1973 European Wrestling Championships

The 1973 European Wrestling Championships were held in the men's Freestyle style in Losanna Switzerland 30 March – 4 April 1973; the Greco-Romane style in Helsinki Finland 1 – 4 June 1973.^[1][2]

1973 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Switzerland, Losanna (Freestyle)  Finland Helsinki (Greco-Roman)
Dates	30 March – 4 April 1973 1 – 4 June 1973
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Bulgaria
← 1972 1974 →

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	10	4	4	18
2	Bulgaria	6	7	2	15
3	Poland	1	2	1	4
4	Romania	1	0	1	2
5	Sweden	1	0	0	1
	West Germany	1	0	0	1
7	Turkey	0	3	2	5
8	Hungary	0	2	1	3
9	East Germany	0	1	4	5
10	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
11	Finland	0	0	2	2
	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
13	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Hasan Isaev  Bulgaria	Rafig Hajiyev  Soviet Union	Tadeusz Kudelski  Poland
52 kg	Arsen Alakhverdiyev  Soviet Union	Ali Rıza Alan  Turkey	Henrik Gál  Hungary
57 kg	Kirkor Leonov  Bulgaria	László Klinga  Hungary	Rain Dobordzhekidze  Soviet Union
62 kg	Ivan Yankov  Bulgaria	Zagalav Abdulbekov  Soviet Union	Vehbi Akdağ  Turkey
68 kg	Nasrula Nasrulayev  Soviet Union	Stefan Stoikov  Bulgaria	Ali Şahin  Turkey
74 kg	Adolf Seger  West Germany	Viktor Zilberman  Soviet Union	Frank Birke  East Germany
82 kg	Vasili Siulzhin  Soviet Union	Hayri Polat  Turkey	Benno Paulitz  East Germany
90 kg	Piotr Surikov  Soviet Union	Horst Stottmeister  East Germany	Dimo Kostov  Bulgaria
100 kg	Vladimir Gulyutkin  Soviet Union	József Csatári  Hungary	Harald Büttner  East Germany
+100 kg	Nodar Modebadze  Soviet Union	Alaettin Yıldırım  Turkey	Boyan Boev  Bulgaria

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Gheorghe Berceanu  Romania	Pavel Hristov  Bulgaria	Vladimir Netsvetayev  Soviet Union
52 kg	Jan Michalik  Poland	Todor Todorov  Bulgaria	Valery Arutyunov  Soviet Union
57 kg	Hristo Traikov  Bulgaria	Yuri Sokolov  Soviet Union	Ivan Frgić  Yugoslavia
62 kg	Nelson Davidyan  Soviet Union	Kazimierz Lipień  Poland	Harald Hervig  Norway
68 kg	Shamil Khisamutdinov  Soviet Union	Nedko Nedev  Bulgaria	Sreten Damjanović  Yugoslavia
74 kg	Ivan Kolev  Bulgaria	Vítězslav Mácha  Czechoslovakia	Klaus-Peter Göpfert  East Germany
82 kg	Gennady Korban  Soviet Union	Jan Dołgowicz  Poland	Pavel Pavlov  Bulgaria
90 kg	Frank Andersson  Sweden	Dimitar Ivanov  Bulgaria	Keijo Manni  Finland
100 kg	Nikolay Balboshin  Soviet Union	Kamen Goranov  Bulgaria	Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
+100 kg	Aleksandar Tomov  Bulgaria	Marek Galiński  Poland	Shota Morchiladze  Soviet Union