| Wrestling at the 1959 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | October 1959 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.
| Wrestling at the 1959 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | October 1959 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.
* Host nation (Lebanon)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 |  United Arab Republic | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 |  Lebanon | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  France | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg |  Mehmet Kartal (TUR) |  André Zoéte (FRA) |  Hussein Khamis Abbas (UAR) |
| 57 kg | Bayram Uysal (TUR) |  Hani Ibrahim Mounteche (LBN) | Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelatif (UAR) |
| 62 kg | Mehmet Kocur (TUR) | Georges Ballery (FRA) | Mohamed Ahmed El Dib (UAR) |
| 67 kg | Hilmi Gezici (TUR) | Roger Bielle (FRA) |  Ioannis Manganas (GRE) |
| 73 kg | Mahmut Atalay (TUR) | Hassan El Sayed (UAR) | René Schiermeyer (FRA) |
| 79 kg | Ziya Doğan (TUR) | Mohamed Raafat Wahdan (UAR) | André Saade (LBN) |
| 87 kg | Bekir Büke (TUR) | Mohamed Gamal El Eidaross (UAR) | Maurice Jacquel (FRA) |
| +7 kg | Hamit Kaplan (TUR) | Mohamed Mahmoud El Sharkawi (UAR) | Abbas Moussoulman (LBN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | Dursun Ali Eğribaş (TUR) |  Borivoj Vukov (YUG) | Mohamed Eid (UAR) |
| 57 kg | Kamel El-Sayed (UAR) | Michel Nakouzi (LBN) |  Mikhail Theodoropoulos (GRE) |
| 62 kg | Elie Naasan (LBN) | Moustafa Hamid Mansour (UAR) | Niyazi Tanelli (TUR) |
| 67 kg | Rıza Doğan (TUR) | Roger Bielle (FRA) | Kamal Bilaba' (UAR) |
| 73 kg | Stevan Horvat (YUG) | Mithat Bayrak (TUR) | René Schiermeyer (FRA) |
| 79 kg | Ziya Doğan (TUR) | Mohamed Raafat Wahdan (UAR) | Yacoub Romanos (LBN) |
| 87 kg | Tevfik Kış (TUR) | Maurice Jacquel (FRA) | Jean Saade (LBN) |
| +87 kg | Ibrahim El Husseyni (UAR) | Süleyman Baştimur (TUR) |  Diego Ariel (ESP) |
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