1963 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1963 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Helsingborg, Sweden.

1963 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	31 May – 2 June 1963
Greco-Roman
Host city	Helsingborg, Sweden
Dates	1–3 July 1963
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

Medal winners of freestyle 87 kg. From left to right, Anatoly Albul, Prodan Gardzhev and Mansour Mehdizadeh

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	4	1	13
2	Japan	2	1	0	3
	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	3
4	Turkey	2	0	3	5
5	Bulgaria	1	3	5	9
6	Hungary	1	1	2	4
7	Iran	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
9	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
13	United States	0	0	2	2
14	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	39	Soviet Union	37.5
2	Bulgaria	33.5	Hungary	18.5
3	Turkey	24	Yugoslavia	17
4	Japan	23	Sweden	16.5
5	Iran	13.5	Bulgaria	14.5
6	United States	11.5	Turkey	13

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Cemal Yanılmaz Turkey	Ali Aliev Soviet Union	Stoyko Malov Bulgaria
Bantamweight 57 kg	Aydin Ibrahimov Soviet Union	Hiroshi Ikeda Japan	Mladen Georgiev Bulgaria
Featherweight 63 kg	Osamu Watanabe Japan	Ebrahim Seifpour Iran	Stancho Kolev Bulgaria
Lightweight 70 kg	Iwao Horiuchi Japan	Zarbeg Beriashvili Soviet Union	Gregory Ruth United States
Welterweight 78 kg	Guram Sagaradze Soviet Union	Petko Dermendzhiev Bulgaria	İsmail Ogan Turkey
Middleweight 87 kg	Prodan Gardzhev Bulgaria	Anatoly Albul Soviet Union	Mansour Mehdizadeh Iran
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union	Valko Kostov Bulgaria	Hamit Kaplan Turkey
Heavyweight +97 kg	Aleksandr Ivanitsky Soviet Union	Lyutvi Ahmedov Bulgaria	János Reznák Hungary

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Borivoj Vukov Yugoslavia	Ignazio Fabra Italy	Sergey Rybalko Soviet Union
Bantamweight 57 kg	János Varga Hungary	Jiří Švec Czechoslovakia	Dinko Petrov Bulgaria
Featherweight 63 kg	Gennady Sapunov Soviet Union	Imre Polyák Hungary	Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria
Lightweight 70 kg	Stevan Horvat Yugoslavia	David Gvantseladze Soviet Union	Klaus Rost West Germany
Welterweight 78 kg	Anatoly Kolesov Soviet Union	Rudolf Vesper East Germany	Bertil Nyström Sweden
Middleweight 87 kg	Tevfik Kış Turkey	Branislav Simić Yugoslavia	György Gurics Hungary
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Rostom Abashidze Soviet Union	Nicolae Martinescu Romania	Hamit Kaplan Turkey
Heavyweight +97 kg	Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union	Ragnar Svensson Sweden	James Raschke United States

External links

• UWW Database