NEW YORK (September 14) - Medal winners and qualifiers for the 2004 Olympic Games at the freestyle wrestling world championships at Madison Square Garden, September 12-14:
Men's freestyle
55 kg (31 entries)
Gold - Dilshod Mansurov, Uzbekistan
Silver - Ghenadie Tulbea, Moldova
Bronze - Oleksandr Zakharuk, Ukraine
(Chikara Tanabe, Japan - 7th)
Olympic qualifiers - Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Iran, United States,
Greece (host country), Japan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Africa
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60 kg (40 entries)
Gold - Abdullaev Arif Yadulla, Azerbaijan
Silver - Yandro Quintana, Cuba
Bronze - Song Jae-Myung, Korea
(Ryosuke Ota, Japan - 16th)
Olympic qualifiers - Azerbaijan, Cuba, Korea, India, Georgia, Turkey,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Austria, United States
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66 kg (40 entries)
Gold - Irbek Farniev, Russia
Silver - Serafim Barzakov, Bulgaria
Bronze - Kazuhiko Ikematsu, Japan
Olympic qualifiers - Russia, Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba, Georgia, Ukraine, Greece
(host country), Canada, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova
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74 kg (35 entries)
Gold - Bouvaisa Saytiev, Russia
Silver - Murad Gaidarov, Belarus
Bronze - Gennadi Laliyev, Kazakhstan
(Kunihiko Obata, Japan - 10th)
Olympic qualifiers - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Macedonia,
Australia, Hungary, India, Azerbaijan, Japan
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84 kg - 36 entries
Gold - Sajid Sajidov, Russia
Silver - Cael Sanderson, U.S.
Bronze - Revaz Mindorashvili, Georgia
(Hidekazu Yokoyama, Japan - 24th)
Olympic qualifiers - Russia, United States, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Cuba, Turkey, Armenia, Romania, France
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96 kg (36 entries)
Gold - Eldar Kurtanidze, Georgia
Silver - Ali Reza Heidari, Iran
Bronze - Krassimir Kotchev, Bulgaria
(Yoshihiro Nakao, Japan - 21st)
Olympic qualifiers - Georgia, Iran, Bulgaria, Mongolia, United States,
Namibia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus
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120 kg (29 entries)
Gold - Artur Taymazov, Uzbekistan
Silver - Kerry McCoy, U.S.
Bronze - Ali Reza Rezaei, Iran
(Kohei Suwama, Japan - 18th)
Olympic qualifiers - Uzbekistan, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Greece (host country), Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Mongolia, Germany(Note: The top 10 wrestlers at each weight, except Greece, qualify for the Olympics. Greece receives an automatic berth as the host country.)
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Team scores:
1st - Georgia, 33 points (1 gold, 1 bronze)
2nd - United States, 31 points (2 silver)
3rd - Iran, 31 points (1 silver, 1 bronze)
4th - Russia, 30 points (3 gold)
5th - Uzbekistan, 23 points (2 gold)
6th - Ukraine, 23 points (1 bronze)
(Japan, 13 points - 12th)
Women's freestyle
48 kg (29 entries)
Gold - Irina Melnik, Ukraine
Silver - Patricia Miranda, U.S.
Bronze - Li Hui, China
(Makiko Sakamoto, Japan - 5th)
Olympic qualifiers - Ukraine, United States, China, Greece (host country),
Japan, France
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51 kg (18 entries, non-Olympic category)
Gold - Chiharu Icho, Japan
Silver - Natalia Karamchakova, Russia
Bronze - Jenny Wong, U.S.
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55 kg (29 entries)
Gold - Saori Yoshida, Japan
Silver - Tina George, U.S.
Bronze - Natalia Golts, Russia
Olympic qualifiers - Japan, U.S., Russia, China, Puerto Rico
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59 kg (14 entries, non-Olympic category)
Gold - Seiko Yamamoto, Japan
Silver - Natalia Ivashko, Russia
Bronze - Sally Roberts, U.S.
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63 kg (27 entries)
Gold - Kaori Icho, Japan
Silver - Sara McMann, U.S.
Bronze - Viola Yanik, Canada
Olympic qualifiers - Japan, United States, Canada, Ukraine, Russia
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67 kg (13 entries, non-Olympic weight)
Gold - Kristi Marano, U.S.
Silver - Ewelina Pruszko, Poland
Bronze - Svetlana Martinenko, Russia
(Norie Saito, Japan - 5th)
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72 kg (23 entries)
Gold - Kyoko Hamaguchi, Japan
Silver - Toccara Montgomery, U.S.
Bronze - Wang Xu, China
Olympic qualifiers - Japan, United States, China, Bulgaria, Germany
(Note: The top five wrestlers at 48, 55, 63 and 72 kg, except Greece,
qualify for the Olympics. Greece receives an automatic berth as the host
country.)
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Team scores:
1st - Japan, 62 points (5 gold)
2nd - United States, 62 points (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
3rd - Russia, 45 points (2 silver, 2 bronze)
4th - China, 33 points (2 bronze)
5th - Ukraine, 27 points (1 gold)
6th - Canada, 24 points (1 bronze)
