| Event: | Men's 73 kg |
| Championship: | 2011 World Judo Championships |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Gold: | Riki Nakaya |
| Gold Value: | 1 |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Dex Elmont |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Navruz Jurakobilov |
| Bronzenoc: | UZB |
| Bronze2: | Ugo Legrand |
| Bronzenoc2: | FRA |
The men's 73 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 24.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Wang Ki-Chun  | 100–000 |  Giovanni di Cristo | |
Seydou Traoré  | 000–101 |  Derian Castro | |
Eldar Zarpikanov  | 100–000 |  Navdeep Chana | |
Hussein Hafiz  | 100–001 |  Bernard Sylvain Mvondoetoga | |
Victor Scvortov  | 001–100 | David Papaux | |
Nikola Pejic  | 000–100 |  Michael Eldred | |
| 000–100 | Yassir Ayad |
| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dex Elmont | 100–000 |  Sezer Huysuz | |
Liu Wei  | 101–000 | Abdias Philippe Lamour | |
Edson Madeira  | 100–000 |  Sled Dowabobo | |
Alisher Mantobetov  | 000–100 |  Volodymyr Soroka | |
| 000–100 |  Tomasz Adamiec | ||
| 000–100 |  Renat Mirzaliyev |
| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Riki Nakaya  | 101–000 | Aleni Smith | |
| Mohamed Camara | 100–000 | Benjamin Donegan | |
| Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | 101–001 |  Mitar Mrdić | |
| Andrea Regis | 010–000 |  Rasul Boqiev | |
| Zeng Qingdong | 000–101 | Hasan Vanlıoğlu | |
| Rinat Ibragimov | 010–000 |  Miloš Mijalković | |
| Anton Tyshchenko | 003–000 | Grigorios Nazarov |
| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroyuki Akimoto | 100–000 |  Ronald Girones | |
Alekos Lazarou  | 000–011 |  Kiyoshi Uematsu | |
Künter Rothberg  | 100–000 | Koo Hwan | |
Bruno Mendonca  | 010–000 |  Mirali Sharipov | |
Tengizi Paposhvili  | 110–000 | Juan Mejia de la Roca | |
| 000–102 |  Benjamin Darbelet | ||
| 000–100 |  Jaromír Ježek |