1951 World Wrestling Championships
1951 World Championships | |
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Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
Dates | April 26–29 |
Champions | |
Freestyle | Turkey |
The 1951 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Turkey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Finland | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Team ranking
Rank | Men's freestyle | |
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Team | Points | |
1 | Turkey | 41 |
2 | Sweden | 35 |
3 | Finland | 27 |
4 | Iran | 25 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight 52 kg |
Ali Yücel Turkey (TUR) |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran (IRI) |
Bengt Johansson Sweden (SWE) |
Bantamweight 57 kg |
Nasuh Akar Turkey (TUR) |
Niilo Turkkila Finland (FIN) |
Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran (IRI) |
Featherweight 62 kg |
Nurettin Zafer Turkey (TUR) |
Ilmari Ruikka Finland (FIN) |
Henry Holmberg Sweden (SWE) |
Lightweight 67 kg |
Olle Anderberg Sweden (SWE) |
Garibaldo Nizzola Italy (ITA) |
İbrahim Zengin Turkey (TUR) |
Welterweight 73 kg |
Celal Atik Turkey (TUR) |
Aleksanteri Keisala Finland (FIN) |
Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran (IRI) |
Middleweight 79 kg |
Haydar Zafer Turkey (TUR) |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran (IRI) |
Göte Ekström Sweden (SWE) |
Light heavyweight 87 kg |
Yaşar Doğu Turkey (TUR) |
Viking Palm Sweden (SWE) |
Max Leichter West Germany (FRG) |
Heavyweight +87 kg |
Bertil Antonsson Sweden (SWE) |
Pauli Riihimäki Finland (FIN) |
Natale Vecchi Italy (ITA) |