1973 World Sambo Championships

1973 World Sambo Championships
Location	Tehran, Iran
Dates	September 6–11
Competitors	69 participants from 12 countries

The 1973 World Sambo Championships were held in Tehran, Iran on September 6–11. It was the first World Sambo Championships.[1][2][3] The participating teams were from Bulgaria, Mongolia, Iran, Spain, Japan, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia, etc. For the first time World Sambo Championships was part of the FILA World Wrestling Championships (1975 and 1983 editions also included Sambo contest.)[4][5][6]

Team ranking

Rank	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union
2	Mongolia
3	Iran
4	Bulgaria
5	United States
6	Japan

Medal overview

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Gennady Georgadze  Soviet Union	Habib Fattahi  Iran	Tuxiintor  Mongolia
52 kg	Aleksey Shor  Soviet Union	Punstag  Mongolia	Jung God Kim  South Korea
57 kg	Mikhail Yunak  Soviet Union	Tutzhlun  Mongolia	Parvan Parvanov  Bulgaria
62 kg	Tzharang  Mongolia	Nikolay Kozitsky  Soviet Union	David Pruzansky  United States
68 kg	David Rudman  Soviet Union	Pavlikov  Bulgaria	Obzhirbal  Mongolia
74 kg	Aleksandr Fedorov  Soviet Union	Gandolgoryn Batsükh  Mongolia	Ali Effati  Iran
82 kg	Česlovas Jezerskas  Soviet Union	Slavko Obadov  Yugoslavia	Wogronch  Mongolia
90 kg	Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union	Hoshino  Japan	Doktorov  Bulgaria
100 kg	Nikolay Danilov  Soviet Union	Seifollah Javaheri  Iran	Burke Deadrich  United States
+100 kg	Vladimir Klivodenko  Soviet Union	Parbozano  Spain	Koprivlensky  Bulgaria

References

1. "What is SAMBO?". Insidethegames.biz. January 5, 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
2. "Black Belt". June 3, 1973. p. 53.
3. Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R. (September 3, 2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. p. 512. ISBN 9781598842432.
4. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "U.S. wrestlers win one".
5. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "Wrestling team splits".
6. Associated Press (September 11, 1973). "One U. S. participant wins in sambo match".