1983 World Wrestling Championships

The 1983 World Wrestling Championships were held in Kyiv, Soviet Union, in three amateur wrestling styles, recognized by FILA.[1] Greco-Roman style wrestling competition was contested 22–25 September, freestyle wrestlers competed 26–29 September,[2] Sambo wrestlers competed 30 September — 1 October.

1983 World Championships
Host citySoviet Union Kyiv, Soviet Union
Dates22–29 September
Champions
Freestyle Soviet Union
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union123419
2  Bulgaria33814
3  Finland2013
4  United States1214
5  Japan1203
6  North Korea1001
7  Poland0213
8  Mongolia0202
9  East Germany0112
  West Germany0112
  Yugoslavia0112
12  Iran0101
  Sweden0101
  Turkey0101
15  Cuba0011
  Hungary0011
Totals (16 entries)20202060

Team ranking

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Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points Team Points
1   Soviet Union 56   Soviet Union 47
2   Bulgaria 34   Bulgaria 34
3   United States 22   Finland 19
4   Japan 16   Poland 14
5   Mongolia 15   Hungary 14
6   Poland 11   Japan 11

Medal summary

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Kim Chol-han
  North Korea
Aleksandr Dorshu
  Soviet Union
Jan Falandys
  Poland
52 kg Valentin Yordanov
  Bulgaria
Toshio Asakura
  Japan
Anatoly Beloglazov
  Soviet Union
57 kg Sergey Beloglazov
  Soviet Union
Hideaki Tomiyama
  Japan
Stefan Ivanov
  Bulgaria
62 kg Viktor Alekseev
  Soviet Union
Lee Roy Smith
  United States
Simeon Shterev
  Bulgaria
68 kg Arsen Fadzaev
  Soviet Union
Buyandelgeriin Bold
  Mongolia
Kamen Penev
  Bulgaria
74 kg Dave Schultz
  United States
Taram Magomadov
  Soviet Union
Martin Knosp
  West Germany
82 kg Taymuraz Dzgoev
  Soviet Union
Zevegiin Düvchin
  Mongolia
Efraim Kamberov
  Bulgaria
90 kg Petr Naniev
  Soviet Union
Ivan Ginov
  Bulgaria
Uwe Neupert
  East Germany
100 kg Aslan Khadartsev
  Soviet Union
Greg Gibson
  United States
Georgi Yanchev
  Bulgaria
+100 kg Salman Khasimikov
  Soviet Union
Adam Sandurski
  Poland
Bruce Baumgartner
  United States

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Bratan Tsenov
  Bulgaria
Markus Scherer
  West Germany
Temo Kasarashvili
  Soviet Union
52 kg Benur Pashayan
  Soviet Union
Erol Kemah
  Turkey
Lyubomir Zekov
  Bulgaria
57 kg Masaki Eto
  Japan
Kamil Fatkulin
  Soviet Union
Petar Balov
  Bulgaria
62 kg Hannu Lahtinen
  Finland
Günter Reichelt
  East Germany
Zhivko Vangelov
  Bulgaria
68 kg Tapio Sipilä
  Finland
Mohammad Bana
  Iran
Gennady Ermilov
  Soviet Union
74 kg Mikhail Mamiashvili
  Soviet Union
Andrzej Supron
  Poland
Karolj Kasap
  Yugoslavia
82 kg Taymuraz Apkhazava
  Soviet Union
Lennart Lundell
  Sweden
Jarmo Övermark
  Finland
90 kg Igor Kanygin
  Soviet Union
Atanas Komchev
  Bulgaria
Norbert Növényi
  Hungary
100 kg Andrey Dimitrov
  Bulgaria
Jožef Tertei
  Yugoslavia
Viktor Avdyshev
  Soviet Union
+100 kg Evgeny Artyukhin
  Soviet Union
Nikola Dinev
  Bulgaria
Cándido Mesa
  Cuba

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Warm-ups". Soviet Union. 2 (395): 96. 1983.
  2. ^ Panorama of the 1983 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1984. pp. 26, 28.
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