1971 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

None Men's freestyle 74 kg 1971 World Championships 27 August 1971 24 24 Yury Gusov URS Mohammad Farhangdoust Iran Ludovic Ambruș Romania 1971 World Wrestling Championships The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1971 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia.1971 World Wrestling Championships Results Book, FILA Tournament results The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals. Legend TF — Won by Fall DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity DNA — Did not appear Penalties 0 — Won by Fall and Disqualification 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority 1 — Won by Points 2 — Draw 2.5 — Draw, Passivity 3 — Lost by Points 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority 4 — Lost by Fall and Disqualification 1st round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 3 3 Djelasi TUN Anthony Shacklady GBR 1 1 0 0 Mehmet Uzun TUR TF Kolton ISR 4 4 3 3 Janusz Pająk POL Ludovic Ambruș ROM 1 1 0 0 Adolf Seger FRG TF Symons CAN 4 4 0 0 Daniel Robin FRA TF Bernard Milhit SUI 4 4 2 2 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI Draw Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL 2 2 2 2 Francisco Lebeque CUB Draw Zun Gil Song KOR 2 2 3 3 Yosuke Nagano JPN Wolfgang Nitschke GDR 1 1 3 3 Michel Gallego USA Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL 1 1 4 4 Josef Völc TCH TF Yury Gusov URS 0 0 4 4 Djemil CYP TF Gouassi LBN 0 0 4 4 Rossi ITA TF Károly Buzás HUN 0 0 2nd round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 7 4 Djelasi TUN TF Mehmet Uzun TUR 0 0 1 0 Anthony Shacklady GBR TF Kolton ISR 4 8 7 4 Janusz Pająk POL TF Adolf Seger FRG 0 0 1 0 Ludovic Ambruș ROM TF Symons CAN 4 8 2 0 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI TF Bernard Milhit SUI 4 8 3 3 Daniel Robin FRA Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL 1 3 2 0 Francisco Lebeque CUB TF Rossi ITA 4 8 8 4 Josef Völc TCH TF Wolfgang Nitschke GDR 0 1 4 4 Gouassi LBN TF Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL 0 1 4 1 Yosuke Nagano JPN Yury Gusov URS 3 3 8 4 Djemil CYP TF Michel Gallego USA 0 3 6 4 Zun Gil Song KOR TF Károly Buzás HUN 0 0 3rd round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 5 4 Anthony Shacklady GBR DQ Mehmet Uzun TUR 0 0 2 1 Ludovic Ambruș ROM Adolf Seger FRG 3 3 2 0 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI TF Daniel Robin FRA 4 7 7 3 Yosuke Nagano JPN Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL 1 4 5 3 Francisco Lebeque CUB Károly Buzás HUN 1 1 6 3 Michel Gallego USA Wolfgang Nitschke GDR 1 2 4 4 Gouassi LBN Вye 0 1 4 3 Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL Yury Gusov URS 1 4 4th round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 8 4 Gouassi LBN TF Mehmet Uzun TUR 0 0 2 0 Ludovic Ambruș ROM DQ Károly Buzás HUN 4 5 5 3 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI Yury Gusov URS 1 5 5 3 Wolfgang Nitschke GDR Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL 1 5 8 3 Francisco Lebeque CUB Adolf Seger FRG 1 4 4 0 Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL Вye 5th round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 5 1 Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL Mehmet Uzun TUR 3 3 5 3 Ludovic Ambruș ROM Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL 1 6 5 0 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI TF Adolf Seger FRG 4 8 9 4 Wolfgang Nitschke GDR TF Yury Gusov URS 0 5 6th round TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 6 1 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI Mehmet Uzun TUR 3 6 6 1 Ludovic Ambruș ROM Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL 3 8 5 0 Yury Gusov URS Вye Silver medal match TPP Total penalty points MPP Match penalty points Score MPP Match penalty points TPP Total penalty points 1 Ludovic Ambruș ROM Mehmet Uzun TUR 3 2 Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI Draw Ludovic Ambruș ROM 2 Final standings Yury Gusov of USSR won the gold medal, despite losing to Japan's Yosuke Nagano, thanks to a lower number of penalty points in the overall standings."Ringer-Weltmeisterschaften 1971 in Sofia" [1971 World Wrestling Championships in Sofia], Athletik, October 1971 (in German). "... verlor Gusow gegen den Japaner, mogelte sich dann uber die Runden und als die funfte Runde eingelautet wurde, hatte er Freilos... Gusow mit 5 Fehlpunkten blieb im Rennen. So wurde der Russe Weltmeister."[... Gusov lost to the Japanese but then scraped through the subsequent rounds; when the fifth round was announced, he received a bye...Gusov remained in the tournament with 5 penalty points. That is how the Russian became world champion.] Mongolian wrestler Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter finished sixth without losing a single match."Монголоо алдаршуулсан олимпийн баатрууд", Montsame, September 28, 2018. Accessed December 22, 2025 (in Моngolian). "1971 оны ДАШТ-д нэг ч ялагдаагүй боловч VI байрт орсон.[Finished 6th without losing the single match at the 1971 World Championships.] Mohammad Farhangdoust from Iran initially received bronze medal. In the final standings, a judging dispute downgraded his silver to bronze in favor of Ludovic Ambruş, however, the FILA (now UWW) officially corrected this to silver in 2011, recognizing Farhangdoust's rightful achievement."محمد فرهنگدوست؛ غربت در ایران و مرگ در کانادا", Radiofarda, May 16, 2021. May 16, 2026 (in Iranian). "سال بعد نیز همین مدال را تکرار کرد. اما بر سر این مدال نقره در سال ۱۹۷۱ جنجال فراوانی به‌پا شد. ماجرا از این قرار بود که اگر نقره به او می‌رسید، بلغارستان از نایب قهرمانی در رده‌بندی تیمی بازمی‌ماند. مطابق امتیازشماری در جدول، او دوم شده بود اما هنگام اعلام برندگان مدال، نام او را به عنوان نفر سوم خواندند و نقره را دادند به نوداویچ امبروس از رومانی. محمد فرهنگدوست محمد فرهنگدوست فیلا در پاسخ به اعتراض ایران، قول پیگیری داد اما این تحقیقات، حدود چهار دهه به تعویق افتاد و سرانجام پیش از مرگ فرهنگدوست، فدراسیون جهانی کشتی در بایگانی پایگاه خبری خود، اشتباه سال ۱۹۷۱ را تصحیح کرد و مقابل نام فرهنگدوست، مدال نقره را به ثبت رساند. [he repeated success, winning the same medal. However, in 1971, this silver medal sparked much controversy. ... According to the standings, he finished second, but when the winners were announced, his name was listed as third, and the silver went to Ambros Nodavić of Romania... United World Wrestling corrected the 1971 error in its news archive and registered the silver medal in his name.] Yury Gusov URS Mohammad Farhangdoust IRI Ludovic Ambruș ROM Mehmet Uzun TUR Nikifor Kuzmanоv BUL Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter MGL References Category:World Wrestling Championships World Wrestling Championships, 1971 Category:1971 in Bulgarian sport Category:International wrestling competitions hosted by Bulgaria