1958 World Wrestling Championships

The 1958 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship was held in Budapest, Hungary from 24 to 27 July 1958.^[1]

1958 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	24–27 July 1958
Champions
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	2	1	8
2	Turkey	2	2	1	5
3	Hungary	1	2	1	4
4	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany	0	0	2	2
7	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Team ranking

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	44
2	Turkey	26
3	Hungary	23

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union	Sándor Kerekes  Hungary	Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia
Bantamweight 57 kg	Oleg Karavaev  Soviet Union	Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey	Lothar Fischer  East Germany
Featherweight 62 kg	Imre Polyák  Hungary	Müzahir Sille  Turkey	Vladimir Stashkevich  Soviet Union
Lightweight 67 kg	Rıza Doğan  Turkey	Viktor Vasin  Soviet Union	Gyula Tóth  Hungary
Welterweight 73 kg	Kazım Ayvaz  Turkey	Grigory Gamarnik  Soviet Union	Valeriu Bularca  Romania
Middleweight 79 kg	Givi Kartozia  Soviet Union	Horst Heß  West Germany	Lothar Metz  East Germany
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union	György Gurics  Hungary	Rune Jansson  Sweden
Heavyweight +87 kg	Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union	Lyutvi Ahmedov  Bulgaria	Hamit Kaplan  Turkey