1959 FILA Wrestling World Championships
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The 1959 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship
were held in Tehran
, Iran
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List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
FILA Wrestling World Championships
FILA Wrestling World Championships is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . The men's Greco-Roman tournament began in 1904...
were held in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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Medal table
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Iran |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Freestyle
| 52 kg |  Ali Aliev |
 Ahmet BilekAhmet Bilek Ahmet Bilek , was a Turkish Olympic champion sports wrestler in the flyweight class and a trainer... |
 Muhamad Niaz-Din |
| 57 kg | Huseyin Akbas |
 Tauno Jaskari |
Vladimir Arsenian |
| 62 kg | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Mustafa Dagistanli Mustafa Dağıstanlı , is a former Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal twice in the Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1956 Olympics and 1960 Olympics and was three times World champion.... |
Stancho Kolev |
Muhamad Akhtar |
| 67 kg | Vladimir Sinyavski |
Enyu Valchev Enyu Valchev Enyu Valchev Dimov is a former freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria.He is Olympic games champion , World champion and two time champion of Europe.He was born in Polski Gradec, Stara Zagora Province.-External links:*... |
Hayrullah Sahin |
| 73 kg | Imam-Ali Habibi Imam-Ali Habibi Emam-Ali Habibi Goudarzi is an Iranian wrestler who competed in Freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics.Habibi also took 4th at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, losing one of his matches by fall to Douglas Blubaugh of the United States... |
Vakhtang Balavadze |
Ismail Ogan Ismail Ogan İsmail Ogan , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Welterweight class and a trainer... |
| 79 kg | Georgi Skhirtladze |
 Geza Höllösi |
 Lothar Lippa |
| 87 kg | Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti is the most famous wrestler in Iranian history. He was most famous for his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship, and he continues to symbolize the essence of sport to the Iranian people.- Early life :... |
Petko Sirakov |
 Maurice Jacquel |
| +87 kg | Lyutvi Akhmedov |
Hamit Kaplan Hamit Kaplan Hamit Kaplan , was a renowned Circassian World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Heavyweight class who was born in Turkey... |
Savkuds Dzarasov |
See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestlingList of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
-List of Results by the United States in Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the Olympics and World Championships:Men's freestyle wrestling competition began in the Olympics in 1904...