1973 Wrestling World Cup

The 1973 Wrestling World Cup was held from May 19 to 20 in Toledo, Ohio. This was the first World Cup edition, which was contested in the dual meet format instead of individual tournament. The competition drew four freestyle wrestling champion teams, representing Europe, Asia, and North America — Soviet Union, Japan, and Canada respectively, which had the best final standings at the 1973 World Wrestling Championships, and the host country, the United States team.^[1] As during the previous edition, the winner of the World Cup was the USSR National Team.^[2]

Medal summary edit

Event	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
Light Flyweight 48 kg	Akira Kudo Japan	Rafig Hajiyev Soviet Union	Dave Range United States	Albert Tschitarhart Canada
Flyweight 52 kg	Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union	Yuji Takada Japan	Jimmy Carr United States	Guy Zink Canada
Bantamweight 57 kg	Roin Doborjginidze Soviet Union	Donald Behm United States	Hiroshi Kaneko Japan	John Dellagillo Canada
Featherweight 62 kg	Viktor Markelov Soviet Union	Akira Miyahara Japan	Doug Moses United States	Tim Wenzel Canada
Lightweight 68 kg	Lloyd Keaser United States	Pavel Pinigin Soviet Union	Kikuo Wada Japan	John McPhedran Canada
Welterweight 74 kg	Jiichiro Date Japan	Ruslan Ashuraliyev Soviet Union	Stanley Dziedzic United States	John Davis Canada
Middleweight 82 kg	John Peterson United States	Viktor Novozhilov Soviet Union	Terry Paice Canada	Masaru Motegi Japan
Light heavyweight 90 kg	Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union	Ben Peterson United States	Makoto Kamada Japan	Alvin Martin Canada
Heavyweight 100 kg	Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union	Russell Hellickson United States	Claude Pilon Canada	none Japan
Super Heavyweight +100 kg	Soslan Andiev Soviet Union	Michael McCready United States	Harry Geris Canada	none Japan