2006 World Wrestling Championships

The 2006 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China. The event took place from September 25 to October 1, 2006.

2006 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Guangzhou, China
Dates	25 September – 1 October 2006
Stadium	Tianhe Gymnasium
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Turkey
Women	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	1	2	8
2	Russia	3	2	6	11
3	China	2	3	0	5
4	United States	2	1	6	9
5	Iran	2	1	3	6
6	Ukraine	2	0	2	4
7	Bulgaria	2	0	1	3
8	Uzbekistan	1	0	2	3
9	Egypt	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
11	Georgia	0	4	1	5
12	Canada	0	2	0	2
13	Turkey	0	1	3	4
14	Belarus	0	1	2	3
	Cuba	0	1	2	3
16	Azerbaijan	0	1	1	2
17	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0	1
20	Poland	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
22	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		21	21	42	84

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russia	51	Turkey	39	Japan	67
2	Iran	44	Russia	34	China	41
3	United States	35	United States	34	Canada	30
4	Ukraine	33	Georgia	29	Russia	28
5	Uzbekistan	32	Iran	27	Belarus	24
6	Georgia	32	Ukraine	26	Germany	23
7	Belarus	23	Bulgaria	18	United States	22
8	Bulgaria	22	Hungary	16	Ukraine	22
9	Cuba	18	Finland	15	Poland Sweden	19
10	Azerbaijan	16	Belarus	15

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria	Besik Kudukhov Russia	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan
			Sammie Henson United States
60 kg	Morad Mohammadi Iran	Mike Zadick United States	Noriyuki Takatsuka Japan
			Mavlet Batirov Russia
66 kg	Bill Zadick United States	Otar Tushishvili Georgia	Geandry Garzón Cuba
			Andriy Stadnik Ukraine
74 kg	Ibragim Aldatov Ukraine	Ali Asghar Bazri Iran	Soslan Tigiev Uzbekistan
			Donny Pritzlaff United States
84 kg	Sazhid Sazhidov Russia	Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia	Reza Yazdani Iran
			Zaurbek Sokhiev Uzbekistan
96 kg	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia	Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia	Michel Batista Cuba
			Ruslan Sheikhau Belarus
120 kg	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia	Fardin Masoumi Iran
			Ruslan Basiev Armenia

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Hamid Sourian Iran	Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan	Lindsey Durlacher United States
			Park Eun-chul South Korea
60 kg	Joe Warren United States	David Bedinadze Georgia	Bünyamin Emik Turkey
			Vyacheslav Dzhaste Russia
66 kg	Li Yanyan China	Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan	Sergey Kovalenko Russia
			Justin Lester United States
74 kg	Volodymyr Shatskykh Ukraine	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland	Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia
			Mark Madsen Denmark
84 kg	Mohamed Abdelfatah Egypt	Nazmi Avluca Turkey	Aleksey Mishin Russia
			Saman Tahmasebi Iran
96 kg	Heiki Nabi Estonia	Marek Švec Czech Republic	Kaloyan Dinchev Bulgaria
			Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey
120 kg	Khasan Baroev Russia	Mijaín López Cuba	Siarhei Artsiukhin Belarus
			İsmail Güzel Turkey

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Chiharu Icho Japan	Ren Xuecheng China	Iwona Sadowska Poland
			Francine De Paola Italy
51 kg	Hitomi Sakamoto Japan	Lyndsay Belisle Canada	Patricia Miranda United States
			Alena Adashinskaya Russia
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan	Mariya Yahorava Belarus	Minerva Montero Spain
			Ida-Theres Karlsson Sweden
59 kg	Ayako Shoda Japan	Su Lihui China	Alka Tomar India
			Nataliya Synyshyn Ukraine
63 kg	Kaori Icho Japan	Xu Haiyan China	Monika Rogien Poland
			Helena Allandi Sweden
67 kg	Jing Ruixue China	Martine Dugrenier Canada	Maria Müller Germany
			Eri Sakamoto Japan
72 kg	Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Elena Perepelkina Russia
			Kristie Marano United States

Participating nations

596 competitors from 75 nations participated.

• Albania (1)
• Armenia (12)
• Australia (6)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (9)
• Belarus (21)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (11)
• Cambodia (2)
• Canada (15)
• Chile (1)
• China (21)
• Chinese Taipei (7)
• Colombia (7)
• Croatia (2)
• Cuba (10)
• Czech Republic (5)
• Denmark (3)
• Dominican Republic (2)
• Egypt (7)
• Estonia (4)
• Micronesia (1)
• Finland (7)
• France (9)
• Georgia (14)
• Germany (16)
• Great Britain (2)
• Greece (14)
• Guam (1)
• Guatemala (2)
• Hungary (14)
• India (17)
• Iran (14)
• Ireland (1)
• Israel (5)
• Italy (8)
• Ivory Coast (3)
• Japan (21)
• Kazakhstan (19)
• Kyrgyzstan (10)
• Latvia (2)
• Lithuania (6)
• Macedonia (3)
• Marshall Islands (3)
• Mexico (2)
• Moldova (4)
• Mongolia (14)
• Netherlands (3)
• New Zealand (2)
• Nigeria (2)
• North Korea (7)
• Norway (5)
• Palau (2)
• Philippines (9)
• Poland (12)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (11)
• Russia (20)
• Serbia and Montenegro (2)
• Slovakia (4)
• Slovenia (2)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (21)
• Spain (16)
• Sweden (9)
• Switzerland (5)
• Thailand (3)
• Turkey (15)
• Uganda (1)
• Ukraine (21)
• United Arab Emirates (2)
• United States (21)
• Uzbekistan (13)
• Venezuela (9)
• Vietnam (13)

References

• Schedule
• Themat.com

External links

• Official website