1957 World Wrestling Championships

The 1957 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Istanbul, Turkey.

1957 World Championships
Host cityTurkey Istanbul, Turkey
Dates1–2 June
Champions
Freestyle Turkey

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey4228
2 Soviet Union2316
3 Iran1102
4 Bulgaria1023
5 Finland0101
 West Germany0101
7 Japan0022
8 Italy0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle
Team Points
1  Turkey42
2  Soviet Union35
3  Iran20
4  Bulgaria18
5  Japan15
6  West Germany9

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Mehmet Kartal
 Turkey
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
 Soviet Union
Luigi Chinazzo
 Italy
Bantamweight
57 kg
Hüseyin Akbaş
 Turkey
Tauno Jaskari
 Finland
Yasuyuki Shimamura
 Japan
Featherweight
62 kg
Mustafa Dağıstanlı
 Turkey
Hossein Mollaghasemi
 Iran
Norayr Musheghyan
 Soviet Union
Lightweight
67 kg
Alimbeg Bestayev
 Soviet Union
Hayrullah Şahin
 Turkey
Kazuo Abe
 Japan
Welterweight
73 kg
Vakhtang Balavadze
 Soviet Union
İsmail Ogan
 Turkey
Murtaza Murtazov
 Bulgaria
Middleweight
79 kg
Nabi Sorouri
 Iran
Georgy Skhirtladze
 Soviet Union
Hasan Güngör
 Turkey
Light heavyweight
87 kg
Petko Sirakov
 Bulgaria
Boris Kulayev
 Soviet Union
İsmet Atlı
 Turkey
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Hamit Kaplan
 Turkey
Wilfried Dietrich
 West Germany
Husein Mehmedov
 Bulgaria

References

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