World Wrestling Championships 1951
The 1951 Wrestling World Championships took place in Helsinki from April 26th to 29th, 1951 . The wrestlers were divided into eight weight classes. In contrast to all previous world championships, the wrestling was not in the Greco-Roman but in the free style . The wrestlers from Turkey secured medals in seven of the eight competitions. Only Adil Candemir could not place in the medal ranks with a sixth place in the weight class over 87 kg.
Medalist
class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
-52 kg | Ali Yücel | Mahmoud Mollaghassemi | Bengt Johansson |
-57 kg | Nasuh Akar | Niilo Turkkila | Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi |
-62 kg | Nurettin Zafer | Ilmari Ruikka | Henry Holmberg |
-67 kg | Olle Anderberg | Garibaldo Nizzola | İbrahim Zengin |
-73 kg | Celal Atik | Aleksanteri Keisala | Abdollah Mojtabavi |
-79 kg | Haydar Zafer | Gholamreza Takhti | God Ekström |
-87 kg | Yasar Dogu | Viking palm | Max Lighter |
+87 kg | Bertil Antonsson | Pauli Riihimäki | Natale Vecchi |
Results
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Ali Yücel |
2 | Iran | Mahmoud Mollaghassemi |
3 | Sweden | Bengt Johansson |
4th | Belgium | Maurice Mewis |
5 | BR Germany | Heinrich Weber |
6th | Finland | Lennart Viitala |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Bengt Johansson Participants:
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Nasuh Akar |
2 | Finland | Niilo Turkkila |
3 | Iran | Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi |
4th | Sweden | Edvin Vesterby |
5 | Italy | Ferdinando Carrano |
5 | Belgium | Joseph Trimpont |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Ali Mahmoud Hassan Participants:
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Nurettin Zafer |
2 | Finland | Ilmari Ruikka |
3 | Sweden | Henry Holmberg |
4th | France | Roger Bielle |
5 | BR Germany | Ferdinand Schmitz |
6th | Iran | Mehdi Mogharabi |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Olle Anderberg Participant:
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Sweden | Olle Anderberg |
2 | Italy | Garibaldo Nizzola |
3 | Turkey | İbrahim Zengin |
4th | Finland | Sulo Leppänen |
5 | BR Germany | Wolfgang Ehrl |
6th | Iran | Ali Ghaffari |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): József Gál Participants:
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Celal Atik |
2 | Finland | Aleksanteri Keisala |
3 | Iran | Abdollah Mojtabavi |
4th | Sweden | Per Berlin |
5 | Switzerland | Karl Schaad |
6th | France | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Matti Siimanainen Participants:
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Haydar Zafer |
2 | Iran | Gholamreza Takhti |
3 | Sweden | God Ekström |
4th | Finland | Aarno Seppälä |
5 | Denmark | Preben Rasmussen |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Axel Grönberg Participants:
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | Yasar Dogu |
2 | Sweden | Viking palm |
3 | BR Germany | Max Lighter |
4th | Iran | Abbas Zandi |
5 | Finland | Paavo Sepponen |
5 | Italy | Oscar Verona |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Muharrem Candaş Participants:
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|
1 | Sweden | Bertil Antonsson |
2 | Finland | Pauli Riihimäki |
3 | Italy | Natale Vecchi |
4th | Switzerland | Willy Lardon |
5 | Iran | Ahmed Vafadar |
6th | Turkey | Adil Candemir |
Date: April 1951
Defending champion (Greco-Roman): Bertil Antonsson Participants:
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Turkey | 6th | 0 | 1 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Finland | 0 | 4th | 0 |
4th | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6th | BR Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 |