1953 World Wrestling Championships

Host City Napoli
Country ITA
Held 17 – 19 April 1953
Competitors 24
Countries 9

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Greco-Roman -52 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -62 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -67 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -73 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -79 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman -87 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Greco-Roman +87 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 1 1 7
2 Sweden SWE 3 1 0 4
3 Finland FIN 0 2 1 3
4 Hungary HUN 0 2 0 2
5 Italy ITA 0 1 3 4
6 Turkey TUR 0 1 0 1
7 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Lebanon LBN 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Greco-Roman -52 kg, Men Boris Gurevich URS Ahmet Bilek TUR Maurice Mewis BEL
Greco-Roman -57 kg, Men Artyom Teryan URS Imre Hódos HUN Giovanni Cocco ITA
Greco-Roman -62 kg, Men Olle Anderberg SWE Umberto Trippa ITA Elie Naasan LBN
Greco-Roman -67 kg, Men Gustav Freij SWE Kyösti Lehtonen FIN Shazam Safin URS
Greco-Roman -73 kg, Men Georgy Khatvoryan URS Miklós Szilvásy HUN Franco Benedetti ITA
Greco-Roman -79 kg, Men Givi K'art'ozia URS Axel Grönberg SWE Kalervo Rauhala FIN
Greco-Roman +87 kg, Men Bertil Antonsson SWE Johannes Kotkas URS Guido Fantoni ITA
Greco-Roman -87 kg, Men August Englas URS Kelpo Gröndahl FIN Kurt Rusterholz SUI