competed in freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Like his counterpart Habibi, he came from Mazandaran Province.... |
Iwao Horiuchi |
Ahmet Seyit Agrali |
| 78 kg | Mahmut Atalay Mahmut Atalay Mahmut Atalay , was a renowned Turkish World champion and Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Welterweight class and a trainer who was born in Corum, Turkey... |
Guliko Sagaradze |
Hossein Tahami |
| 87 kg | Prodan Gardzhev Prodan Gardzhev Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev is a Bulgarian former Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling in the 1964 Olympics. He also won a bronze medal and finished behind gold medalist Boris Michail Gurevich of the Soviet Union and silver medalist Jigjidiin Mönkhbat of Mongolia at the 1968 Summer Olympics... |
Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Middleweight class and a trainer... |
 Josef Urban |
| 97 kg | Alexander Medved Alexander Medved Alexander Vasiliyevich Medved is a famous Soviet/Russian Belarussian wrestler. He is considered by most to be the best freestyle wrestler of all time. He was the first person ever to win three gold medals in freestyle wrestling. FILA recognizes Medved as The Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century... |
Ahmet Ayik Ahmet Ayik Ahmet Ayık , is a former Turkish World champion and Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a sports executive... |
Said Mustafov |
| +97 kg | Alexander Ivanytsky |
Larry Kristoff |
Abolfazl Anvari |
Greco-Roman
| 52 kg | Angel Keresov |
Sergey Rybalko |
 Rolf Lacour |
| 57 kg | Fritz Stange |
Koji Sakurama |
Uenver Besergil |
| 63 kg | Roman Rurua Roman Rurua Roman Rurua is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he won a silver medal.He is four time world champion in 1966 , 1967... |
 Leif Freij |
Iraj Khorshidfar |
| 70 kg |  Stevan Horvat |
Gennadi Sapunov |
 Eero Tapio |
| 78 kg | Viktor Igumenov |
Florea Ciorcila |
Peter Nettekoven |
| 87 kg | Valentin Oleynik |
Tevfik Kis Tevfik Kis Tevfik Kış is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.Born 1934 in Pelitçik village of Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began 1956 wrestling... |
 Franz Poetsch |
| 97 kg | Boyan Radev Boyan Radev Boyan Radev is a former Greco Roman wrestler from Bulgaria.He is two-time Olympic Games champion and one-time champion of the world.-External links:*... |
Valeri Anissimov |
Nicolae Martinescu Nicolae Martinescu Nicolae Martinescu is a Romanian wrestler and Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:Martinescu competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the heavyweight class.-References:... |
| +97 kg |  Istvan KozmaIstván Kozma (wrestler) István Kozma is a Hungarian wrestler, Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:... |
Nikolay Shumakov |
Petr Kment |
See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestlingList of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
-List of Results by the United States in Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the Olympics and World Championships:Men's freestyle wrestling competition began in the Olympics in 1904...