1957 World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling event
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Team ranking
| Rank | Men's freestyle | |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | |
| 1 | Turkey | 42 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 35 |
| 3 | Iran | 20 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 18 |
| 5 | Japan | 15 |
| 6 | West Germany | 9 |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight 52 kg |
Mehmet Kartal Turkey |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union |
Luigi Chinazzo Italy |
| Bantamweight 57 kg |
Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
Tauno Jaskari Finland |
Yasuyuki Shimamura Japan |
| Featherweight 62 kg |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey |
Hossein Mollaghasemi Iran |
Norayr Musheghyan Soviet Union |
| Lightweight 67 kg |
Alimbeg Bestaev Soviet Union |
Hayrullah Şahinkaya Turkey |
Kazuo Abe Japan |
| Welterweight 73 kg |
Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union |
İsmail Ogan Turkey |
Murtaza Murtazov Bulgaria |
| Middleweight 79 kg |
Nabi Sorouri Iran |
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
Hasan Güngör Turkey |
| Light heavyweight 87 kg |
Petko Sirakov Bulgaria |
Boris Kulaev Soviet Union |
İsmet Atlı Turkey |
| Heavyweight +87 kg |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
Wilfried Dietrich West Germany |
Husein Mehmedov Bulgaria |