1951 World Wrestling Championships

1951 World Championships
Host city	Helsinki, Finland
Dates	April 26–29
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey

The 1951 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	6	0	1	7
2	Sweden	2	1	3	6
3	Finland	0	4	0	4
4	Iran	0	2	2	4
5	Italy	0	1	1	2
6	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Turkey	41
2	Sweden	35
3	Finland	27
4	Iran	25

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Ali Yücel Turkey (TUR)	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran (IRI)	Bengt Johansson Sweden (SWE)
Bantamweight 57 kg	Nasuh Akar Turkey (TUR)	Niilo Turkkila Finland (FIN)	Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran (IRI)
Featherweight 62 kg	Nurettin Zafer Turkey (TUR)	Ilmari Ruikka Finland (FIN)	Henry Holmberg Sweden (SWE)
Lightweight 67 kg	Olle Anderberg Sweden (SWE)	Garibaldo Nizzola Italy (ITA)	İbrahim Zengin Turkey (TUR)
Welterweight 73 kg	Celal Atik Turkey (TUR)	Aleksanteri Keisala Finland (FIN)	Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran (IRI)
Middleweight 79 kg	Haydar Zafer Turkey (TUR)	Gholamreza Takhti Iran (IRI)	Göte Ekström Sweden (SWE)
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Yaşar Doğu Turkey (TUR)	Viking Palm Sweden (SWE)	Max Leichter West Germany (FRG)
Heavyweight +87 kg	Bertil Antonsson Sweden (SWE)	Pauli Riihimäki Finland (FIN)	Natale Vecchi Italy (ITA)

References

• FILA Database