1997 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1997 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Wrocław, Poland and Women's competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

1997 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Dates	28–31 August 1997
Stadium	Yenisey Sports Palace
Greco-Roman
Host city	Wrocław, Poland
Dates	10–13 September 1997
Stadium	Hala Ludowa
Women
Host city	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dates	10–12 July 1997
Stadium	Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	3	2	10
2	Turkey	3	2	0	5
3	France	2	0	1	3
	Iran	2	0	1	3
5	United States	1	4	0	5
6	Cuba	1	1	2	4
7	Japan	1	1	1	3
8	Armenia	1	1	0	2
	South Korea	1	1	0	2
10	Poland	1	0	3	4
11	Canada	1	0	1	2
	China	1	0	1	2
	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
14	Finland	1	0	0	1
15	Germany	0	2	3	5
16	Hungary	0	2	0	2
17	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
18	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
22	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
23	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 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	61	Russia	60	Japan	44
2	Ukraine	45	Turkey	38	France	41
3	Iran	40	Germany	31	United States	33
4	Turkey	30	Bulgaria	28	China	25
5	Cuba	30	Cuba	25	Germany	25
6	United States	29	Ukraine	25	Russia	24
7	Uzbekistan	25	Hungary	24	Norway	22
8	South Korea	20	Kazakhstan	22	Canada	21
9	Bulgaria	19	Poland	21	Ukraine	21
10	Kazakhstan	18	South Korea	18	Poland	18

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Wilfredo García Cuba	Jin Ju-dong North Korea	Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan
58 kg	Mohammad Talaei Iran	Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan	Guivi Sissaouri Canada
63 kg	Abbas Hajkenari Iran	Cary Kolat United States	Magomed Azizov Russia
69 kg	Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia	Hwang Sang-ho South Korea	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine
76 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Alexander Leipold Germany	Miroslav Gochev Bulgaria
85 kg	Les Gutches United States	Eldar Assanov Ukraine	Alireza Heidari Iran
97 kg	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia	Ahmet Doğu Turkey	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia
130 kg	Zekeriya Güçlü Turkey	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba	David Musulbes Russia

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Ercan Yıldız Turkey	Vahan Juharyan Armenia	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Germany
58 kg	Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan	Rafik Simonyan Russia	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria
63 kg	Şeref Eroğlu Turkey	Nikolay Monov Russia	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland
69 kg	Son Sang-pil South Korea	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia	Ender Memet Romania
76 kg	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland	Tamás Berzicza Hungary	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba
85 kg	Sergey Tsvir Russia	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Thomas Zander Germany
97 kg	Gogi Koguashvili Russia	Anatoly Fedorenko Belarus	Andrzej Wroński Poland
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary	Héctor Milián Cuba

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Zhong Xiue China	Mette Barlie Norway	Farah Touchi France
51 kg	Joanna Piasecka Poland	Shannon Williams United States	Miho Adachi Japan
56 kg	Anna Gomis France	Mariko Shimizu Japan	Sara Eriksson Sweden
62 kg	Lise Golliot France	Stéphanie Groß Germany	Małgorzata Bassa Poland
68 kg	Christine Nordhagen Canada	Sandra Bacher United States	Nina Englich Germany
75 kg	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Kristie Stenglein United States	Liu Dongfeng China

Participating nations

Men's freestyle

220 competitors from 45 nations participated.

• Armenia (5)
• Australia (5)
• Azerbaijan (6)
• Belarus (8)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Canada (8)
• China (7)
• Colombia (2)
• Cuba (8)
• Estonia (1)
• Finland (3)
• France (2)
• Georgia (7)
• Germany (7)
• Great Britain (2)
• Greece (5)
• Hungary (5)
• Iran (8)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (3)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (8)
• Kyrgyzstan (7)
• Latvia (2)
• Lithuania (1)
• Macedonia (5)
• Mexico (2)
• Moldova (1)
• Mongolia (8)
• Netherlands (1)
• North Korea (2)
• Poland (6)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (4)
• South Africa (2)
• South Korea (8)
• Switzerland (3)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Turkey (8)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (7)
• Venezuela (8)

Men's Greco-Roman

227 competitors from 47 nations participated.

• Armenia (5)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (4)
• Belarus (7)
• Bulgaria (6)
• China (6)
• Colombia (2)
• Croatia (2)
• Cuba (6)
• Czech Republic (8)
• Denmark (1)
• Estonia (6)
• Finland (7)
• France (6)
• Georgia (8)
• Germany (8)
• Greece (8)
• Hungary (7)
• Israel (3)
• Italy (3)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (5)
• Kyrgyzstan (3)
• Latvia (3)
• Lithuania (1)
• Mexico (4)
• Moldova (2)
• Netherlands (2)
• North Korea (1)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (8)
• Portugal (2)
• Romania (6)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (4)
• South Korea (8)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (2)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Turkey (8)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (4)
• Venezuela (8)
• Yugoslavia (5)

Women's freestyle

92 competitors from 21 nations participated.

• Australia (5)
• Austria (4)
• Bulgaria (3)
• Canada (5)
• China (5)
• Chinese Taipei (6)
• Czech Republic (2)
• France (6)
• Germany (5)
• Greece (3)
• Italy (5)
• Japan (6)
• Norway (4)
• Poland (4)
• Russia (6)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Tunisia (3)
• Ukraine (6)
• United States (6)
• Venezuela (5)

References

• Complete results from Women's World Wrestling Championships
• Final Freestyle World Championships release

External links

• UWW Database