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
Score 3 3 1 1 0 0 TF 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 TF 4 4 0 0 TF 4 4 2 2 Draw 2 2 2 2 Draw 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 4 TF 0 0 4 4 TF 0 0 4 4 TF 0 0
2nd round
Score 7 4 TF 0 0 1 0 TF 4 8 7 4 TF 0 0 1 0 TF 4 8 2 0 TF 4 8 3 3 1 3 2 0 TF 4 8 8 4 TF 0 1 4 4 TF 0 1 4 1 3 3 8 4 TF 0 3 6 4 TF 0 0
3rd round
Score 5 4 DQ 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 TF 4 7 7 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 6 3 1 2 4 4 Вye 0 1 4 3 1 4
4th round
Score 8 4 TF 0 0 2 0 DQ 4 5 5 3 1 5 5 3 1 5 8 3 1 4 4 0 Вye
5th round
Score 5 1 3 3 5 3 1 6 5 0 TF 4 8 9 4 TF 0 5
6th round
Score 6 1 3 6 6 1 3 8 5 0 Вye
Silver medal match Score 1 3 2 Draw 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.]
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