The United States had a strong team effort, led by four individual champions, at the Veterans Freestyle World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 31 through August 3.     This event featured the top wrestlers in the world 35 years-old and above. There are five age divisions at the Veterans World Championships, A-E. Division A is for competitors 35-40 years of age, Division B is for wrestlers 41-45 years-old, Division C is open to all wrestlers between 46 and 50, Division D is for wrestlers 51-55 years-old and Division E is for all wrestlers 56 years-old and older.    Claiming gold medals for the USA were Dwain Burkholder of Woodland Park, Colo. at 58 kg/127.75 lbs. in Div. D, Joseph Podraza of Brooklyn, N.Y. at 97 kg/213.75 lbs. in Div. D, Donald Apodaca of Huntington Beach, Calif. at 85 kg/187.5 lbs. in Div. E and Bob Anderson of Chula Vista, Calif. at 97 kg/213.75 lbs. in Div. E.    Burkholder won three matches, including a pair of falls. In the gold-medal finals, he edged Viktor Tchirkov of Russia, 8-7 in overtime.    Podraza also won all three matches, including a pin and two decisions. In the finals match, he defeated fellow American Ronald Cole of Auburn, Wash., leading 3-2 when the match ended.    Apodaca took the long route to his gold medal, losing in his pool then having to capture a repechage round to qualify for the semifinals. He had a 6-1 record in the tournament. During the pool competition, he lost to Shiro Aoyama of Japan, 7-2 and placed second in the pool. A repechage was held for the fourth semifinal spot, which Apodaca won. In the semifinals, he beat Leo Ritter of Germany, 4-2, then defeated Milan Kohut of Slovakia in the finals, 6-0.    Anderson was dominant in his victory, winning four matches without allowing a point. He scored a pair of pins, as well as two 3-0 shutout wins. His first match was a 3-0 win over eventual runner-up Teodore Sammet of Germany.    Joining Cole as silver medalists for the USA were Raymond Mohlman of Lake Worth, Fla. (Div. B, 58 kg/127.75 lbs.), Peter Zurflieh of Camp Hill, Pa. (Div. C, 63 kg/138.75 lbs.) and Shirzad Ahmadi of Coventry, Conn. (Div. D, 63 kg/138.75 lbs.).     Winning bronze medals were George Dunn of Bellevue, Wash. (Div. B, 58 kg/127.75 lbs.), Paul Herder of Montrose, Colo. (Div. C, 63 kg/138.75 lbs.) and John Bennett of Kensington, Conn. (Div. D, 69 kg/152 lbs.)    The U.S. team was coached by USA Wrestling National Freestyle Developmental Coach and Director of Broadcasting Dave Bennett.    According to Bennett, the United States placed third as a team in the final standings, with host Hungary taking first and Russia claiming second.    Masaaki Hatta, who lives in Michigan but competed for Japan, won a silver medal at 58 kg/127.75 lbs. in Div. E.    There was no pre-qualification required for athletes to enter the Veterans World Championships. A total of 26 athletes from the United States participated in this year's event.