1991 World Wrestling Championships

1991 World Wrestling Championships
Men
Host city	Varna, Bulgaria
Dates	27 September – 6 October 1991
Women
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	24–25 August 1991
Champions
Freestyle	Soviet Union
Greco-Roman	Soviet Union
Women	Japan
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The following is the final results of the 1991 World Wrestling Championships . Men's competition were held in Varna, Bulgaria and Women's competition were held in Tokyo, Japan.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	2	6	17
2	United States	3	7	0	10
3	Japan	3	2	2	7
4	China	3	1	0	4
5	Germany	3	0	1	4
6	France	2	1	3	6
7	Cuba	2	1	2	5
8	Iran	1	1	1	3
	South Korea	1	1	1	3
10	Venezuela	1	0	2	3
11	Hungary	1	0	1	2
12	Bulgaria	0	2	3	5
	Norway	0	2	3	5
14	Czechoslovakia	0	2	0	2
	Sweden	0	2	0	2
16	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
18	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
21	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		29	29	29	87

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Soviet Union	90	Soviet Union	77	Japan	74
2	United States	67	Bulgaria	60	Venezuela	56
3	Iran	48	Cuba	37	Chinese Taipei	49
4	Germany	39	South Korea	37	France	45
5	South Korea	36	Yugoslavia	35	United States	44
6	Bulgaria	35	Hungary	33	China	39
7	Hungary	27	United States	33	Soviet Union	35
8	Turkey	26	Germany	32	Norway	34
9	North Korea	22	France	25	Sweden	21
10	Canada	20	Romania	23	South Korea	20

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Vugar Orujov   Soviet Union	Kim Il   North Korea	Kim Jong-shin   South Korea
52 kg	Zeke Jones   United States	Valentin Yordanov   Bulgaria	Vladimir Toguzov   Soviet Union
57 kg	Sergey Smal   Soviet Union	Brad Penrith   United States	Oveis Mallah   Iran
62 kg	John Smith   United States	Giovanni Schillaci   Italy	Gadzhi Rashidov   Soviet Union
68 kg	Arsen Fadzaev   Soviet Union	Chris Wilson   Canada	Valentin Getsov   Bulgaria
74 kg	Amir Reza Khadem   Iran	Kenny Monday   United States	Nasir Gadzhikhanov   Soviet Union
82 kg	Kevin Jackson   United States	Jozef Lohyňa   Czechoslovakia	Sebahattin Öztürk   Turkey
90 kg	Makharbek Khadartsev   Soviet Union	Iraklis Deskoulidis   Greece	Roberto Limonta   Cuba
100 kg	Leri Khabelov   Soviet Union	Mark Coleman   United States	Heiko Balz   Germany
130 kg	Andreas Schröder   Germany	Gennady Zhiltsov   Soviet Union	Jeff Thue   Canada

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Goun Duk-yong   South Korea	Reza Simkhah   Iran	Sergey Suvorov   Soviet Union
52 kg	Raúl Martínez   Cuba	Shawn Sheldon   United States	Jon Rønningen   Norway
57 kg	Rıfat Yıldız   Germany	Aleksandr Ignatenko   Soviet Union	András Sike   Hungary
62 kg	Sergey Martynov   Soviet Union	Mehmet Akif Pirim   Turkey	Juan Marén   Cuba
68 kg	Islam Dugushiev   Soviet Union	Marthin Kornbakk   Sweden	Stoyan Stoyanov   Bulgaria
74 kg	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan   Soviet Union	Jaroslav Zeman   Czechoslovakia	Yvon Riemer   France
82 kg	Péter Farkas   Hungary	Todor Angelov   Bulgaria	Goran Kasum   Yugoslavia
90 kg	Maik Bullmann   Germany	Reynaldo Peña   Cuba	Harri Koskela   Finland
100 kg	Héctor Milián   Cuba	Jörgen Olsson   Sweden	Sergey Demyashkevich   Soviet Union
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin   Soviet Union	Matt Ghaffari   United States	Rangel Gerovski   Bulgaria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	Zhong Xiue   China	Marie Ziegler   United States	Shoko Yoshimura   Japan
47 kg	Miyu Yamamoto   Japan	Pan Yanping   China	Elisabeth Garcia   Norway
50 kg	Martine Poupon   France	Shannon Williams   United States	Yoko Higashi   Japan
53 kg	Zhang Xia   China	Yoshiko Endo   Japan	Wendy Izaguirre   Venezuela
57 kg	Olga Lugo   Venezuela	Gudrun Høie   Norway	Marine Roy   France
61 kg	Brigitte Siffert   France	Kimie Hoshikawa   Japan	Line Johansen   Norway
65 kg	Akiko Iijima   Japan	Ine Barlie   Norway	Sylvie Thomé   France
70 kg	Yayoi Urano   Japan	Emmanuelle Blind   France	Mirna Martínez   Venezuela
75 kg	Liu Dongfeng   China	Jeun Kyung-ran   South Korea	Liudmila Golikova   Soviet Union

Participating nations

Men

494 competitors from 49 nations participated.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (3)
•   Austria (11)
•   Belgium (2)
•   Brazil (2)
•   Bulgaria (20)
•   Canada (12)
•   China (16)
•   Chinese Taipei (17)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Cuba (10)
•   Cyprus (2)
•   Czechoslovakia (16)
•   Denmark (4)
•   Finland (10)
•   France (12)
•   Germany (20)
•   Great Britain (5)
•   Greece (19)
•   Guam (1)
•   Hungary (19)
•   India (7)
•   Iran (16)
•   Israel (8)
•   Italy (11)
•   Japan (20)
•   Jordan (4)
•   Latvia (4)
•   Mexico (4)
•   Mongolia (10)
•   Namibia (2)
•   Netherlands (7)
•   New Zealand (6)
•   Nigeria (8)
•   North Korea (8)
•   Norway (5)
•   Philippines (3)
•   Poland (20)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Puerto Rico (1)
•   Romania (16)
•   South Korea (20)
•   Soviet Union (20)
•   Spain (9)
•   Sweden (9)
•   Switzerland (10)
•   Turkey (20)
•   United States (20)
•   Yugoslavia (17)

Women

64 competitors from 13 nations participated. ^[1]

•   Australia (2)
•   China (4)
•   Chinese Taipei (9)
•   France (5)
•   Greece (1)
•   Japan (9)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (4)
•   South Korea (4)
•   Soviet Union (5)
•   Sweden (5)
•   United States (7)
•   Venezuela (8)

References

1. "The Participants of World Championships". All Japan Female Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

External links

• UWW Database