# 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. U.S. National Team included Buck Deadrich, David Pruzansky and Wayne Baughman. Deadrich and Pruzansky both captured bronze medals

## 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 |
| 10 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 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 | 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 |