1955 World Wrestling Championships

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1955 World Championships
Host city Flag of Germany.svg Karlsruhe, West Germany
Dates21–25 April
Champions
Greco-RomanFlag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union

The 1955 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships were held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

UWW United World Wrestling is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the United World Wrestling.

Karlsruhe Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Karlsruhe is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart, and its 309,999 (2016) inhabitants make it the 21st largest city of Germany. On the right bank of the Rhine, the city lies near the French-German border, between the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north, and the Strasbourg/Kehl conurbation to the south. It is the largest city of Baden, a region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of Baden-Baden. Karlsruhe is also the largest city in the South Franconian dialect area, the only other larger city in that area being Heilbronn. The city is the seat of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), as well as of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) and the Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice.

West Germany Federal Republic of Germany in the years 1949–1990

West Germany was the informal name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1990, a period referred to by historians as the Bonn Republic, an era when the western portion of Germany was part of the Western bloc during the Cold War. It was created during the Allied occupation of Germany in 1949 after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Its capital was the city of Bonn.

Contents

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 6107
2Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1102
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1012
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0224
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0202
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0134
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0112
8Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 0011
Totals (8 nations)88824

Team ranking

RankMen's Greco-Roman
TeamPoints
1Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 41
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 19
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14
6Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 13

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

EventGoldSilverBronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Ignazio Fabra
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Nail Garayev
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Hüseyin Akbaş
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bantamweight
57 kg
Vladimir Stashkevich
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Yaşar Yılmaz
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Pietro Lombardi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Featherweight
62 kg
Imre Polyák
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Müzahir Sille
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Gunnar Håkansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lightweight
67 kg
Grigory Gamarnik
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Kyösti Lehtonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Gustav Freij
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Welterweight
73 kg
Vladimir Maneyev
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Anton Mackowiak
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Milorad Arsić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Middleweight
79 kg
Givi Kartozia
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
György Gurics
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
Horst Heß
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Light heavyweight
87 kg
Valentin Nikolayev
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Veikko Lahti
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Aleksandr Mazur
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Bertil Antonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Hamit Kaplan
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

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