title: 1973 World Judo Championships
text: # 1973 World Judo Championships
  
  The 1973 World Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Lausanne, Switzerland from June 22–24, 1973.
  
  ## Medal overview
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | -63 kg | Yoshiharu Minami | Takao Kawaguchi | Shengeli Pitskhelauri Hector Rodriguez |
  | -70 kg | Toyokazu Nomura | Dietmar Hötger | Anatoliy Novikov Kazuo Yoshimura |
  | -80 kg | Shozo Fujii | Isamu Sonoda | Bernd Look Antoni Reiner |
  | -93 kg | Nobuyuki Sato | Takafumi Ueguchi | Dietmar Lorenz David Starbrook |
  | +93 kg | Chonosuke Takagi | Dzhibilo Nizharadze | Sergei Novikov Keith Remfry |
  | Open | Kazuhiro Ninomiya | Haruki Uemura | Klaus Glahn Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
  | 2 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 5 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
  