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


QUALIFIED IN FS WRESTLING FOR ATHENS




   TOKYO (February 2) - Nations qualified in freestyle wrestling for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens thr ough the 1st Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava (January 31-Feburary 1):
(NOTE: Greece has an automatic berth at each weight as host nation. The first 10 qualifiers were determined at last year’s world championships.)

 By weight

55 kg - (WC, 1-10) Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Iran, United States, Greece, Japan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Africa; (Q1, 1-5) Cuba, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China

60 kg - (WC, 1-10) Azerbaijan, Cuba, Korea, India, Georgia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Austria, United States, Greece; (Q1, 1-5) Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Canada, Iran

66 kg - (WC, 1-10) Russia, Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba, Georgia, Ukraine, Greece, Canada, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova; (Q1, 1-5) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, United States, Korea, Iran

74 kg - (WC, 1-10) Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Macedonia, Australia, Hungary, India, Azerbaijan, Japan, Greece; (Q1, 1-5) United States, Cuba, Armenia, Canada, Poland

84 kg - (WC, 1-10) Russia, United States, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Turkey, Armenia, Romania, France, Greece; (Q1, 1-5) Ukraine, Japan, Iran, Korea, Bulgaria

96 kg - (WC, 1-10) Georgia, Iran, Bulgaria, Mongolia, United States, Namibia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Greece; (Q1, 1-5) Uzbekistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Switzerland

120 kg - (WC, 1-10) Uzbekistan, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Mongolia, Germany; (Q1, 1-5) Cuba, Russia, Italy, Poland, Turkey

By Nation

Armenia (3) - 55, 74, 84
Australia (1) - 74
Austria (2) - 60, 96
Azerbaijan (4) - 55, 60, 74, 96
Belarus (5) - 55, 74, 84, 96, 120
Bulgaria (4) - 60, 66, 84, 96
Canada (3) - 60, 66, 74
China (2) - 55, 96
Cuba (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 120
France (1) - 84
Georgia (5) - 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Germany (1) - 120
Greece (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Hungary (3) - 66, 74, 120
India (2) - 60, 74
Iran (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Italy (1) - 120
Japan (4) - 55, 66, 74, 84
Kazakhstan (5) - 55, 66, 74, 84, 120
Kyrgyzstan (1) - 60
Korea (3) - 60, 66, 84
Macedonia (1) - 74
Moldova (2) - 55, 66
Mongolia (3) - 55, 96, 120
Namibia (1) - 96
Poland (3) - 74, 96, 120
Romania (1) - 84
Russia (5) - 60, 66, 74, 84, 120
Slovakia (1) - 66
South Africa (1) - 55
Switzerland (1) - 96
Turkey (5) - 55, 60, 84, 96, 120
Ukraine (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
United States (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Uzbekistan (5) - 55, 60, 66, 96, 120

By Continent

Europe - 61
Asia - 32
Americas - 16
Africa - 2
Oceania - 1