2002 World Wrestling Championships

2002 World Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	5–7 September
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Greco-Roman
Host city	Moscow, Russia
Dates	20–22 September
Stadium	Universal Sports Hall CSKA
Women
Host city	Chalcis, Greece
Dates	2–3 November
Stadium	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Japan
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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 nations)		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 details	René Montero  Cuba	Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan	Oleksandr Zakharuk  Ukraine
60 kg details	Aram Margaryan  Armenia	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar  Mongolia	Mohammad Talaei  Iran
66 kg details	Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine	Alireza Dabir  Iran	Russia
74 kg details	Mehdi Hajizadeh  Iran	Russia	Ukraine
84 kg details	Adam Saitiev  Russia	Yoel Romero  Cuba	Majid Khodaei  Iran
96 kg details	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia	Alireza Heidari  Iran	Vadim Tasoyev  Ukraine
120 kg details	David Musulbes  Russia	Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba	Aydın Polatçı  Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman[]

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

Women's freestyle[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Brigitte Wagner  Germany	Russia	Sweden
51 kg details	Sofia Poumpouridou  Greece	Chiharu Icho  Japan	Natalia Golts  Russia
55 kg details	Saori Yoshida  Japan	Tina George  United States	Ida-Theres Karlsson  Sweden
59 kg details	Alena Kartashova  Russia	Sweden	Mabel Fonseca  Puerto Rico
63 kg details	Kaori Icho  Japan	Sara Eriksson  Sweden	Lene Aanes  Norway
67 kg details	Kateryna Burmistrova  Ukraine	Lise Legrand  France	Kristie Marano  United States
72 kg details	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.^[1]

Men's Greco-Roman[]

215 competitors from 51 nations participated.

Women's freestyle[]

150 competitors from 34 nations participated.

References[]

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