
1970 FILA Wrestling World Championships
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The 1970 FILA Wrestling World Championships
were held in Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
.
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 Edmonton
Edmonton
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, Alberta
Alberta
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, Canada
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Medal table
1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
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1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Freestyle
48 kg | ![]() Ebrahim Javadi Ebrahim Javadi is an Iranian wrestler who competed in Freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References: *... |
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57 kg | ![]() Hideaki Yanagida is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:Yanagida competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the bantamweight class.-References:... |
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62 kg | ![]() Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Seyed Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi was an Iranian wrestler who won a bronze medal in freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics.Seyed-Abbasi died at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of 16 March 2004 in Iranmehr Hospital in Gholhak, Tehran from cancer.-References:* *... |
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68 kg | ![]() 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.... |
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74 kg | ![]() Wayne Wells (wrestler) Wayne Wells is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:Wells competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the welterweight class.... |
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+100 kg | ![]() 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... |
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Greco-Roman
48 kg | ![]() Gheorghe Berceanu Gheorghe Berceanu is a Romanian wrestler and Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:Berceanu competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the light flyweight class.-References:... |
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52 kg | ![]() Petar Kirov Petar Kirov is a former Greco Roman wrestler from Bulgaria.He was born in Kalchevo, Yambol province.He is an Olympic gold winner from the games in Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972, three times champion of the World and four times champion of Europe.... |
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57 kg | ![]() János Varga János Varga is a Hungarian wrestler and both Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:... |
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![]() Georgi Markov (wrestler) Georgi Markov is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler.He was born in Gorno Vyrshilo, Pazardzhik province.He is the gold winner in the 1972 Summer Olympics, one time World champion and champion of Europe. On the 1984 European Championship in Jönköping, Markov disarmed a terrorist who intruded in the... |
68 kg | ![]() 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... |
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![]() Czesław Kwieciński Czesław Kwieciński is a Polish wrestler who competed from 1964 to 1980 in the Summer Olympics.... |
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100 kg | ![]() Pelle Svensson Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson is a Swedish former Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer... |
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![]() 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:... |
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...