1953 World Wrestling Championships

The 1953 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Naples, Italy from 17 to 19 April 1953.

1953 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Naples, Italy
Dates	17–19 April 1953
Champions
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	1	1	7
2	Sweden	3	1	0	4
3	Finland	0	2	1	3
4	Hungary	0	2	0	2
5	Italy	0	1	3	4
6	Turkey	0	1	0	1
7	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Team ranking

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	41
2	Sweden	24.5
3	Finland	20
4	Italy	17
5	Hungary	15
6	Turkey	14.5

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Boris Gurevich Soviet Union	Ahmet Bilek Turkey	Maurice Mewis Belgium
Bantamweight 57 kg	Artem Teryan Soviet Union	Imre Hódos Hungary	Giovanni Cocco Italy
Featherweight 62 kg	Olle Anderberg Sweden	Umberto Trippa Italy	Elie Naasan Lebanon
Lightweight 67 kg	Gustav Freij Sweden	Kyösti Lehtonen Finland	Shazam Safin Soviet Union
Welterweight 73 kg	Gurgen Shatvoryan Soviet Union	Miklós Szilvási Hungary	Franco Benedetti Italy
Middleweight 79 kg	Givi Kartozia Soviet Union	Axel Grönberg Sweden	Kalervo Rauhala Finland
Light heavyweight 87 kg	August Englas Soviet Union	Kelpo Gröndahl Finland	Kurt Rusterholz Switzerland
Heavyweight +87 kg	Bertil Antonsson Sweden	Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union	Guido Fantoni Italy

External links

• UWW Database