2002 World Wrestling Championships

2002 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	5–7 September 2002
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Greco-Roman
Host city	Moscow, Russia
Dates	20–22 September 2002
Stadium	Universal Sports Hall CSKA
Women
Host city	Chalcis, Greece
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Stadium	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Japan

The following are the final results of the 2002 World Wrestling Championships. The 36th Men's Freestyle Competition was held in Tehran, Iran, while the 47th Men's Greco-Roman Competition was staged in Moscow, Russia and the 15th Women's Competition in Chalcis, Greece.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	3	3	11
2	Japan	3	1	0	4
3	Sweden	2	2	2	6
4	Ukraine	2	0	3	5
5	Iran	1	2	3	6
6	Cuba	1	2	2	5
7	Georgia	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
9	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
11	Armenia	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
14	Azerbaijan	0	2	0	2
15	Egypt	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
17	China	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
22	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		21	21	21	63

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Iran	44	Russia	45	Japan	47
2	Russia	42	Georgia	27	Sweden	34
3	Cuba	35	Cuba	26	Russia	32
4	Ukraine	34	Bulgaria	22	Germany	27
5	Georgia	34	United States	22	Greece	26
6	Uzbekistan	19	Turkey	21	Poland	25
7	Germany	19	Sweden	20	Canada	24
8	Armenia	16	Egypt	17	Ukraine	21
9	Bulgaria	15	Uzbekistan	17	France	21
10	Azerbaijan	14	Armenia	16	China	20

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	René Montero Cuba	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan	Oleksandr Zakharuk Ukraine
60 kg	Aram Margaryan Armenia	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar Mongolia	Mohammad Talaei Iran
66 kg	Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine	Alireza Dabir Iran	Zaur Botaev Russia
74 kg	Mehdi Hajizadeh Iran	Magomed Isagadzhiev Russia	Volodymyr Syrotyn Ukraine
84 kg	Adam Saitiev Russia	Yoel Romero Cuba	Majid Khodaei Iran
96 kg	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia	Alireza Heidari Iran	Vadim Tasoyev Ukraine
120 kg	David Musulbes Russia	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba	Aydın Polatçı Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Geidar Mamedaliyev Russia	Nepes Gukulow Turkmenistan	Hassan Rangraz Iran
60 kg	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland	Roberto Monzón Cuba
66 kg	Jimmy Samuelsson Sweden	Farid Mansurov Azerbaijan	Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia
74 kg	Varteres Samurgashev Russia	Badri Khasaia Georgia	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba
84 kg	Ara Abrahamian Sweden	Aleksandr Menshchikov Russia	Mohamed Abdelfatah Egypt
96 kg	Mehmet Özal Turkey	Karam Gaber Egypt	Ali Mollov Bulgaria
120 kg	Dremiel Byers United States	Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary	Yury Patrikeyev Russia

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Brigitte Wagner Germany	Inga Karamchakova Russia	Ida Hellström Sweden
51 kg	Sofia Poumpouridou Greece	Chiharu Icho Japan	Natalia Golts Russia
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan	Tina George United States	Ida-Theres Karlsson Sweden
59 kg	Alena Kartashova Russia	Lotta Andersson Sweden	Mabel Fonseca Puerto Rico
63 kg	Kaori Icho Japan	Sara Eriksson Sweden	Lene Aanes Norway
67 kg	Kateryna Burmistrova Ukraine	Lise Legrand France	Kristie Marano United States
72 kg	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Wang Xu China	Edyta Witkowska Poland

Participating nations

Men's freestyle

183 competitors from 42 nations participated. The United States freestyle team did not participate due to security concerns.

• Armenia (5)
• Azerbaijan (5)
• Belarus (7)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Canada (6)
• China (7)
• Cuba (7)
• Estonia (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Georgia (7)
• Germany (6)
• Great Britain (1)
• Greece (7)
• Hungary (5)
• India (7)
• Iran (7)
• Iraq (3)
• Japan (7)
• Kazakhstan (5)
• Kyrgyzstan (3)
• Macedonia (3)
• Moldova (4)
• Mongolia (7)
• Netherlands (1)
• Peru (2)
• Poland (5)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (7)
• Senegal (3)
• Slovakia (2)
• South Korea (6)
• Spain (1)
• Switzerland (4)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Tunisia (1)
• Turkey (7)
• Turkmenistan (3)
• Ukraine (7)
• Uzbekistan (6)
• Venezuela (1)

Men's Greco-Roman

215 competitors from 51 nations participated.

• Armenia (6)
• Australia (1)
• Austria (1)
• Azerbaijan (3)
• Belarus (7)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
• Bulgaria (7)
• China (7)
• Chinese Taipei (3)
• Croatia (1)
• Cuba (7)
• Czech Republic (3)
• Denmark (3)
• Egypt (3)
• Estonia (4)
• Finland (6)
• France (6)
• Georgia (6)
• Germany (7)
• Greece (7)
• Hungary (7)
• Iran (4)
• Israel (4)
• Italy (2)
• Japan (6)
• Kazakhstan (6)
• Kyrgyzstan (5)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (5)
• Mauritius (1)
• Moldova (2)
• Morocco (1)
• Norway (4)
• Peru (2)
• Poland (7)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (5)
• Russia (7)
• Slovakia (2)
• South Korea (6)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (6)
• Switzerland (2)
• Tunisia (1)
• Turkey (7)
• Turkmenistan (2)
• Ukraine (7)
• United States (7)
• Uzbekistan (7)
• Venezuela (3)
• Yugoslavia (3)

Women's freestyle

150 competitors from 34 nations participated.

• Australia (5)
• Austria (2)
• Belarus (3)
• Bulgaria (7)
• Canada (7)
• China (6)
• Czech Republic (1)
• France (6)
• Germany (7)
• Greece (7)
• Hungary (1)
• India (5)
• Italy (5)
• Japan (7)
• Kazakhstan (3)
• Latvia (1)
• Madagascar (1)
• Mexico (4)
• Mongolia (6)
• Norway (3)
• Peru (2)
• Poland (6)
• Puerto Rico (2)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (7)
• Senegal (3)
• South Korea (5)
• Spain (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (3)
• Turkey (4)
• Ukraine (7)
• United States (7)
• Venezuela (6)

References

• Women official website
• Greco-Roman official website
• Freestyle official website
• UWW Database