1971 World Junior Wrestling Championships

1971 World Junior Wrestling Championships
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	1971
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
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The 1971 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the second edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Tokyo, Japan 1971. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	10	3	0	13
2	Iran	3	1	0	4
3	Bulgaria	2	8	3	13
4	United States	2	3	7	12
5	Japan	2	2	6	10
6	Turkey	1	0	0	1
7	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
10	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Yoshiyuki Matsuhashi   Japan	Isov Hassan   Bulgaria	Paul Bartlett   United States
52 kg	Salim Bak   Turkey	Batsukh Bayarsaikhan   Mongolia	Tadashi Sasaki   Japan
56 kg	Onishi Toshinobu   Japan	A. Mardani   Iran	Ron Glass   United States
60 kg	V. Sokolov   Soviet Union	Yang Jung-mo   South Korea	Damdimsuren   Mongolia
65 kg	David Kvalelashvili   Soviet Union	Furistov   Bulgaria	Dennis Graham   United States
70 kg	Jabbar Mahdioun   Iran	Kabolov   Bulgaria	Hirohisa Yumisashi   Japan}
75 kg	Esmaeili Esmaeili   Iran	Ismail Abilov   Bulgaria	Alan Albright   United States
81 kg	A. Pramadian   Iran	Milev   Bulgaria	Ed Vatch   United States
87 kg	Salman Hashimikov   Soviet Union	Radev   Bulgaria	Tony Sidoti   United States
+87 kg	Mark Bittick   United States	Laurineki   Soviet Union	Uraimilov   Bulgaria

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Kilas Akhmedov   Soviet Union	Masao Nakatani   Japan	Kerry Bolen   United States
52 kg	Oleg Davidyan   Soviet Union	Dan Mello   United States	Susumo Hagiwara   Japan
56 kg	Viktor Bekhtemirov   Soviet Union	Toshimitsu Ota   Japan	Per Lindholm   Sweden
60 kg	Berney Gonzales   United States	Yakubov   Soviet Union	Yang Jung-mo   South Korea
65 kg	Konstantin Trajkov   Bulgaria	Nelson Davidyan   United States	Ryoji Sugawara   Japan
70 kg	Anatoly Bykov   Soviet Union	Miltshev   Bulgaria	Masaru Ogasawara   Japan
75 kg	Alexander Onischenko   Soviet Union	Robin Richards   United States	Nedko Nedev   Bulgaria
81 kg	Tamas Kiknadse   Soviet Union	Lars-Erik Nilsson   Sweden	Dimitar Stefanov   Bulgaria
87 kg	Nikolai Lysenko   Soviet Union	Ivanov   Bulgaria	Sato Koji   Japan
+87 kg	Stefan Ognafov   Bulgaria	Aleksandr Kolchinsky   Soviet Union	Orlandi   Italy

References

1. "International Wrestling Database".
2. "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
3. "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
4. "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
5. "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
6. "Bittrick of U.S. Wins Title in World Junior Wrestling". The New York Times. 4 May 1971.

External links

• UWW Database
• FILA Database