1953 World Wrestling Championships

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

The 1953 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Naples, Italy.

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
Total		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

Men's Greco-Roman

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

References

• FILA Database