1958 World Wrestling Championships

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

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

Medal table edit

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 edit

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

Medal summary edit

Men's Greco-Roman edit

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 edit