1955 World Wrestling Championships

Host City Karlsruhe
Country GER
Held 21 – 25 April 1955
Competitors 24
Countries 8

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 6 1 0 7
2 Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
3 Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
4 Turkey TUR 0 2 2 4
5 Finland FIN 0 2 0 2
6 Sweden SWE 0 1 3 4
7 Germany GER 0 1 1 2
8 Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Greco-Roman -52 kg, Men Ignazio Fabra ITA Nail Garayev URS Hüseyin Akbaş TUR
Greco-Roman -57 kg, Men Vladimir Stashkevich URS Yaşar Yılmaz TUR Pietro Lombardi ITA
Greco-Roman -62 kg, Men Imre Polyák HUN Müzahir Sille TUR Gunnar Håkansson SWE
Greco-Roman -67 kg, Men Grigory Gamarnik URS Kyösti Lehtonen FIN Gustav Freij SWE
Greco-Roman -73 kg, Men Vladimir Maneyev URS Anton Mackowiak GER Milorad Arsić YUG
Greco-Roman -79 kg, Men Givi K'art'ozia URS György Gurics HUN Horst Heß GER
Greco-Roman +87 kg, Men Aleksandr Mazur URS Bertil Antonsson SWE Hamit Kaplan TUR
Greco-Roman -87 kg, Men Valentin Nikolayev URS Veikko Lahti FIN Karl-Erik Nilsson SWE