1963 World Wrestling Championships

Wrestling event

1963 World Wrestling Championships

Freestyle
Host city|  Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates| 31 May – 2 June 1963
Greco-Roman
Host city|  Helsingborg, Sweden
Dates| 1–3 July 1963
Champions
Freestyle|  Soviet Union
Greco-Roman|  Soviet Union

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The following is the final results of the 1963 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Helsingborg, Sweden.[1]

Medal winners of freestyle 87 kg. From left to right, Anatoly Albul, Prodan Gardzhev and Mansour Mehdizadeh

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 8| 4| 1| 13
2|  Japan| 2| 1| 0| 3
Yugoslavia| 2| 1| 0| 3
4|  Turkey| 2| 0| 3| 5
5|  Bulgaria| 1| 3| 5| 9
6|  Hungary| 1| 1| 2| 4
7|  Iran| 0| 1| 1| 2
Sweden| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Czechoslovakia| 0| 1| 0| 1
East Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
Italy| 0| 1| 0| 1
Romania| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  United States| 0| 0| 2| 2
14|  West Germany| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## Team ranking

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Rank  | Men's freestyle  | Men's Greco-Roman

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Team  | Points  | Team  | Points
1  |  Soviet Union | 39 |  Soviet Union | 37.5
2  |  Bulgaria | 33.5 |  Hungary | 18.5
3  |  Turkey | 24 |  Yugoslavia | 17
4  |  Japan | 23 |  Sweden | 16.5
5  |  Iran | 13.5 |  Bulgaria | 14.5
6  |  United States | 11.5 |  Turkey | 13

## Medal summary

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### Freestyle

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
52 kg  | Cemal Yanılmaz
Turkey | Ali Aliev
Soviet Union | Stoyko Malov
Bulgaria
Bantamweight
57 kg  | Aydin Ibrahimov
Soviet Union | Hiroshi Ikeda
Japan | Mladen Georgiev
Bulgaria
Featherweight
63 kg  | Osamu Watanabe
Japan | Ebrahim Seifpour
Iran | Stancho Kolev
Bulgaria
Lightweight
70 kg  | Iwao Horiuchi
Japan | Zarbeg Beriashvili
Soviet Union | Gregory Ruth
United States
Welterweight
78 kg  | Guram Sagaradze
Soviet Union | Petko Dermendzhiev
Bulgaria | İsmail Ogan
Turkey
Middleweight
87 kg  | Prodan Gardzhev
Bulgaria | Anatoly Albul
Soviet Union | Mansour Mehdizadeh
Iran
Light heavyweight
97 kg  | Aleksandr Medved
Soviet Union | Valko Kostov
Bulgaria | Hamit Kaplan
Turkey
Heavyweight
+97 kg  | Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Soviet Union | Lyutvi Ahmedov
Bulgaria | János Reznák
Hungary

### Greco-Roman

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
52 kg  | Borivoj Vukov
Yugoslavia | Ignazio Fabra
Italy | Sergey Rybalko
Soviet Union
Bantamweight
57 kg  | János Varga
Hungary | Jiří Švec
Czechoslovakia | Dinko Petrov
Bulgaria
Featherweight
63 kg  | Gennady Sapunov
Soviet Union | Imre Polyák
Hungary | Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria
Lightweight
70 kg  | Stevan Horvat
Yugoslavia | David Gvantseladze
Soviet Union | Klaus Rost
West Germany
Welterweight
78 kg  | Anatoly Kolesov
Soviet Union | Rudolf Vesper
East Germany | Bertil Nyström
Sweden
Middleweight
87 kg  | Tevfik Kış
Turkey | Branislav Simić
Yugoslavia | György Gurics
Hungary
Light heavyweight
97 kg  | Rostom Abashidze
Soviet Union | Nicolae Martinescu
Romania | Hamit Kaplan
Turkey
Heavyweight
+97 kg  | Anatoly Roshchin
Soviet Union | Ragnar Svensson
Sweden | James Raschke
United States

## References

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1. ^ "75 Years FILA" (PDF). FILA. p. 56. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

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