1981 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1981 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) and Greco-Roman competition were held in Oslo, Norway.

1981 World Freestyle Championships
Host citySocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Skopje, Yugoslavia
Dates11–14 September
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
1981 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host cityNorway Oslo, Norway
Dates28–30 August
Champions
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union120416
2  West Germany2002
3  Bulgaria1517
4  Yugoslavia1214
5  Japan1124
  United States1124
7  East Germany1113
  Hungary1113
9  Finland0224
  Poland0224
11  Czechoslovakia0101
  Iran0101
  South Korea0101
  Sweden0101
  Turkey0101
16  Romania0022
17  Austria0011
  Mongolia0011
Totals (18 entries)20202060

Team ranking

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Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1   Soviet Union 42   Soviet Union 49
2   Bulgaria 33   Hungary 23
3   United States 28   Finland 21
4   East Germany 17   Bulgaria 18
5   Iran 17   Poland 17
6   Japan 15   Yugoslavia 15

Medal summary

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Sergey Kornilayev
  Soviet Union
Son Gab-do
  South Korea
William Rosado
  United States
52 kg Toshio Asakura
  Japan
Hartmut Reich
  East Germany
Nanzadyn Büregdaa
  Mongolia
57 kg Sergey Beloglazov
  Soviet Union
Stefan Ivanov
  Bulgaria
Hideaki Tomiyama
  Japan
62 kg Simeon Shterev
  Bulgaria
Marian Skubacz
  Poland
Viktor Alekseev
  Soviet Union
68 kg Saypulla Absaidov
  Soviet Union
Šaban Sejdi
  Yugoslavia
Kamen Penev
  Bulgaria
74 kg Martin Knosp
  West Germany
Valentin Raychev
  Bulgaria
Leroy Kemp
  United States
82 kg Chris Campbell
  United States
Efraim Kamberov
  Bulgaria
Grigory Danko
  Soviet Union
90 kg Sanasar Oganisyan
  Soviet Union
Ivan Ginov
  Bulgaria
Uwe Neupert
  East Germany
100 kg Roland Gehrke
  East Germany
Greg Gibson
  United States
Ilya Mate
  Soviet Union
+100 kg Salman Khasimikov
  Soviet Union
Reza Soukhtehsaraei
  Iran
Adam Sandurski
  Poland

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov
  Soviet Union
Salih Bora
  Turkey
Fumikazu Sasaki
  Japan
52 kg Vakhtang Blagidze
  Soviet Union
Atsuji Miyahara
  Japan
Lajos Rácz
  Hungary
57 kg Pasquale Passarelli
  West Germany
Josef Krysta
  Czechoslovakia
Ilpo Seppälä
  Finland
62 kg István Tóth
  Hungary
Ryszard Świerad
  Poland
Pertti Ukkola
  Finland
68 kg Gennady Ermilov
  Soviet Union
Tapio Sipilä
  Finland
Ștefan Rusu
  Romania
74 kg Aleksandr Kudryavtsev
  Soviet Union
Mikko Huhtala
  Finland
Karolj Kasap
  Yugoslavia
82 kg Gennady Korban
  Soviet Union
Momir Petković
  Yugoslavia
Ion Draica
  Romania
90 kg Igor Kanygin
  Soviet Union
Frank Andersson
  Sweden
Franz Pitschmann
  Austria
100 kg Mikhail Saladze
  Soviet Union
Tamás Gáspár
  Hungary
Roman Wrocławski
  Poland
+100 kg Refik Memišević
  Yugoslavia
Nikola Dinev
  Bulgaria
Evgeny Artyukhin
  Soviet Union

References

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