1959 World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling event
1959 World Championships | |
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Host city | Tehran, Iran |
Dates | 1–5 October |
Champions | |
Men's freestyle | Soviet Union |
The 1959 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Tehran, Iran.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Team ranking
Rank | Men's freestyle | |
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Team | Points | |
1 | Soviet Union | 36 |
2 | Turkey | 33 |
3 | Bulgaria | 22 |
4 | Iran | 20 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight 52 kg | Ali Aliyev Soviet Union | Ahmet Bilek Turkey | Muhammad Niaz Din Pakistan |
Bantamweight 57 kg | Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey | Tauno Jaskari Finland | Vladimir Arsenyan Soviet Union |
Featherweight 62 kg | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey | Stancho Kolev Bulgaria | Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan |
Lightweight 67 kg | Vladimir Sinyavsky Soviet Union | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria | Hayrullah Şahin Turkey |
Welterweight 73 kg | Emam-Ali Habibi Iran | Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union | İsmail Ogan Turkey |
Middleweight 79 kg | Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union | Géza Hollósi Hungary | Lothar Lippa East Germany |
Light heavyweight 87 kg | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Petko Sirakov Bulgaria | Maurice Jacquel France |
Heavyweight +87 kg | Lyutvi Ahmedov Bulgaria | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Savkuds Dzarasov Soviet Union |
References
- FILA Database
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