1953 World Championships
Host cityItaly Naples, Italy
Dates17–19 April
Champions
Greco-Roman Soviet Union

The 1953 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Naples, Italy.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union5117
2 Sweden3104
3 Finland0213
4 Hungary0202
5 Italy0134
6 Turkey0101
7 Belgium0011
 Lebanon0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (9 entries)88824

Team ranking

Rank Men's Greco-Roman
Team Points
1  Soviet Union41
2  Sweden24.5
3  Finland20
4  Italy17
5  Hungary15
6  Turkey14.5

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
52 kg
Boris Gurevich
 Soviet Union
Ahmet Bilek
 Turkey
Maurice Mewis
 Belgium
Bantamweight
57 kg
Artem Teryan
 Soviet Union
Imre Hódos
 Hungary
Giovanni Cocco
 Italy
Featherweight
62 kg
Olle Anderberg
 Sweden
Umberto Trippa
 Italy
Elie Naasan
 Lebanon
Lightweight
67 kg
Gustav Freij
 Sweden
Kyösti Lehtonen
 Finland
Shazam Safin
 Soviet Union
Welterweight
73 kg
Georgy Khatvoryan
 Soviet Union
Miklós Szilvási
 Hungary
Franco Benedetti
 Italy
Middleweight
79 kg
Givi Kartozia
 Soviet Union
Axel Grönberg
 Sweden
Kalervo Rauhala
 Finland
Light heavyweight
87 kg
August Englas
 Soviet Union
Kelpo Gröndahl
 Finland
Kurt Rusterholz
 Switzerland
Heavyweight
+87 kg
Bertil Antonsson
 Sweden
Johannes Kotkas
 Soviet Union
Guido Fantoni
 Italy
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