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Greco-Roman Wrestling

Class 
Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb)Nikolai Solovyov, URS
 Ignazio Fabra, ITA
 Durum Ali Egribas, TUR
Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb)Konstantin Vyrupayev, URS
 Edvin Vesterby, SWE
 Francisco Horvat, ROM
Featherweight (-136 1/2 lb)Rauno Mäkinen, FIN
 Imre Polyák, HUN
 Roman Dzneladze, URS
Lightweight (-147 1/2 lb)Kyösti Lehtonen, FIN
 Riza Dogan, TUR
 Gyula Tóth, HUN
Welterweight (-160 3/4 lb)Mithat Bayrak, TUR
 Vladimir Maneyev, URS
 Per Berlin, SWE
Middleweight (-174 lb)Givy Kartoziya, URS
 Dimiter Dobrev, BUL
 Rune Jansson, SWE
Light-Heavyweight (-191 3/4 lb)Valentin Nikolayev, URS
 Petko Sirakov, BUL
 Karl-Erik Nilsson, SWE
Heavyweight (+191 3/4 lb)Anatoly Parfenov, URS
 Wilfried Dietrich, GER*
 Adelmo Bulgarelli, ITA
* representing a combined German team

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