1956 Wrestling World Cup

1956 Wrestling World Cup
1956 Wrestling World Cup
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	25–31 May
Stadium	Mithatpaşa Stadium
Champions
Freestyle	8
Greco-Roman	8
	1958 Sofia →

The 1956 Wrestling World Cup was held on May 25–31 in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Mithatpaşa Stadium, under the auspices of FILA. The attendance of the event was around 20 thousand spectators at the stadium. Freestyle wrestling competition was held from May 25 to May 27, 61 wrestlers from 12 countries participated in the freestyle event. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held from May 29 to May 31, 89 wrestlers from 16 countries participated in the Greco-Roman event. The team victory in the freestyle event was won by the Turkish National Team, which scored 44 points out of 48 possible, followed by the USSR National Team. The team victory in the Greco-Roman event was won by the USSR team, which scored 39 points. The overall team victory was won by the Soviet Union, therefore the USSR National Team won the World Cup.

Participating teams edit

The competition was attended by teams of the following states and independent territories: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, France, West Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Saarland, Soviet Union, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Yemen, Yugoslavia. The United States didn't have a team in competition.^[1]

Medal summary edit

Men's freestyle edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey	Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union	Kazuo Dzida Japan
Bantamweight 57 kg	Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey	Bayram Giannini Iran	Minoru Iizuka Japan
Featherweight 62 kg	Shozo Sasahara Japan	Linar Salimullin Soviet Union	Bayram Şit Turkey
Lightweight 67 kg	Alimbeg Bestayev Soviet Union	Georgy Zaichev Bulgaria	Hayrullah Şahin Turkey
Welterweight 73 kg	İbrahim Zengin Turkey	Said Murtazov Bulgaria	Hans Sommer Germany
Middleweight 79 kg	İsmet Atlı Turkey	Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria	Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Adil Atan Turkey	Boris Kulayev Soviet Union	Hossein Nuri Iran
Heavyweight +87 kg	Hamit Kaplan Turkey	Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union	Husein Mehmedov Bulgaria

Men's Greco-Roman edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Dursun Ali Erbaş Turkey	Istvan Barani Hungary	Simon Saar
Bantamweight 57 kg	Yaşar Yılmaz Turkey	Dinko Petrov Bulgaria	Francisc Horvath Romania
Featherweight 62 kg	Vladimir Stashkevich Soviet Union	Osman Kambur Turkey	Imre Polyák Hungary
Lightweight 67 kg	Vladimir Rosin Soviet Union	Kyösti Lehtonen Finland	Rıza Doğan Turkey
Welterweight 73 kg	Vladimir Maneev Soviet Union	Mithat Bayrak Turkey	Veikko Rantanen Finland
Middleweight 79 kg	Givi Kartozia Soviet Union	Branislav Simić Yugoslavia	Horst Hess West Germany
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Arkady Tkachev Soviet Union	Petko Sirakov Bulgaria	Gyula Kovács Hungary
Heavyweight +87 kg	Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union	Hamit Kaplan Turkey	Husein Mehmedov Bulgaria