| Wrestling at the VII Summer Universiade | |
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| Venue | University Ring |
| Dates | August 1973 |
The Wrestling competition in the 1973 Summer Universiade were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was added as an optional sports by the host country, Soviet Union. [1] [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 |  Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Romania | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Iran | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  United States | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Gheorghe Berceanu (ROU) | Aleksey Shumakov (URS) | Kiril Skatchkov (BUL) |
| 52 kg | Valentin Kluchnikov (URS) | Nicu Gingă (ROU) |  James Jones (USA) |
| 57 kg | Edvard Feinstein (URS) | Gyula Molnár (HUN) | Bill Davids (USA) |
| 62 kg | Jemal Megrelishvili (URS) | Ion Păun (ROU) | Roland Werner (GDR) |
| 68 kg | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) | Konstantin Trajkov (BUL) | Juergen Haenel (GDR) |
| 74 kg | Gennady Korban (URS) | Jozsef Hornyak (HUN) | Nojislav Tabacki (YUG) |
| 82 kg | Leonid Liberman (URS) | Stahikus Olteanu (ROU) | Mile Zvidzak (YUG) |
| 90 kg | Estas Goglizhidze (URS) | Darko Nišavić (YUG) | Nicolae Neguț (ROU) |
| 100 kg | Mikheil Saladze (URS) | Ivan Tsolov (BUL) | Ken Levels (USA) |
| +100 kg | Shota Morshiladse (URS) | Petar Stanchev (BUL) | Victor Dolipschi (ROU) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Rafik Gadzhiev (URS) | Chitaragan Khozeyr (IRI) | Noroute Sambadi (IND) |
| 52 kg | Katsuhiro Shimoda (JPN) | Ghadir Nokhodchi (IRI) | Jamsram Monchichor (MGL) |
| 57 kg | Tadashi Sasaki (JPN) | Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI) | Prokopi Shestakov (URS) |
| 62 kg | Akira Miyahara (JPN) | Mohammad Reza Navaei (IRI) | Yuri Korolov (URS) |
| 68 kg | Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) | Pavel Pinigin (URS) | Richard Levinguer (USA) |
| 74 kg | Aleksander Airapetyan (URS) | Christo Stavrev (BUL) | Cristian Emilian (ROU) |
| 82 kg | Vasili Sulyin (URS) | Vasile Iorga (ROU) | Petko Zaberski (BUL) |
| 90 kg | Levan Tediashvili (URS) | Floyd Chitchkok (USA) | Enju Stoichev (BUL) |
| 100 kg | Ivan Yarygin (URS) | Burke Deadrich (USA) | Dimitar Stankov (BUL) |
| +100 kg | Nodar Modebadse (URS) | Ladislau Șimon (ROU) | Neno Ihotov (BUL) |
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