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 cityRussia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Dates28–31 August 1997
StadiumYenisey Sports Palace
Greco-Roman
Host cityPoland Wrocław, Poland
Dates10–13 September 1997
StadiumHala Ludowa
Women
Host cityFrance Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dates10–12 July 1997
StadiumClermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle Russia
Greco-Roman Russia
Women Japan
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1998 →

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia53210
2  Turkey3205
3  France2013
  Iran2013
5  United States1405
6  Cuba1124
7  Japan1113
8  Armenia1102
  South Korea1102
10  Poland1034
11  Canada1012
  China1012
  Kazakhstan1012
14  Finland1001
15  Germany0235
16  Hungary0202
17  Ukraine0112
18  Belarus0101
  North Korea0101
  Norway0101
  Uzbekistan0101
22  Bulgaria0022
23  Georgia0011
  Romania0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (25 entries)22222266

Team ranking

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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

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Men's freestyle

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

Men's Greco-Roman

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

Women's freestyle

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

Participating nations

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Men's freestyle

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220 competitors from 45 nations participated.

Men's Greco-Roman

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227 competitors from 47 nations participated.

Women's freestyle

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92 competitors from 21 nations participated.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "The Participants of World Championships". All Japan Female Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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