World Wrestling Championships 1971

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The World Wrestling Championships 1971 took place from August 27 to September 5, 1971 in Sofia . It was wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles . The wrestlers were divided into ten weight classes.

Greco-Roman

The Greco-Roman style competitions took place from September 2nd to 5th, 1971.

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
-48 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vladimir Subkov TurkeyTurkey Hızır Sarı Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Stefan Angelow
-52 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Petar Kirov Romania 1965Romania Gheorghe Stoiciu Hungary 1957Hungary József Doncsecz
-57 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Rustem Kazakov Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Christo Traikow Hungary 1957Hungary Janos Varga
-62 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Markov Poland 1944Poland Kazimierz Lipień JapanJapan Hideo Fujimoto
-68 kg Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Sreten Damjanović Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Klaus-Peter Göpfert JapanJapan Tanoue Takashi
-74 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Viktor Igumenov Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Momir Kecman Greece 1970Greece Petros Galaktopoulos
-82 kg Hungary 1957Hungary Csaba Hegedűs Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Nasarenko Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kiril Dimitrov
-90 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Valery Resanzew Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Nikolov Ivanov Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Lothar Metz
-100 kg SwedenSweden Per Svensson Romania 1965Romania Nicolae Martinescu Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Marin Kolew
+100 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Alexandar Tomov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anatoly Roschtschin CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Petr Kment

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 4th 2 0
2 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 3 2 3
3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 1 0
4th Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 1 0 2
5 SwedenSweden Sweden 1 0 0
6th Romania 1965Romania Romania 0 2 0
7th Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 0 1 1
8th Poland 1944Poland Poland 0 1 0
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0 1 0
10 JapanJapan Japan 0 0 2
11 Greece 1970Greece Greece 0 0 1
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 1

Freestyle

The freestyle competitions took place from August 27th to 30th, 1971.

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
-48 kg Iran 1964Iran Ibrahim Javadi Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Jemran Bazarragcha Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ognyan Nikolov
-52 kg Iran 1964Iran Mohammad Ghorbani Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Baju Baew Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Aminula Nasrulayev
-57 kg JapanJapan Hideaki Yanagida United StatesUnited States Donald Behm Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Migid Choilogdorj
-62 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sagalaw Abdulbekow Iran 1964Iran Shamseddin Seyed Abbasi JapanJapan Kiyoshi Abe
-68 kg United StatesUnited States Dan Gable Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Kazakov Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Ismail Yuseinov
-74 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Yuri Gussow Iran 1964Iran Mohammad Farhangdoust Romania 1965Romania Ludovic Ambrus
-82 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Levan Tediashvili Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Horst Stottmeister Romania 1965Romania Vasile Iorga
-90 kg Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Russi Petrov Poland 1944Poland Pawel Kurczewski United StatesUnited States Russell Hellickson
-100 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Shota Lomidze Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Chorloogiin bayan monk Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Wassil Todorow
+100 kg Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Medved Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Osman Duraliew Poland 1944Poland Stanislaw Makowiecki

Medal table

rank country gold silver bronze
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 5 1 1
2 Iran 1964Iran Iran 2 2 0
3 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 2 3
4th United StatesUnited States United States 1 1 1
5 JapanJapan Japan 1 0 1
6th Mongolia People's Republic 1949Mongolian People's Republic Mongolia 0 2 1
7th Poland 1944Poland Poland 0 1 1
8th Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic 0 1 0
9 Romania 1965Romania Romania 0 0 2

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