1958 World Wrestling Championships

1958 World Championships
Host cityHungary Budapest, Hungary
Dates21–24 July
Champions
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

The 1958 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship was held in Budapest, Hungary.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union5218
2 Turkey2215
3 Hungary1214
4 Bulgaria0101
 West Germany0101
6 East Germany0022
7 Romania0011
 Sweden0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (9 entries)88824

Team ranking

Rank Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points
1  Soviet Union 44
2  Turkey 26
3  Hungary 23

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg 		Boris Gurevich
 Soviet Union 		Sándor Kerekes
 Hungary 		Borivoj Vukov
 Yugoslavia
Bantamweight
57 kg 		Oleg Karavayev
 Soviet Union 		Yaşar Yılmaz
 Turkey 		Lothar Fischer
 East Germany
Featherweight
62 kg 		Imre Polyák
 Hungary 		Müzahir Sille
 Turkey 		Vladimir Stashkevich
 Soviet Union
Lightweight
67 kg 		Rıza Doğan
 Turkey 		Viktor Vasin
 Soviet Union 		Gyula Tóth
 Hungary
Welterweight
73 kg 		Kazım Ayvaz
 Turkey 		Grigory Gamarnik
 Soviet Union 		Valeriu Bularca
 Romania
Middleweight
79 kg 		Givi Kartozia
 Soviet Union 		Horst Heß
 West Germany 		Lothar Metz
 East Germany
Light heavyweight
87 kg 		Rostom Abashidze
 Soviet Union 		György Gurics
 Hungary 		Rune Jansson
 Sweden
Heavyweight
+87 kg 		Ivan Bogdan
 Soviet Union 		Lyutvi Ahmedov
 Bulgaria 		Hamit Kaplan
 Turkey

References