2001 World Wrestling Championships

2001 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	22–25 November 2001
Stadium	Winter Sports Palace
Greco-Roman
Host city	Patras, Greece
Dates	6–9 December 2001
Stadium	Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Cuba
Women	China
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The following is the final results of the 2001 World Wrestling Championships . Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Patras, Greece.

The championships were originally scheduled to be held in New York City, United States, at Madison Square Garden from 26–29 September. However, the attack on the World Trade Center a short distance away on 11 September caused the event to be postponed and eventually moved. New York City would ultimately hold the 2003 World Wrestling Championships instead. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	3	1	9
2	Bulgaria	2	1	0	3
	Canada	2	1	0	3
4	Japan	2	0	0	2
5	United States	1	5	1	7
6	Iran	1	3	0	4
7	Cuba	1	1	4	6
8	China	1	1	1	3
9	Armenia	1	1	0	2
	Uzbekistan	1	1	0	2
11	Ukraine	1	0	5	6
12	Georgia	1	0	1	2
13	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
16	South Korea	0	2	2	4
17	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
20	Germany	0	0	3	3
21	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 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	51	Cuba	54	China	36
2	Bulgaria	46	Russia	38	Japan	33
3	Iran	37	United States	33	Ukraine	33
4	Georgia	31	Sweden	26	Germany	31
5	United States	28	Iran	24	Canada	30
6	Turkey	27	South Korea	24	Russia	25
7	Cuba	25	Hungary	24	United States	24
8	Ukraine	23	Ukraine	23	Poland	17
9	Uzbekistan	21	Armenia	19	France	14
10	South Korea	19	Uzbekistan	18	Belarus	13

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Herman Kantoyeu   Belarus	Babak Nourzad   Iran	Aleksandr Kontoev   Russia
58 kg details	Guivi Sissaouri   Canada	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar   Mongolia	David Pogosian   Georgia
63 kg details	Serafim Barzakov   Bulgaria	Alireza Dabir   Iran	Elbrus Tedeyev   Ukraine
69 kg details	Nikolay Paslar   Bulgaria	Amir Tavakkolian   Iran	Jang Jae-sung   South Korea
76 kg details	Buvaisar Saitiev   Russia	Moon Eui-jae   South Korea	Joe Williams   United States
85 kg details	Khadzhimurad Magomedov   Russia	Brandon Eggum   United States	Yoel Romero   Cuba
97 kg details	Giorgi Gogshelidze   Russia	Krasimir Kochev   Bulgaria	Vadim Tasoyev   Ukraine
130 kg details	David Musulbes   Russia	Artur Taymazov   Uzbekistan	Alexis Rodríguez   Cuba

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Hassan Rangraz   Iran	Brandon Paulson   United States	Lázaro Rivas   Cuba
58 kg details	Dilshod Aripov   Uzbekistan	Karen Mnatsakanyan   Armenia	Roberto Monzón   Cuba
63 kg details	Vaghinak Galstyan   Armenia	Kim In-sub   South Korea	Michael Beilin   Israel
69 kg details	Filiberto Azcuy   Cuba	Aleksey Glushkov   Russia	Rustam Adzhi   Ukraine
76 kg details	Ara Abrahamian   Sweden	Aleksey Mishin   Russia	Kim Jin-soo   South Korea
85 kg details	Mukhran Vakhtangadze   Georgia	Matt Lindland   United States	Oleksandr Daragan   Ukraine
97 kg details	Aleksandr Bezruchkin   Russia	Ernesto Peña   Cuba	Mehmet Özal   Turkey
130 kg details	Rulon Gardner   United States	Mihály Deák-Bárdos   Hungary	Xenofon Koutsioumpas   Greece

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg details	Iryna Melnik   Ukraine	Carol Huynh   Canada	Brigitte Wagner   Germany
51 kg details	Hitomi Sakamoto   Japan	Stephanie Murata   United States	Gao Yanzhi   China
56 kg details	Seiko Yamamoto   Japan	Lubov Volosova   Russia	Tetyana Lazareva   Ukraine
62 kg details	Meng Lili   China	Diletta Giampiccolo   Italy	Lene Aanes   Norway
68 kg details	Christine Nordhagen   Canada	Toccara Montgomery   United States	Anita Schätzle   Germany
75 kg details	Edyta Witkowska   Poland	Ma Bailing   China	Nina Englich   Germany

Participating nations

Freestyle

322 competitors from 52 nations participated.

•   Armenia (4)
•   Australia (1)
•   Azerbaijan (5)
•   Belarus (11)
•   Brazil (2)
•   Bulgaria (14)
•   Canada (11)
•   China (6)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Czech Republic (4)
•   Egypt (3)
•   Estonia (2)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (4)
•   Georgia (8)
•   Germany (13)
•   Great Britain (4)
•   Greece (11)
•   Hungary (6)
•   India (8)
•   Iran (8)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Japan (14)
•   Kazakhstan (6)
•   Kyrgyzstan (7)
•   Latvia (4)
•   Lithuania (1)
• Macedonia (3)
•   Moldova (4)
•   Mongolia (11)
•   Netherlands (3)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Norway (3)
•   Peru (3)
•   Poland (13)
•   Puerto Rico (3)
•   Romania (4)
•   Russia (14)
•   Slovakia (4)
•   South Africa (1)
•   South Korea (11)
•   Spain (4)
•   Sweden (3)
•   Switzerland (4)
•   Turkey (12)
•   Turkmenistan (3)
•   Ukraine (14)
•   United States (14)
•   Uzbekistan (7)
•   Venezuela (8)
•   Vietnam (4)

Greco-Roman

243 competitors from 53 nations participated.

•   Armenia (5)
•   Australia (3)
•   Austria (2)
•   Azerbaijan (4)
•   Belarus (8)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Bulgaria (8)
•   Canada (2)
•   Chile (2)
•   China (5)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Cuba (8)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Czech Republic (6)
•   Denmark (2)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Estonia (4)
•   Finland (7)
•   France (5)
•   Georgia (8)
•   Germany (8)
•   Greece (7)
•   Hungary (8)
•   India (8)
•   Iran (8)
•   Israel (6)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (7)
•   Kazakhstan (5)
•   Kyrgyzstan (2)
•   Lithuania (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Moldova (2)
•   Netherlands (4)
•   Norway (3)
•   Peru (3)
•   Poland (8)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (6)
•   Russia (8)
•   Slovakia (2)
•   South Korea (8)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (6)
•   Switzerland (4)
•   Turkey (8)
•   Turkmenistan (1)
• U. S. Virgin Islands (1)
•   Ukraine (8)
•   United States (8)
•   Uzbekistan (7)
•   Venezuela (3)
•   Yugoslavia (3)

References

1. "5 Things You Didn't Know About The 2001 World Championships", FloWrestling, 26 June 2017.
2. "PLUS: WRESTLING; Championships At Garden Put Off", The New York Times , 17 September 2001.

External links

• UWW Database
• Greco-Roman website (Archived 2009-10-01)
• Freestyle website