1965 World Wrestling Championships

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1965 World Freestyle Championships
Host cityUnited Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom
Dates1–3 June
Champions
Freestyle Iran
1965 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host cityFinland Tampere, Finland
Dates6–8 June
Champions
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

The following is the final results of the 1965 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Manchester, Great Britain and Greco-Roman competition were held in Tampere, Finland.

Medal winners of freestyle 87 kg. From left to right, Francisc Balla, Mansour Mehdizadeh and Prodan Gardzhev

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union91111
2 Iran3205
3 Japan2024
4 Turkey1113
5 Romania1102
6 Bulgaria0437
7 Hungary0213
 West Germany0213
9 Poland0123
10 Finland0112
11 Yugoslavia0101
12 Czechoslovakia0022
13 East Germany0011
 United States0011
Totals (14 entries)16161648

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1  Iran 30.5  Soviet Union 42
2  Bulgaria 26.5  Poland 18
3  Soviet Union 24.5  Bulgaria 16.83
4  Turkey 22  Hungary 11.33
5  Japan 20.5  Romania 10
6  Hungary 6.5  West Germany 10

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Yoshihisa Yoshida
 Japan
Bayu Baev
 Bulgaria
László Ölveti
 Hungary
Bantamweight
57 kg
Tomiaki Fukuda
 Japan
Mohammad Ali Farrokhian
 Iran
Karl Dodrimont
 West Germany
Featherweight
63 kg
Ebrahim Seifpour
 Iran
Stancho Kolev
 Bulgaria
Takeo Morita
 Japan
Lightweight
70 kg
Abdollah Movahed
 Iran
Mahmut Atalay
 Turkey
Zarbeg Beriashvili
 Soviet Union
Welterweight
78 kg
Guram Sagaradze
 Soviet Union
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
 Iran
Yasuo Watanabe
 Japan
Middleweight
87 kg
Mansour Mehdizadeh
 Iran
Francisc Balla
 Romania
Prodan Gardzhev
 Bulgaria
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Ahmet Ayık
 Turkey
Aleksandr Medved
 Soviet Union
Said Mustafov
 Bulgaria
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
 Soviet Union
Lyutvi Ahmedov
 Bulgaria
Larry Kristoff
 United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Sergey Rybalko
 Soviet Union
Rolf Lacour
 West Germany
Angel Kerezov
 Bulgaria
Bantamweight
57 kg
Ion Cernea
 Romania
Fritz Stange
 West Germany
Bernard Knitter
 Poland
Featherweight
63 kg
Yury Grigoriev
 Soviet Union
Martti Laakso
 Finland
Lothar Schneider
 East Germany
Lightweight
70 kg
Gennady Sapunov
 Soviet Union
Stevan Horvat
 Yugoslavia
Eero Tapio
 Finland
Welterweight
78 kg
Anatoly Kolesov
 Soviet Union
Kiril Petkov
 Bulgaria
Sırrı Acar
 Turkey
Middleweight
87 kg
Rimantas Bagdonas
 Soviet Union
Bolesław Mackiewicz
 Poland
Jiří Kormaník
 Czechoslovakia
Light heavyweight
97 kg
Valery Anisimov
 Soviet Union
Ferenc Kiss
 Hungary
Czesław Kwieciński
 Poland
Heavyweight
+97 kg
Nikolay Shmakov
 Soviet Union
István Kozma
 Hungary
Petr Kment
 Czechoslovakia

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