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