1999 World Wrestling Championships

1999 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Ankara, Turkey
Dates	7–10 October 1999
Stadium	Atatürk Sport Hall
Greco-Roman
Host city	Piraeus, Greece
Dates	23–26 September 1999
Stadium	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Women
Host city	Boden, Sweden
Dates	10–12 September 1999
Stadium	Hildursborg
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	United States
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The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships . Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Piraeus, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	3	2	9
2	United States	3	2	1	6
3	South Korea	3	2	0	5
4	Cuba	3	1	0	4
	Japan	3	1	0	4
6	Turkey	2	1	2	5
7	Canada	1	1	1	3
8	France	1	1	0	2
	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	2
10	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
11	Germany	0	3	1	4
12	China	0	2	1	3
	Iran	0	2	1	3
14	Uzbekistan	0	1	2	3
15	Poland	0	1	1	2
16	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
18	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		22	22	22	66

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russia	48	Russia	40	United States	47
2	United States	45	Cuba	38	Japan	46
3	Turkey	45	South Korea	32	China	29.5
4	Iran	34	Kazakhstan	26	Russia	29
5	Uzbekistan	30	Turkey	26	Canada	24
6	South Korea	28	Belarus	25	Venezuela	22
7	Ukraine	24	Hungary	22	Ukraine	20.5
8	Cuba	20	Germany	19	Norway	20
9	Bulgaria	18	Sweden	18	Sweden	20
10	Germany	17	Bulgaria	16	France	17

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Kim Woo-yong   South Korea	Adkhamjon Achilov   Uzbekistan	Oleksandr Zakharuk   Ukraine
58 kg details	Harun Doğan   Turkey	Alireza Dabir   Iran	Damir Zakhartdinov   Uzbekistan
63 kg details	Elbrus Tedeyev   Ukraine	Jang Jae-sung   South Korea	Ramil Islamov   Uzbekistan
69 kg details	Daniel Igali   Canada	Lincoln McIlravy   United States	Yüksel Şanlı   Turkey
76 kg details	Adam Saitiev   Russia	Alexander Leipold   Germany	Adem Bereket   Turkey
85 kg details	Yoel Romero   Cuba	Khadzhimurad Magomedov   Russia	Les Gutches   United States
97 kg details	Sagid Murtazaliev   Russia	Alireza Heidari   Iran	Marek Garmulewicz   Poland
130 kg details	Stephen Neal   United States	Andrey Shumilin   Russia	Abbas Jadidi   Iran

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Lázaro Rivas   Cuba	Ha Tae-yeon   South Korea	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan   Germany
58 kg details	Kim In-sub   South Korea	Yuriy Melnichenko   Kazakhstan	Armen Nazaryan   Bulgaria
63 kg details	Mkhitar Manukyan   Kazakhstan	Şeref Eroğlu   Turkey	Michael Beilin   Israel
69 kg details	Son Sang-pil   South Korea	Aleksandr Tretyakov   Russia	Vladimir Kopytov   Belarus
76 kg details	Nazmi Avluca   Turkey	Yvon Riemer   France	Dimitrios Avramis   Greece
85 kg details	Luis Enrique Méndez   Cuba	Thomas Zander   Germany	Raatbek Sanatbayev   Kyrgyzstan
97 kg details	Gogi Koguashvili   Russia	Andrzej Wroński   Poland	Mikael Ljungberg   Sweden
130 kg details	Aleksandr Karelin   Russia	Héctor Milián   Cuba	Sergei Mureiko   Bulgaria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg details	Tricia Saunders   United States	Zhong Xiue   China	Inga Karamchakova   Russia
51 kg details	Seiko Yamamoto   Japan	Erica Sharp   Canada	Gao Yanzhi   China
56 kg details	Anna Gomis   France	Mariko Shimizu   Japan	Gudrun Høie   Norway
62 kg details	Ayako Shoda   Japan	Meng Lili   China	Lotta Andersson   Sweden
68 kg details	Sandra Bacher   United States	Anita Schätzle   Germany	Anna Shamova   Russia
75 kg details	Kyoko Hamaguchi   Japan	Kristie Marano   United States	Christine Nordhagen   Canada

Participating nations

Men's freestyle

271 competitors from 53 nations participated.

•   Albania (1)
•   Algeria (1)
•   Armenia (5)
•   Australia (5)
•   Austria (2)
•   Azerbaijan (8)
•   Belarus (6)
•   Bulgaria (8)
•   Cameroon (1)
•   Canada (7)
•   China (8)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Cyprus (3)
•   Czech Republic (3)
•   Estonia (2)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (5)
•   Georgia (8)
•   Germany (8)
•   Great Britain (6)
•   Greece (8)
•   Hungary (8)
•   India (4)
•   Iran (8)
•   Italy (3)
•   Ivory Coast (1)
•   Japan (8)
•   Kazakhstan (6)
•   Kyrgyzstan (7)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Lithuania (2)
•   Macedonia (6)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Moldova (5)
•   Mongolia (8)
•   Netherlands (4)
•   North Korea (2)
•   Poland (8)
•   Puerto Rico (2)
•   Romania (7)
•   Russia (8)
•   Slovakia (7)
•   South Africa (3)
•   South Korea (8)
•   Spain (3)
•   Switzerland (4)
•   Syria (3)
•   Turkey (8)
•   Ukraine (8)
•   United States (8)
•   Uzbekistan (8)
•   Venezuela (3)

Men's Greco-Roman

280 competitors from 56 nations participated.

•   Armenia (8)
•   Australia (3)
•   Austria (3)
•   Azerbaijan (7)
•   Belarus (8)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Bulgaria (8)
•   China (8)
•   Chinese Taipei (3)
•   Croatia (2)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Czech Republic (6)
•   Denmark (2)
•   Estonia (4)
•   Finland (6)
•   France (6)
•   Georgia (8)
•   Germany (8)
•   Greece (8)
•   Guam (1)
•   Hungary (8)
•   Iran (8)
•   Israel (5)
•   Italy (4)
•   Japan (8)
•   Kazakhstan (6)
•   Kyrgyzstan (6)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Lithuania (4)
•   Macedonia (1)
•   Mexico (3)
•   Moldova (5)
•   Netherlands (3)
•   North Korea (3)
•   Norway (4)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Poland (8)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Romania (7)
•   Russia (8)
•   Slovakia (2)
•   South Africa (3)
•   South Korea (8)
•   Spain (3)
•   Sweden (8)
•   Switzerland (4)
•   Syria (2)
•   Turkey (8)
•   Turkmenistan (4)
•   Ukraine (8)
•   United States (8)
•   Uzbekistan (6)
•   Venezuela (5)
•   Yemen (1)
•   Yugoslavia (5)

Women's freestyle

84 competitors from 21 nations participated.

•   Australia (2)
•   Austria (3)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Bulgaria (2)
•   Canada (6)
•   China (4)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (5)
•   Germany (4)
•   Greece (2)
•   Italy (4)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Latvia (3)
•   Norway (5)
•   Poland (5)
•   Russia (6)
•   Sweden (6)
•   Ukraine (6)
•   United States (6)
•   Venezuela (6)

References

• Official website (Greco-Roman)
• Official website (Women)
• Official website (Freestyle)
• UWW Database