1954 World Wrestling Championships

Wrestling event

1954 World Wrestling Championships

Host city|  Tokyo, Japan
Dates| 22–25 May 1954
Champions
Freestyle|  Turkey

← 1953

1955 →

The 1954 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 25 May 1954.[1]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 3| 0| 3| 6
2|  Turkey| 2| 3| 1| 6
3|  Iran| 2| 1| 0| 3
4|  Japan| 1| 1| 2| 4
5|  Sweden| 0| 2| 1| 3
6|  Hungary| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Finland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## Team ranking

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Rank  | Men's freestyle

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Team  | Points
1  |  Turkey | 37
2  |  Soviet Union | 35
3  |  Iran | 24

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
52 kg  | Hüseyin Akbaş
Turkey | Yushu Kitano
Japan | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
Soviet Union
Bantamweight
57 kg  | Mustafa Dağıstanlı
Turkey | Lajos Bencze
Hungary | Tauno Jaskari
Finland
Featherweight
62 kg  | Shozo Sasahara
Japan | Bayram Şit
Turkey | Nikolay Muzashvili
Soviet Union
Lightweight
67 kg  | Tofigh Jahanbakht
Iran | Olle Anderberg
Sweden | Sergey Gabaraev
Soviet Union
Welterweight
73 kg  | Vakhtang Balavadze
Soviet Union | Mohammad Ali Fardin
Iran | Yutaka Kaneko
Japan
Middleweight
79 kg  | Abbas Zandi
Iran | İsmet Atlı
Turkey | Kazuo Katsuramoto
Japan
Light heavyweight
87 kg  | August Englas
Soviet Union | Adil Atan
Turkey | Viking Palm
Sweden
Heavyweight
+87 kg  | Arsen Mekokishvili
Soviet Union | Bertil Antonsson
Sweden | İrfan Atan
Turkey

## References

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1. ^ "75 Years FILA" (PDF). FILA. p. 56. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

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