World Wrestling Championships 1950

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The 1950 World Wrestling Championships took place in Stockholm from March 20 to 23, 1950 . The wrestlers were divided into eight weight classes. The only wrestling was in the Greco-Roman style .

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
-52 kg SwedenSweden Bengt Johansson TurkeyTurkey Ali Yücel Egypt 1922Egypt Mohamed El Ward
-57 kg Egypt 1922Egypt Ali Mahmoud Hassan TurkeyTurkey Halil Kaya ItalyItaly Pietro Lombardi
-62 kg SwedenSweden Olle Anderberg LebanonLebanon Safi Taha Egypt 1922Egypt Sayed Kandil
-67 kg Hungary 1949Hungary József Gál SwedenSweden Gustav Freij TurkeyTurkey Tevfik Yuce
-73 kg FinlandFinland Matti Siimanainen TurkeyTurkey Celal Atik SwedenSweden Gosta Andersson
-79 kg SwedenSweden Axel Groenberg TurkeyTurkey Ali Ozdemir Hungary 1949Hungary Gyula Nemeti
-87 kg TurkeyTurkey Muharrem Candaş Hungary 1949Hungary Gyula Kovács NorwayNorway Trygve Andersen
+87 kg SwedenSweden Bertil Antonsson Hungary 1949Hungary Gyula Bóbis TurkeyTurkey Adil Candemir

Results

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwedenSweden Sweden Bengt Johansson
2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Ali Yücel
3 Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt Mohamed El Ward
4th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia Borivoje Vukov

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

space country athlete
1 Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt Ali Mahmoud Hassan
2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Halil Kaya
3 ItalyItaly Italy Pietro Lombardi
4th FinlandFinland Finland Erkki Johansson

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwedenSweden Sweden Olle Anderberg
2 LebanonLebanon Lebanon Safi Taha
3 Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt Sayed Kandil
4th ItalyItaly Italy Antonio Randi

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Lightweight (up to 67 kg)

space country athlete
1 Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary József Gál
2 SwedenSweden Sweden Gustav Freij
3 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Tevfik Yuce
4th Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt Mahmoud Osman

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Welter weight (up to 73 kg)

space country athlete
1 FinlandFinland Finland Matti Siimanainen
2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Celal Atik
3 SwedenSweden Sweden Gosta Andersson
4th NorwayNorway Norway Bjorn Cook

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Middle weight (up to 79 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwedenSweden Sweden Axel Groenberg
2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Ali Ozdemir
3 Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary Gyula Nemeti
4th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Ivan Janiuk

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

space country athlete
1 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Muharrem Candaş
2 Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary Gyula Kovács
3 NorwayNorway Norway Trygve Andersen
4th SwedenSweden Sweden Karl-Erik Nilsson

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participants:

Heavy weight (over 87 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwedenSweden Sweden Bertil Antonsson
2 Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary Gyula Bóbis
3 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Adil Candemir
4th ItalyItaly Italy Natale Vecchi

Date: March 1950
Defending champion -
Participant:
The 28-year-old Antonsson, who became European Freestyle Champion in Istanbul in 1949, defeated Alois Kešnar from Czechoslovakia, Pauli Riihimäki from Finland and the Norwegian Olaf Knudsen as well as the silver medalist on his way to World Championship gold Gyula Bóbis. For the 40-year-old Olympic Freestyle Champion from 1948 Bóbis, it was the last appearance on a major international stage.

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 SwedenSweden Sweden 4th 1 1
2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1 4th 2
3 Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary 1 2 1
4th Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt 1 0 2
5 FinlandFinland Finland 1 0 0
6th LebanonLebanon Lebanon 0 1 0
7th ItalyItaly Italy 0 0 1
NorwayNorway Norway 0 0 1

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