1983 World Wrestling Championships

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

1983 World Championships
Host city	Kyiv, 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 entries)		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 Alekseev 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

External links

• UWW Database