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The 1973 World Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Judo Championships

World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

from June 22–24 1973.

Men

-63 kg	Yoshiharu Minami	Takao Kawaguchi Takao Kawaguchi is a retired judoka who competed in the -63 kg division.-Biography:Kawaguchi began judo at age 5 under the instruction of his father, who was a local judo instructor. He won the inter-highschool judo tournament in his senior year in high school, and entered Meiji University in 1969...	Schangeli Pitschelauri Hector Rodriguez Héctor Rodríguez (judoka) Héctor Rodríguez Torres is a Cuban judoka and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. by defeating South Korea's Chang Eun-Yung in the final.-References:*...
-70 kg	Toyokazu Nomura Toyokazu Nomura is a retired judoka who competed in the half middleweight division.-Biography:Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His father was the founder of a local judo dojo, and his brother was also an instructor who taught Olympic gold medalist Shinji Hosokawa. His nephew, Tadahiro Nomura, is the only...	Dietmar Hötger	Anatoli Novikov Kazuo Yoshimura Kazuo Yoshimura is a retired Japanese judoka.Yoshimura is from Kumamoto, Kumamoto. He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduation from Nihon University in 1973....
-80 kg	Shozo Fujii Shōzō Fujii is a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal 4 times at the World Championships.He is from Higashikagawa, Kagawa. After graduation from Tenri University in 1973, he belonged to Kuraray...	Isamu Sonoda Isamu Sonoda is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division.-Biography:Sonoda was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. He attended the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, and won a gold medal at the 1969 World Judo Championships along with his older brother, Yoshio, who won the gold medal in the...	Bernd Look Antoni Reiner
-93 kg	Nobuyuki Sato	Takafumi Ueguchi	Dietmar Lorenz Dietmar Lorenz Dietmar Lorenz is an East German judoka, who competed for the SC Dynamo Hoppegarten/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.He was born in Schleiz-Langenbuch.... David Starbrook David Starbrook David Colin Starbrook is a retired British judoka.He won a silver medal in the 1972 Olympics, and bronze in the 1976 Olympics - both in the half-heavyweight division....
+93 kg	Chonosuke Takagi	Ramaz Nichiradze	Sergei Novikov Sergei Novikov (judo) Sergey Petrovych Novikov is a Russian judo olympic champion, who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division.... Keith Remfry Keith Remfry Keith Remfry is a former judoka from the United Kingdom, who won the silver medal in the Open Class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He lost to Japan's Haruki Uemura in the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada....
Open	Kazuhiro Ninomiya Kazuhiro Ninomiya is a retired judoka who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Biography:After graduating from Tenri University, Ninomiya entered the Shoki Juku under the instruction of Isao Okano. He joined the Fukuoka Prefecture police force in April, 1972, and placed third in the All-Japan Judo Championships...	Haruki Uemura Haruki Uemura is a former judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open Class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain's Keith Remfry....	Klaus Glahn Klaus Glahn Klaus Glahn is a former West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the open class while representing the United Team of Germany.... Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt is a German judo athlete, who competed for the SG Dynamo Brandenburg/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won medals at international competitions.-References:...

Medals table

1	Japan	6	4	1	11
2	German Democratic Republic	0	1	3	4
2	Soviet Union	0	1	3	4
4	United Kingdom	0	0	2	2
5	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1

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