Wrestling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
# Wrestling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

The wrestling tournament at the 1979 Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Yugoslavia.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Greece | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Medalists

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Claudio Pollio Italy | Ömer Sakızcı Turkey | Mirko Dimčevski Yugoslavia |
| 52 kg | Koce Efremov Yugoslavia | Muhammed Oruç Turkey | Aldo Bova Italy |
| 57 kg | Risto Darlev Yugoslavia | Antonio La Bruna Italy | Diego Lo Brutto France |
| 62 kg | Nurettin Kurt Turkey | Georgios Khatziioannidis Greece | Šaip Bajrami Yugoslavia |
| 68 kg | Shaban Sejdiu Yugoslavia | Didier Nicolas France | Hüseyin Yalın Turkey |
| 74 kg | Kiro Ristov Yugoslavia | Riccardo Niccolini Italy | Osman Uzun Turkey |
| 82 kg | Şenol Tenekecioğlu Turkey | Luciano Ortelli Italy | Mohamed El-Ashram Egypt |
| 90 kg | Halil Aras Turkey | Michele Azzola Italy | Christophe Andanson France |
| 100 kg | Santiago Morales Spain | Messias Vitsaras Greece | Mehmet Donbay Turkey |
| +100 kg | Hüseyin Çokal Turkey | Hassan Bechara Lebanon | Dimitris Spyridopoulos Greece |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Salih Bora Turkey | Vincenzo Maenza Italy | Sotiris Ventas Greece |
| 52 kg | Babis Kholidis Greece | Slavko Skušek Yugoslavia | Giuseppe Caltabiano Italy |
| 57 kg | Antonino Caltabiano Italy | Ali Lachkar Morocco | Mehmet Karadağ Turkey |
| 62 kg | Ivan Frgić Yugoslavia | Stelios Mygiakis Greece | Djamel Benaceur Algeria |
| 68 kg | Ferenc Čaba Yugoslavia | Lionel Lacaze France | Domenico Giuffrida Italy |
| 74 kg | Karolj Kasap Yugoslavia | Erol Mutlu Turkey | Feliciano Marotto Italy |
| 82 kg | Momir Petković Yugoslavia | Mohamed El-Ashram Egypt | Dimitrios Thanopoulos Greece |
| 90 kg | Darko Nišavić Yugoslavia | Georgios Pozidis Greece | Polat Aydın Turkey |
| 100 kg | Refik Memišević Yugoslavia | Remo Ricciardelli Italy | Georgios Poikilidis Greece |
| +100 kg | Prvoslav Ilić Yugoslavia | Kenan Ege Turkey | Antonio La Penna Italy |
