# 1978 World Wrestling Championships

The 1978 World Wrestling Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico. Greco-Roman event on 20–23, and freestyle on 24–27 August respectively.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 12 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 55 | Soviet Union | 53 |
| 2 | East Germany | 21 | Romania | 36 |
| 3 | Iran | 19 | Bulgaria | 30 |
| 4 | Japan | 18 | Poland | 24 |
| 5 | United States | 17.5 | Yugoslavia | 15.5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 17.5 | West Germany | 12 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Sergey Kornilayev Soviet Union | Nobuo Fujisawa Japan | Mohammad Bazmavar Iran |
| 52 kg | Anatoly Beloglazov Soviet Union | Hartmut Reich East Germany | Luis Ocaña Cuba |
| 57 kg | Hideaki Tomiyama Japan | Busay Ibragimov Soviet Union | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold Mongolia |
| 62 kg | Vladimir Yumin Soviet Union | Yang Jung-mo South Korea | Mohammad Rezaei Iran |
| 68 kg | Pavel Pinigin Soviet Union | Akira Miyahara Japan | Ivan Yankov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Leroy Kemp United States | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi Iran | Pyotr Marta Soviet Union |
| 82 kg | Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union | Adolf Seger West Germany | John Peterson United States |
| 90 kg | Uwe Neupert East Germany | Anatoly Prokopchuk Soviet Union | İsmail Temiz Turkey |
| 100 kg | Harald Büttner East Germany | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union | Bárbaro Morgan Cuba |
| +100 kg | Soslan Andiyev Soviet Union | Reza Soukhtehsaraei Iran | Roland Gehrke East Germany |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Constantin Alexandru Romania | Aleksey Shumakov Soviet Union | Roman Kierpacz Poland |
| 52 kg | Vakhtang Blagidze Soviet Union | Nicu Gingă Romania | Charalambos Cholidis Greece |
| 57 kg | Shamil Serikov Soviet Union | Ivan Frgić Yugoslavia | Pasquale Passarelli West Germany |
| 62 kg | Boris Kramarenko Soviet Union | Kazimierz Lipień Poland | Lars Malmkvist Sweden |
| 68 kg | Ștefan Rusu Romania | Andrzej Supron Poland | Aleksandr Aliyev Soviet Union |
| 74 kg | Arif Niftullayev Soviet Union | Ferenc Kocsis Hungary | Gheorghe Ciobotaru Romania |
| 82 kg | Ion Draica Romania | Momir Petković Yugoslavia | Vladimir Cheboksarov Soviet Union |
| 90 kg | Stoyan Nikolov Bulgaria | Frank Andersson Sweden | Viktor Avdyshev Soviet Union |
| 100 kg | Nikolay Balboshin Soviet Union | Georgi Raykov Bulgaria | Refik Memišević Yugoslavia |
| +100 kg | Aleksandr Kolchinsky Soviet Union | Nikola Dinev Bulgaria | Roman Codreanu Romania |