The XXII-th USSR Championship in Classical Wrestling of 1953 was held in Rostov-on-Don from May 17 to 20 . 248 wrestlers from 16 national teams of the Union republics and cities of Leningrad and Moscow participated in the competition.
Medalists
| Weight category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Lightest weight | Valentin Shirokov Soviet Army ( Lviv ) | Alexander Ilinykh Soviet Army ( Barnaul ) | F. Babinic Soviet Army ( Leningrad ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light weight | Vladimir Stashkevich Dynamo ( Rostov-on-Don ) | Evgeny Sviridov Metallurg ( Kiev ) | A. Abramov Lokomotiv ( Moscow ) |
| Feather-weight | Artyom Teryan Dynamo ( Kirovobad ) | Stepan Rapaev Dynamo ( Sevastopol ) | I. Telkov Soviet Army ( Moscow ) |
| A light weight | Ruben Vardanyan Iskra ( Yerevan ) | Nikolai Rodin Rybinsk | N. Pirtskhalashvili Dynamo ( Tbilisi ) |
| Welterweight | Grigory Gamarnik Dynamo ( Kiev ) | L. Akopov Iskra ( Baku ) | Yuri Zelenin Torpedo ( Tashkent ) |
| Average weight | Givi Kartosia Iskra ( Tbilisi ) | Nikolay Belov Dynamo ( Moscow ) | Leonid Anfinogenov Soviet Army ( Moscow ) |
| Light heavy | August Englas Soviet Army ( Tallinn ) | Valentin Nikolaev Soviet Army ( Rostov-on-Don ) | Mikhail Strizhak Iskra ( Saratov ) |
| Heavy weight | Johannes Kotkas Dynamo ( Tallinn ) | Alexander Mazur Soviet Army ( Moscow ) | Ivan Bogdan Soviet Army ( Kiev ) |
Literature
- All about sports: Handbook T. 1, 2nd edition / Comp. A.A. Dobrov. - M .: Physical education and sport , 1978;
- Wrestling: Handbook / Comp. B. M. Chesnokov - M.: Physical Education and Sports, 1954;
- Sports Yearbook 1951-1959 / Comp. G. M. Mikhailova - M.: Physical Education and Sports, 1961.