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