1971 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 100 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 4 4 TF 0 0 3 3 1 1 2.5 2.5 Draw 2.5 2.5 1 1 3 3 0 0 TF 4 4 4 4 TF 0 0 0 0 TF 4 4 4 4 TF 0 0

2st round

Score 8 4 TF 0 3 4 4 TF 0 1 5.5 3 1 2 5.5 3 1 4 0 0 TF 4 8 7 3 1 1 0 0 TF 4 8 8 4 TF 0 0

3rd round

Score 7 3 1 4 9.5 4 DQ 4 5 9.5 4 TF 0 2 0 0 TF 4 8 0 0 TF 4 5 0 0 Bye

4th round

Score 0 0 TF 4 8 3 1 3 8 0 0 TF 4 9 0 0 Bye

5th round

Score 2 2 Draw 2 5 4 4 TF 0 0

6th round

Score 7 3 1 6 4 2 Draw 2 2

Final standings

Shota Lomidze of USSR won the gold medal thanks lower number of penalty points. Mongolian wrestler Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh won the silver medal without losing a single match. Vasil Todorov from Bulgaria finished third.

SourceWorld Championship, Freestyle Seniors, 1971-08-27, Sofia (BUL), 100.0 kg, International Wrestling Database:

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