2005 World Wrestling Championships

The 2005 World Wrestling Championships were held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The event took place from September 26 to October 2, 2005.

2005 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	26 September – 2 October 2005
Stadium	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Hungary
Women	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	1	3	9
2	Japan	4	1	1	6
3	Bulgaria	2	2	1	5
	China	2	2	1	5
5	Turkey	2	0	2	4
6	Cuba	1	3	2	6
7	Georgia	1	1	1	3
	Iran	1	1	1	3
9	United States	1	0	6	7
10	Belarus	1	0	2	3
11	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
12	Hungary	0	4	3	7
13	South Korea	0	2	0	2
14	Ukraine	0	1	3	4
15	Canada	0	1	2	3
16	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
18	Germany	0	0	2	2
	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
	Mongolia	0	0	2	2
	North Korea	0	0	2	2
22	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 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	54	Hungary	41	Japan	61
2	Cuba	39	Russia	27	China	52
3	Georgia	33	Turkey	26	United States	42
4	Ukraine	27	Cuba	25	Canada	41
5	Bulgaria	26	Bulgaria	24	Russia	30
6	Iran	22	South Korea	23	Ukraine	25
7	Hungary	20	Ukraine	23	Mongolia	17
8	United States	20	Belarus	20	Hungary	14
9	Mongolia	18	Kazakhstan	20	Germany	13
10	Kazakhstan	16	Iran	19	Belarus	12

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan	Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria	Jon Hyon-guk North Korea
			Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar Mongolia
60 kg	Alan Dudaev Russia	Yandro Quintana Cuba	Martin Berberyan Armenia
			Morad Mohammadi Iran
66 kg	Makhach Murtazaliev Russia	Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria	Otar Tushishvili Georgia
			Geandry Garzón Cuba
74 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Árpád Ritter Hungary	Joe Williams United States
			Nikolay Paslar Bulgaria
84 kg	Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia	Yoel Romero Cuba	Magomed Kurugliyev Kazakhstan
			Taras Danko Ukraine
96 kg	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia	Aleksey Krupnyakov Kyrgyzstan
			Vasyl Tesmynetskyi Ukraine
120 kg	Aydın Polatçı Turkey	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba	Ottó Aubéli Hungary
			Tolly Thompson United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Hamid Sourian Iran	Park Eun-chul South Korea	István Majoros Hungary
			Yermek Kuketov Kazakhstan
60 kg	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria	Ali Ashkani Iran	Eusebiu Diaconu Romania
			Petr Švehla Czech Republic
66 kg	Nikolay Gergov Bulgaria	Kim Min-chul South Korea	Alain Milián Cuba
			Kim Kum-chol North Korea
74 kg	Varteres Samurgashev Russia	Mark Madsen Denmark	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland
			Konstantin Schneider Germany
84 kg	Alim Selimau Belarus	Aleksey Mishin Russia	Sándor Bárdosi Hungary
			Nazmi Avluca Turkey
96 kg	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Lajos Virág Hungary	Vasily Teploukhov Russia
			Justin Ruiz United States
120 kg	Mijaín López Cuba	Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary	Siarhei Artsiukhin Belarus
			Yekta Yılmaz Gül Turkey

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Ren Xuecheng China	Iryna Merleni Ukraine	Carol Huynh Canada
			Makiko Sakamoto Japan
51 kg	Hitomi Sakamoto Japan	Vanessa Boubryemm France	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal Mongolia
			Wen Juling China
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan	Su Lihui China	Natalia Golts Russia
			Tonya Verbeek Canada
59 kg	Ayako Shoda Japan	Marianna Sastin Hungary	Sally Roberts United States
			Lene Aanes Norway
63 kg	Kaori Icho Japan	Jing Ruixue China	Sara McMann United States
			Volha Khilko Belarus
67 kg	Meng Lili China	Martine Dugrenier Canada	Elena Perepelkina Russia
			Katie Downing United States
72 kg	Iris Smith United States	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Anita Schätzle Germany
			Svetlana Saenko Ukraine

Participating nations

621 competitors from 81 nations participated.

• American Samoa (1)
• Argentina (1)
• Armenia (11)
• Australia (4)
• Austria (5)
• Azerbaijan (10)
• Belarus (20)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
• Brazil (4)
• Bulgaria (14)
• Canada (14)
• Central African Republic (1)
• Chile (1)
• China (20)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Croatia (1)
• Cuba (13)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czech Republic (6)
• Denmark (2)
• Dominican Republic (3)
• Egypt (5)
• Estonia (4)
• Finland (8)
• France (12)
• Georgia (15)
• Germany (20)
• Great Britain (4)
• Greece (16)
• Guatemala (3)
• Hungary (21)
• India (18)
• Iran (14)
• Ireland (3)
• Israel (6)
• Italy (14)
• Japan (21)
• Kazakhstan (16)
• Kyrgyzstan (15)
• Latvia (3)
• Lebanon (6)
• Lithuania (9)
• Macedonia (1)
• Malta (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Moldova (6)
• Mongolia (14)
• Morocco (2)
• Netherlands (4)
• New Zealand (1)
• North Korea (4)
• Norway (6)
• Palau (1)
• Panama (1)
• Peru (1)
• Poland (16)
• Portugal (2)
• Puerto Rico (5)
• Qatar (5)
• Romania (17)
• Russia (21)
• Serbia and Montenegro (3)
• Slovakia (7)
• Slovenia (2)
• South Africa (1)
• South Korea (14)
• Spain (9)
• Suriname (3)
• Sweden (7)
• Switzerland (6)
• Syria (3)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Thailand (1)
• Tunisia (2)
• Turkey (18)
• U. S. Virgin Islands (1)
• Ukraine (21)
• United Arab Emirates (1)
• United States (21)
• Uzbekistan (13)
• Venezuela (9)

References

• Themat.com

External links

• UWW Database
• Official website