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]

1973 Wrestling World Cup
Host city	Toledo, Ohio
Dates	May 19–20
Stadium	Toledo Field House
Champions
Freestyle	10
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Medal summary

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