1951 World Wrestling Championships
Appearance
1951 World Championships | |
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Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Dates | 26–29 April |
Champions | |
Freestyle | Turkey |
The 1951 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland.
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Team ranking
[edit]Rank | Men's freestyle | |
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Team | Points | |
1 | Turkey | 41 |
2 | Sweden | 35 |
3 | Finland | 27 |
4 | Iran | 25 |
Medal summary
[edit]Men's freestyle
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight 52 kg |
Ali Yücel Turkey |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran |
Bengt Johansson Sweden |
Bantamweight 57 kg |
Nasuh Akar Turkey |
Niilo Turkkila Finland |
Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran |
Featherweight 62 kg |
Nurettin Zafer Turkey |
Ilmari Ruikka Finland |
Henry Holmberg Sweden |
Lightweight 67 kg |
Olle Anderberg Sweden |
Garibaldo Nizzola Italy |
İbrahim Zengin Turkey |
Welterweight 73 kg |
Celal Atik Turkey |
Aleksanteri Keisala Finland |
Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran |
Middleweight 79 kg |
Haydar Zafer Turkey |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran |
Göte Ekström Sweden |
Light heavyweight 87 kg |
Yaşar Doğu Turkey |
Viking Palm Sweden |
Max Leichter West Germany |
Heavyweight +87 kg |
Bertil Antonsson Sweden |
Pauli Riihimäki Finland |
Natale Vecchi Italy |