1973 World Judo Championships
# 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 |
