1996 World Wrestling Championships

1996 World Championships
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	29–31 August
Champions
Women	Japan
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The 1996 World Wrestling Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	1	3	6
2	China	2	0	0	2
3	France	1	2	1	4
4	United States	1	2	0	3
5	Russia	1	1	1	3
6	Canada	1	1	0	2
7	Sweden	1	0	1	2
8	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		9	9	9	27

Team ranking[]

Rank	Women's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Japan	68
2	Russia	60
3	United States	48
4	France	41
5	Canada	39
6	China	32
7	Bulgaria	29
8	Chinese Taipei	29
9	Germany	25
10	Sweden	23

Medal summary[]

Women's freestyle[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	China	Austria	Japan
47 kg	Tricia Saunders  United States	Angélique Hidalgo  France	Japan
50 kg	Olga Smirnova  Russia	Japan	Sweden
53 kg	Anna Gomis  France	Canada	Japan
57 kg	Sara Eriksson  Sweden	United States	Lene Aanes  Norway
61 kg	Japan	Natalia Ivanova  Russia	Stéphanie Groß  Germany
65 kg	Japan	France	Russia
70 kg	Christine Nordhagen  Canada	Bulgaria	Lise Golliot  France
75 kg	China	Kristie Stenglein  United States	Chinese Taipei

Participating nations[]

105 competitors from 20 nations participated.^[1]

See also[]

• Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References[]

• Results

External links[]

• UWW Database