The 1953 Wrestling World Championships took place in Naples from April 17 to 19, 1953 . The wrestlers were divided into eight weight classes. In contrast to 1951 , the wrestling was not in the free , but in the Greco-Roman style . Of the Soviet wrestlers who started, only Olympic champion Jakow Punkin missed a medal in fifth place in the weight class up to 62 kg.
Date: April 1953 Defending champion (freestyle): Ali Yücel Olympic champion 1952: Boris Gurewitsch (Greco-Roman) Hasan Gemici (freestyle) Participants :? Turkey
Date: April 1953 Defending champion (freestyle): Celal Atik Olympic champion 1952: Miklós Szilvási (Greco-Roman) William Smith (freestyle) Participants :? Turkey
Date: April 1953 Defending champion (freestyle): Yaşar Doğu Olympic champion 1952: Kelpo Grondahl (Greco-Roman) Viking Palm (freestyle) Participants :?
Born in Este Englas, he won the world title despite a loss to Sweden's Karl-Erik Nilsson, who only came in seventh. Englas won his fights against Kurt Rusterholz (Switzerland), Adelmo Bulgarelli (Italy; eighth place) and the Finn Kelpo Grondahl.
Turkey
Date: April 1953 Defending champion (freestyle): Bertil Antonsson Olympic champion 1952: Johannes Kotkas (Greco-Roman) Arsen Mekokishvili (freestyle) Participants :?
The Swede Bertil Antonsson was also in his third World Cup participation without defeat. In Naples he defeated the Turks Baştimur, Willi Waltner from Germany, Josip Bajer from Yugoslavia, Josef Růžička (Czechoslovakia), Georgoulis and Kotkas.
Sweden
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Boris Gurevich
Ahmet Bilek
Maurice Mewis
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Imre Hódos
Giovanni Cocco
Olle Anderberg
Elie Naasan
Kyösti Lehtonen
Kurt Rusterholz
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Romania
BR Germany
Austria
Denmark
Netherlands
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Greece