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1955 World Wrestling Championships

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1955 World Championships
Host cityWest Germany Karlsruhe, West Germany
Dates21–25 April
Champions
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

The 1955 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships were held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union6107
2 Hungary1102
3 Italy1012
4 Turkey0224
5 Finland0202
6 Sweden0134
7 West Germany0112
8 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Team ranking

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Rank Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points
1  Soviet Union 41
2  Sweden 23
3  Turkey 19
4  Finland 15
5  Italy 14
6  Hungary 13

Medal summary

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Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Ignazio Fabra
 Italy
Nail Garayev
 Soviet Union
Hüseyin Akbaş
 Turkey
Bantamweight
57 kg
Vladimir Stashkevich
 Soviet Union
Yaşar Yılmaz
 Turkey
Pietro Lombardi
 Italy
Featherweight
62 kg
Imre Polyák
 Hungary
Müzahir Sille
 Turkey
Gunnar Håkansson
 Sweden
Lightweight
67 kg
Grigory Gamarnik
 Soviet Union
Kyösti Lehtonen
 Finland
Gustav Freij
 Sweden
Welterweight
73 kg
Vladimir Maneyev
 Soviet Union
Anton Mackowiak
 West Germany
Milorad Arsić
 Yugoslavia
Middleweight
79 kg
Givi Kartozia
 Soviet Union
György Gurics
 Hungary
Horst Heß
 West Germany
Light heavyweight
87 kg
Valentin Nikolayev
 Soviet Union
Veikko Lahti
 Finland
Karl-Erik Nilsson
 Sweden
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Aleksandr Mazur
 Soviet Union
Bertil Antonsson
 Sweden
Hamit Kaplan
 Turkey

References

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