The 1958 Wrestling World Cup was held from June 20 to 22 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The second freestyle Wrestling World Cup drew 76 wrestlers from 14 countries. This was the second World Cup organized by FILA. As during the first edition in each weight category, a separate individual tournament was held, and the winning team was determined by the total number of the points gained by each of its participants. As during the previous edition, the winner of the World Cup was the USSR National Team, which scored 38 points. This time, Greco-Roman wrestling event has not been contested. Roger Coulon, President of the International Wrestling Federation, visited Bulgaria for the World Cup, he called the event "an example of sports organization."[1]
| 1958 Wrestling World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Dates | 20–22 June |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle | 8 |
Final ranking edit
Medal summary edit
| Event | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg |
Georgy Sayadov Soviet Union
|
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour Iran
|
Naydet Zalev Bulgaria
|
| Bantamweight 57 kg |
Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey
|
Enyu Valchev Bulgaria
|
Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union
|
| Featherweight 62 kg |
Norayr Musheghyan Soviet Union
|
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey
|
Stancho Kolev Bulgaria
|
| Lightweight 67 kg |
Vladimir Sinyavsky Soviet Union
|
Musa Aliyev Bulgaria
|
Gyula Tóth Hungary
|
| Welterweight 73 kg |
İsmail Ogan Turkey
|
Jahanbakht Tofigh Iran
|
Garibaldo Nizzola Italy
|
| Middleweight 79 kg |
Hasan Güngör Turkey
|
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union
|
Lothar Lippa East Germany
|
| Light heavyweight 87 kg |
Anatoly Albul Soviet Union
|
Gholamreza Takhti Iran
|
Ibrahim Karabacak Turkey
|
| Heavyweight +87 kg |
Lyutvi Ahmedov Bulgaria
|
Ottar Kandelaki Soviet Union
|
Hamit Kaplan Turkey
|
Commemoration edit
Bulgarian painter Vesselin Tomov made designs for a series of commemorative postage stamps "1958 World Cup Wrestling Championship," which were published later that year by the Bulgarian Post Office.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ ""An Example of Sports Organization"". Bulgaria Today. 7. Sofia Press Agency: 61. 1958.
- ^ Enhagen, Carl-Olof (1961). Sports Stamps. S. Paul. p. 224.
- ^ "Exposition du livre". La Bulgarie d'aujourd'hui. 7: 27. 1958.
Sources edit
News edit
- "Two Russian wrestlers won four of eight titles in the World Cup team prize". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Associated Press. June 24, 1958. p. 18.
- "Russian Wrestlers Capture World Cup". The Daily Oklahoman. Associated Press. June 24, 1958. p. 37.
- "World Cup Wrestling". Singapore Standard. Vol. 8, no. 338. Reuters. 6 June 1958. p. 12.
- "An Example of Sports Organization". Bulgaria Today. 7. Sofia Press Agency: 61. 1958.
- "World's Strongest Wrestlers Compete". Bulgaria. State Printing House: 40, 123. 1958.
- "The Strongest Man in the World". Bulgaria Today. 9. Sofia Press Agency: 39. 1960.
Web edit
- World Cup, Freestyle Seniors, 1958-06-20 Sofia (BUL). Institut für Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft Ringen Datenbanken (Wrestling Database).