1951 World Wrestling Championships

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.^[1]

1951 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Helsinki, Finland
Dates	26–29 April 1951
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	6	0	1	7
2	Sweden	2	1	3	6
3	Finland	0	4	0	4
4	Iran	0	2	2	4
5	Italy	0	1	1	2
6	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Turkey	41
2	Sweden	35
3	Finland	27
4	Iran	25

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Ali Yücel  Turkey	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi  Iran	Bengt Johansson  Sweden
Bantamweight 57 kg	Nasuh Akar  Turkey	Niilo Turkkila  Finland	Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran
Featherweight 62 kg	Nurettin Zafer  Turkey	Ilmari Ruikka  Finland	Henry Holmberg  Sweden
Lightweight 67 kg	Olle Anderberg  Sweden	Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy	İbrahim Zengin  Turkey
Welterweight 73 kg	Celal Atik  Turkey	Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland	Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran
Middleweight 79 kg	Haydar Zafer  Turkey	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	Göte Ekström  Sweden
Light heavyweight 87 kg	Yaşar Doğu  Turkey	Viking Palm  Sweden	Max Leichter  West Germany
Heavyweight +87 kg	Bertil Antonsson  Sweden	Pauli Riihimäki  Finland	Natale Vecchi  Italy