1973 World Wrestling Championships

The 1973 World Wrestling Championships were held in Tehran, Iran. For the first and subsequently the last time Sambo wrestling was included as part of the World Wrestling Championships programme.^[1] U.S. National Team included Buck Deadrich, David Pruzansky and Wayne Baughman. Deadrich and Pruzansky both captured bronze medals^[2][3][4]

1973 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	6–14 September 1973
Stadium	Nassiri Stadium
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union

Medal winners of freestyle 74 kg. From left to right, Ruslan Ashuraliyev, Mansour Barzegar and Jan Karlsson

Medal winners of freestyle 52 kg. From left to right, Arsen Allakhverdiyev, Ibrahim Javadi and Yuji Takada

Medal winners of freestyle 57 kg. From left to right, Megdiin Khoilogdorj, Mohsen Farahvashi and Vladimir Yumin

Medal winners of freestyle 62 kg. From left to right, Heinz Stahr, Zagalav Abdulbekov and Mohammad Reza Navaei

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	5	2	18
2	Iran	3	0	2	5
3	Bulgaria	2	3	4	9
4	Poland	2	3	1	6
5	Romania	1	1	1	3
6	United States	1	0	1	2
7	East Germany	0	2	2	4
8	Yugoslavia	0	2	0	2
9	Hungary	0	1	3	4
10	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
13	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	20	20	60

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	55	Soviet Union	47
2	Iran	28	Poland	35
3	Bulgaria	28	Bulgaria	30
4	Mongolia	18	Romania	16.5
5	United States	16	Yugoslavia	16
6	Romania	11	Hungary	13

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Roman Dmitriyev   Soviet Union	Hasan Isaev   Bulgaria	Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan   Mongolia
52 kg	Ebrahim Javadi   Iran	Arsen Allakhverdiyev   Soviet Union	Yuji Takada   Japan
57 kg	Mohsen Farahvashi   Iran	Megdiin Khoilogdorj   Mongolia	Vladimir Yumin   Soviet Union
62 kg	Zagalav Abdulbekov   Soviet Union	Heinz Stahr   East Germany	Mohammad Reza Navaei   Iran
68 kg	Lloyd Keaser   United States	Nasrulla Nasrullayev   Soviet Union	János Kocsis   Hungary
74 kg	Mansour Barzegar   Iran	Ruslan Ashuraliyev   Soviet Union	Jan Karlsson   Sweden
82 kg	Vasily Syulshin   Soviet Union	Vasile Iorga   Romania	Ismail Abilov   Bulgaria
90 kg	Levan Tediashvili   Soviet Union	Horst Stottmeister   East Germany	Ben Peterson   United States
100 kg	Ivan Yarygin   Soviet Union	József Csatári   Hungary	Dimitar Nekov   Bulgaria
+100 kg	Soslan Andiyev   Soviet Union	Boyan Boev   Bulgaria	Ladislau Șimon   Romania

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Vladimir Zubkov   Soviet Union	Ryszard Świerad   Poland	Ferenc Seres   Hungary
52 kg	Nicu Gingă   Romania	Jan Michalik   Poland	Rahim Aliabadi   Iran
57 kg	Józef Lipień   Poland	Rustam Kazakov   Soviet Union	Hristo Traykov   Bulgaria
62 kg	Kazimierz Lipień   Poland	Anatoly Kavkayev   Soviet Union	László Réczi   Hungary
68 kg	Shamil Khisamutdinov   Soviet Union	Sreten Damjanović   Yugoslavia	Heinz-Helmut Wehling   East Germany
74 kg	Ivan Kolev   Bulgaria	Jan Karlsson   Sweden	Klaus-Peter Göpfert   East Germany
82 kg	Leonid Liberman   Soviet Union	Milan Nenadić   Yugoslavia	Miroslav Janota   Czechoslovakia
90 kg	Valery Rezantsev   Soviet Union	Czesław Kwieciński   Poland	Stoyan Nikolov   Bulgaria
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin   Soviet Union	Kamen Goranov   Bulgaria	Andrzej Skrzydlewski   Poland
+100 kg	Aleksandar Tomov   Bulgaria	Petr Kment   Czechoslovakia	Shota Morchiladze   Soviet Union

See also

• 1973 World Sambo Championships

References

1. AAU News, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States.
2. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "U.S. wrestlers win one".
3. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "Wrestling team splits".
4. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "One U. S. participant wins in sambo match".

External links

• UWW Database