1983 World Wrestling Championships

The 1983 World Wrestling Championships were held in Kiev, Soviet Union, in three amateur wrestling styles, recognized by FILA.[1] Greco-Roman style wrestling competition was contested 22–25 September, freestyle wrestlers competed 26–29 September,[2] Sambo wrestlers competed 30 September — 1 October.

1983 World Championships
Host city	Kiev, Soviet Union
Dates	22–29 September
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	12	3	4	19
2	Bulgaria	3	3	8	14
3	Finland	2	0	1	3
4	United States	1	2	1	4
5	Japan	1	2	0	3
6	North Korea	1	0	0	1
7	Poland	0	2	1	3
8	Mongolia	0	2	0	2
9	East Germany	0	1	1	2
	West Germany	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
12	Iran	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
15	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		20	20	20	60

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	56	Soviet Union	47
2	Bulgaria	34	Bulgaria	34
3	United States	22	Finland	19
4	Japan	16	Poland	14
5	Mongolia	15	Hungary	14
6	Poland	11	Japan	11

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Kim Chol-han  North Korea	Aleksandr Dorshu  Soviet Union	Jan Falandys  Poland
52 kg	Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria	Toshio Asakura  Japan	Anatoly Beloglazov  Soviet Union
57 kg	Sergey Beloglazov  Soviet Union	Hideaki Tomiyama  Japan	Stefan Ivanov  Bulgaria
62 kg	Viktor Alekseyev  Soviet Union	Lee Roy Smith  United States	Simeon Shterev  Bulgaria
68 kg	Arsen Fadzaev  Soviet Union	Buyandelgeriin Bold  Mongolia	Kamen Penev  Bulgaria
74 kg	Dave Schultz  United States	Taram Magomadov  Soviet Union	Martin Knosp  West Germany
82 kg	Taymuraz Dzgoev  Soviet Union	Zevegiin Düvchin  Mongolia	Efraim Kamberov  Bulgaria
90 kg	Petr Naniev  Soviet Union	Ivan Ginov  Bulgaria	Uwe Neupert  East Germany
100 kg	Aslan Khadartsev  Soviet Union	Greg Gibson  United States	Georgi Yanchev  Bulgaria
+100 kg	Salman Khasimikov  Soviet Union	Adam Sandurski  Poland	Bruce Baumgartner  United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Bratan Tsenov  Bulgaria	Markus Scherer  West Germany	Temo Kasarashvili  Soviet Union
52 kg	Benur Pashayan  Soviet Union	Erol Kemah  Turkey	Lyubomir Zekov  Bulgaria
57 kg	Masaki Eto  Japan	Kamil Fatkulin  Soviet Union	Petar Balov  Bulgaria
62 kg	Hannu Lahtinen  Finland	Günter Reichelt  East Germany	Zhivko Vangelov  Bulgaria
68 kg	Tapio Sipilä  Finland	Mohammad Bana  Iran	Gennady Ermilov  Soviet Union
74 kg	Mikhail Mamiashvili  Soviet Union	Andrzej Supron  Poland	Karolj Kasap  Yugoslavia
82 kg	Taymuraz Apkhazava  Soviet Union	Lennart Lundell  Sweden	Jarmo Övermark  Finland
90 kg	Igor Kanygin  Soviet Union	Atanas Komchev  Bulgaria	Norbert Növényi  Hungary
100 kg	Andrey Dimitrov  Bulgaria	Jožef Tertei  Yugoslavia	Viktor Avdyshev  Soviet Union
+100 kg	Evgeny Artyukhin  Soviet Union	Nikola Dinev  Bulgaria	Cándido Mesa  Cuba

References

1. "Olympic Warm-ups". Soviet Union (2 (395)): 96. 1983.
2. Panorama of the 1983 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1984. pp. 26, 28.

External links

• UWW Database