1958 Wrestling World Cup Explained

Wrestling World Cup
Year:1958
Host City:Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates:20–22 June
Freestyle:8
Previous:1956 Istanbul
Next:1973 Toledo

The 1958 Wrestling World Cup was held from June 20 to 22 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The second freestyle Wrestling World Cup drew 76 wrestlers from 14 countries. This was the second World Cup organized by FILA. As during the first edition in each weight category, a separate individual tournament was held, and the winning team was determined by the total number of the points gained by each of its participants. As during the previous edition, the winner of the World Cup was the USSR National Team, which scored 38 points. This time, Greco-Roman wrestling event has not been contested. Roger Coulon, President of the International Wrestling Federation, visited Bulgaria for the World Cup, he called the event "an example of sports organization."[1]

Final ranking

Team
1
2 Turkey
3
4
5 Italy
6
7
8
9 Japan
10
11

Medal summary

Event1st place2nd place3rd place
Flyweight
52 kg
Bantamweight
57 kg
Featherweight
62 kg
Lightweight
67 kg
Welterweight
73 kg
Middleweight
79 kg
Light heavyweight
87 kg
Heavyweight
+87 kg

Commemoration

Bulgarian painter Vesselin Tomov made designs for a series of commemorative postage stamps "1958 World Cup Wrestling Championship," which were published later that year by the Bulgarian Post Office.[2] [3]

Sources

News

Web

Notes and References

  1. "An Example of Sports Organization". Bulgaria Today. Sofia Press Agency. 1958. 7. 61.
  2. Book: Enhagen, Carl-Olof. Sports Stamps. S. Paul. 1961. 224.
  3. Exposition du livre. La Bulgarie d'aujourd'hui. 1958. 7. 27.