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

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