# 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.

## 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 |
| 9 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| Rank | 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 |