1983 World Championships
Host city	Kyiv, Soviet Union
Dates	22–29 September
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

The 1983 World Wrestling Championships were held in Kyiv, Soviet Union, in three amateur wrestling styles, recognized by FILA. ^[1] Greco-Roman style wrestling competition was contested 22–25 September, freestyle wrestlers competed 26–29 September, ^[2] Sambo wrestlers competed 30 September — 1 October.

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

References

External links

• UWW Database