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


NATIONS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPICS




  

   BRATISLAVA (January 30) - Nations already qualified by weight in freestyle wrestling for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens:
(The top 10 place-winners at the world championships in New York last
September qualified for the Olympics along with wrestlers from the host
nation Greece. The top five place-winners in Bratislava will also qualify
along with four more at the second qualifier in Sofia, Feburary 14-15.)

By weight
55 kg - Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Iran, United States, Greece,
Japan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Africa
60 kg - Azerbaijan, Cuba, Korea, India, Georgia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan, Austria, United States, Greece
66 kg - Russia, Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba, Georgia, Ukraine, Greece, Canada,
Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova
74 kg - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Macedonia, Australia,
Hungary, India, Azerbaijan, Japan, Greece
84 kg - Russia, United States, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Cuba,
Turkey, Armenia, Romania, France, Greece
96 kg - Georgia, Iran, Bulgaria, Mongolia, United States, Namibia,
Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Greece
120 kg - Uzbekistan, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Kazakhstan,
Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Mongolia, Germany
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By Nation
Armenia - 84
Australia - 74
Austria - 60, 96
Azerbaijan - 60, 74
Belarus - 74, 84, 96, 120
Bulgaria - 66, 96
Canada - 66
Cuba - 60, 66, 84
France - 84
Georgia - 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Germany - 120
Greece - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Hungary - 66, 74, 120
India - 60, 74
Iran - 55, 74, 96, 120
Japan - 55, 66, 74
Kazakhstan - 55, 74, 84, 120
Kyrgyzstan - 60
Korea - 60
Macedonia - 74
Moldova - 55, 66
Mongolia - 55, 96, 120
Namibia - 96
Poland - 96
Romania - 84
Russia - 66, 74, 84
Slovakia - 66
South Africa - 55
Turkey - 55, 60, 84
Ukraine - 55, 66, 96, 120
United States -55, 60, 84, 96, 120
Uzbekistan - 55, 60, 120
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By Continent
Europe - 44
Asia - 21
Americas - 9
Africa - 2
Oceania - 1