title: 1981 World Wrestling Championships
text: # 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.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
  | 2 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Bulgaria | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
  | 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 7 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 7 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 9 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 9 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 11 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 16 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 17 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 17 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 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 | 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
  
  ### Men's freestyle
  
  | 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
  
  | 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 |
  