1963 World Wrestling Championships

1963 World Freestyle Championships
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	31 May – 2 June
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union

1963 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host city	Helsingborg, Sweden
Dates	1–3 July
Champions
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

The following is the final results of the 1963 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Medal winners of freestyle 87 kg. From left to right, Anatoly Albul, Prodan Gardzhev and Mansour Mehdizadeh

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	4	1	13
2	Japan	2	1	0	3
	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	3
4	Turkey	2	0	3	5
5	Bulgaria	1	3	5	9
6	Hungary	1	1	2	4
7	Iran	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
9	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
13	United States	0	0	2	2
14	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		16	16	16	48

Team ranking[]

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	39	Soviet Union	37.5
2	Bulgaria	33.5	Hungary	18.5
3	Turkey	24	Yugoslavia	17
4	Japan	23	Sweden	16.5
5	Iran	13.5	Bulgaria	14.5
6	United States	11.5	Turkey	13

Medal summary[]

Men's freestyle[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey	Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union	Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria
Bantamweight 57 kg	Aydin Ibrahimov  Soviet Union	Japan	Mladen Georgiev  Bulgaria
Featherweight 63 kg	Osamu Watanabe  Japan	Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran	Stancho Kolev  Bulgaria
Lightweight 70 kg	Iwao Horiuchi  Japan	Zarbeg Beriashvili  Soviet Union	Gregory Ruth  United States
Welterweight 78 kg	Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union	Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria	İsmail Ogan  Turkey
Middleweight 87 kg	Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria	Anatoly Albul  Soviet Union	Mansour Mehdizadeh  Iran
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Aleksandr Medved  Soviet Union	Valcho Kostov  Bulgaria	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey
Heavyweight +97 kg	Aleksandr Ivanitsky  Soviet Union	Lyutvi Ahmedov  Bulgaria	János Reznák  Hungary

Men's Greco-Roman[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia	Ignazio Fabra  Italy	Soviet Union
Bantamweight 57 kg	János Varga  Hungary	Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia	Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria
Featherweight 63 kg	Gennady Sapunov  Soviet Union	Imre Polyák  Hungary	Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria
Lightweight 70 kg	Stevan Horvat  Yugoslavia	David Gvantseladze  Soviet Union	Klaus Rost  West Germany
Welterweight 78 kg	Anatoly Kolesov  Soviet Union	Rudolf Vesper  East Germany	Bertil Nyström  Sweden
Middleweight 87 kg	Tevfik Kış  Turkey	Branislav Simić  Yugoslavia	György Gurics  Hungary
Light heavyweight 97 kg	Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union	Nicolae Martinescu  Romania	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey
Heavyweight +97 kg	Anatoly Roshchin  Soviet Union	Ragnar Svensson  Sweden	James Raschke  United States

References[]

• FILA Database