To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world

                    

 By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


FINAL RANKINGS AT GR WORLD C'SHIPS



  MOSCOW (September 22) - Team scores and final individual place winners at the conclusion of the 2002 greco-roman wrestling world championships Universal Sport Hall CSKA in Moscow:

Team
1. Russia 45 points (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2. Georgia 27 (0-1-1)
3. Cuba 26 (0-0-2)
4. United States 22 (1-0-0)
5. Bulgaria 22 (1-0-1)
6. Turkey 21 (1-0-0)
7. Sweden 20 (2-0-0)
8. Egypt 17 (0-1-1)
9. Uzbekistan 17 (0-0-0)
10. Armenia 16 (0-0-0)
38. Japan 0 (0-0-0)
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55 KG (29 entries)
1. Geidar Mamedaliyev, Russia
2. Nepes Gukulov, Turkmenistan
3. Hassan Rangraz, Iran
4. Ashot Khachaturyan, Armenia
5. Marian Sandu, Romanoa
5. Ercan Yildiz, Turkey
7. Artiom Kiouregian, Greece
8. Brandon Paulson, U.S.
9. Irakli Tchotchua, Georgia
10. Oleksandr Vakulenko, Ukraine
14. Tomoya Murata, Japan
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60 KG (37 entries)
1. Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria
2. Wlodzimierz Zawadzki, Poland
3. Roberto Monzon, Cuba
4. Oleksandr Khwosch, Ukraine
5. Akaki Chachiya, Georgia
6. Asledin Khudoyberdiev, Uzbekistan
7. Ion Gaimer, Moldova
8. James Gruenwald, U.S.
9. Eusebiu Lancu Diaconu, Romania
10. Rustem Mambetov, Russia
11. Makoto Sasamoto, Japan
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66 KG (33 entries)
1. Jimmy Samuelsson, Sweden
2. Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijan
3. Manuchar Kvirkvelia, Georgia
4. Maksim Semenov, Russia
5. Bakhadyr Kurbanov, Uzbekistan
6. Mehdi Hodaei, Iran
7. Nikolay Gergov, Bulgaria
8. Juan Maren, Cuba
9. Vaghinak Galustyan, Armenia
10. Jerzy Szeibinger, Poland
27. Masaki Imuro, Japan
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74 KG
1. Varteres Samurgashev, Russia
2. Badri Khasaia, Georgia
3. Filiberto Ascuy, Cuba
4. Volodymir Shatskikh, Ukraine
5. Tamas Berzicza, Hungary
6. Michal Jaworski, Poland
7. Konstantin Schneider, Germany
8. Aleksandr Kikiniov, Belarus
9. Marko Uli-Hannuksela, Finland
10. Dzhakhombir Turdiev, Uzbekistan
18. Katsuhiko Nagata, Japan
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84 KG
1. Ara Abrahamian, Sweden
2. Aleksandr Menshikov, Russia
3. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Fatah, Egypt
4. Levon Geghamyan, Armenia
5. Bradley Vering, U.S.
6. Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkey
6. Bojan Mijatov, Yugoslavia
6. Cotcha Tsitsiashivili, Israel
9. Mukhran Vakhrangadze, Georgia
10. Viachaslav Makaranka, Belarus
18. Shingo Matsumoto, Japan
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96 KG (28 entries)
1. Mekhmet Ozal, Turkey
2. Karam Mohamed Gaber Ibragim, Egypt
3. Ali Mollov, Bulgaria
4. Ernesto Pena, Cuba
5. Roman Meduna, Slovakia
6. Aleksei Cheglakov, Uzbekistan
7. Marek Svec, Czech Republic
8. Mirko Englich, Germany
9. Sasa Dukai, Yugoslavia
10. Liu Hao, China
24. Yusuke Morikaku, Japan
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120 KG (25 entries)
1. Dremiel Byers, U.S.
2. Mihaly Deak-Bardos, Hungary
3. Yuri Patrikeyev, Russia
4. Xenofon Koutsioubas, Greece
5. Helger Hallik, Estonia
6. Yuriy Yevseychek, Israel
7. Giuseppe Giunta, Italy
8. Georgiy Tsurtsumia, Kazakhstan
9. Roe Kleive, Norway
10. Nico Schmidt, Germany
Japan - no entry