1951 World Wrestling Championships

1951 World Wrestling Championships 180 FIN Helsinki, Finland 26–29 April 1951 1950 1953 The 1951 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Helsinki, Finland from 26 to 29 April 1951. That was the first ever World Championships in freestyle wrestling.75 Years FILA https://jerzylipski.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HF01-75-lecie-FILA-ang-2.pdf 15 April 2025 FILA 56 Medal table flagcountry 6 0 1 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 2 IRI 1925 0 1 1 0 0 1 Team ranking Rank Men's freestyleTeamPoints 1 41 2 35 3 27 4 IRI 1925 25 Medal summary Flyweight52 kgAli Yücel TURMahmoud Mollaghasemi IRI 1925Bengt Johansson SWEBantamweight57 kgNasuh Akar TURNiilo Turkkila FINMehdi Yaghoubi IRI 1925Featherweight62 kgNurettin Zafer TURIlmari Ruikka FINHenry Holmberg SWELightweight67 kgOlle Anderberg SWEGaribaldo Nizzola ITAİbrahim Zengin TURWelterweight73 kgCelal Atik TURAleksanteri Keisala FINAbdollah Mojtabavi IRI 1925Middleweight79 kgHaydar Zafer TURGholamreza Takhti IRI 1925Göte Ekström SWELight heavyweight87 kgYaşar Doğu TURViking Palm SWEMax Leichter FRGHeavyweight+87 kgBertil Antonsson SWEPauli Riihimäki FINNatale Vecchi ITA References External links UWW Database Category:World Wrestling Championships Wrestling Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki Category:1951 in Finnish sport Category:1951 in sport wrestling Category:April 1951 sports events in Europe Category:1950s in Helsinki