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World Wrestling Championships
April 26, 1951 - April 29, 1951 @ Unknown Venue (Helsinki, Finland)
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Turkish Grapplers Take Six Titles
 Turkish wrestlers, winning six of eight titles, dominated the World Amateur Free-Style Wrestling Championships. The remaining two titles went to Sweden. SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times, Monday, April 30, 1951.


Freestyle (FS)

Team Final

Turkey [TUR] 41, Sweden [SWE] 35, Finland [FIN] 27, Iran [IRI] 25, Italy [ITA] 0, West Germany [FRG] 0

Place Winners

 52 1. Ali Yucel (Turkey)
    2. Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (Iran)
    3. Bengt Johansson (Sweden)
 57 1. Nasuh Akar (Turkey)
    2. Niilo Turkkila (Finland)
    3. Mehdi Yaghoubi (Iran)
 62 1. Nurettin Zafer (Turkey)
    2. Ilmari Ruikka (Finland)
    3. Henry Holmberg (Sweden)
 67 1. Olle Anderberg (Sweden)
    2. Garibaldo Nizzola (Italy)
    3. Ibrahim Zengin (Turkey)
 73 1. Celal Atik (Turkey)
    2. Aleksanteri Keisala (Finland)
    3. Abdollah Mojtabavi (Iran)
 79 1. Haydar Zafer (Turkey)
    2. Gholamreza Takhti (Iran)
    3. Gote Ekstrom (Sweden)
 87 1. Yasar Dogu (Turkey)
    2. Viking Palm (Sweden)
    3. Max Leichter (WG)
HWT 1. Bertil Antonsson (Sweden)
    2. Pauli Riihimaki (Finland)
    3. Natale Vecchi (Italy)

Results not entered.

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