Wrestling at the 1959 Mediterranean Games

The wrestling tournament at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.

Medalists[]

Freestyle[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (–52 kg)	(TUR)	(FRA)	(UAR)
Bantamweight (–57 kg)	(TUR)	(LBN)	(UAR)
Featherweight (–62 kg)	(TUR)	Georges Ballery (FRA)	(UAR)
Lightweight (–67 kg)	(TUR)	Roger Bielle (FRA)	(GRE)
Welterweight (–73 kg)	Mahmut Atalay (TUR)	(UAR)	René Schiermeyer (FRA)
Middleweight (–79 kg)	Ziya Dogan (TUR)	(UAR)	(LBN)
Light heavyweight (–87 kg)	(TUR)	(UAR)	Maurice Jacquel (FRA)
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	Hamit Kaplan (TUR)	(UAR)	(LBN)

Greco-Roman[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (–52 kg)	Dursun Ali Eğribaş (TUR)	Borivoj Vukov (YUG)	Mohamed Eid (UAR)
Bantamweight (–57 kg)	Kamel El-Sayed (UAR)	Michel Nakouzi (LBN)	Mikhail Theodoropoulos (GRE)
Featherweight (–62 kg)	Elie Naasan (LBN)	Moustafa Hamid Mansour (UAR)	(TUR)
Lightweight (–67 kg)	Rıza Doğan (TUR)	Roger Bielle (FRA)	(UAR)
Welterweight (–73 kg)	Stevan Horvat (YUG)	Mithat Bayrak (TUR)	René Schiermeyer (FRA)
Middleweight (–79 kg)	Ziya Dogan (TUR)	(UAR)	Yacoub Romanos (LBN)
Light heavyweight (–87 kg)	Tevfik Kış (TUR)	Maurice Jacquel (FRA)	(LBN)
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	(UAR)	(TUR)	(ESP)

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	(TUR)	12	2	1	15
2	United Arab Republic (UAR)	2	6	5	13
3	Lebanon (LBN)	1	2	4	7
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	0	2
5	(FRA)	0	5	3	8
6	(GRE)	0	0	2	2
7	(ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		16	16	16	48

References[]

• 1959 Mediterranean Games report at the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) website
• List of Olympians who won medals at the Mediterranean Games at Olympedia.org

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