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 By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


FINAL TEAM STANDINGS IN 46TH GR WORLD C'SHIPS

   
PATRAS (Greece) - Final team standings at the 46th greco-roman wrestling world championships held December 5-9 at Dimitrios Tofalos Stadium in Patras, Greece (number of gold-silver-bronze medalists in parentheses):

  1. Cuba            54 (1-1-2)
  2. Russia          38 (1-2-0)
  3. United States   33 (1-2-0)
  4. Sweden          26 (1-0-0)
  5. Hungary         24 (0-1-0)
  5. Iran            24 (1-0-0)
  5. Korea           24 (0-1-1)
  8. Ukraine         23 (0-0-2)
  9. Armenia         19 (1-1-0)
10. Uzbekistan      18 (1-0-0)
11. Bulgaria        17
11. Georgia         17 (1-0-0)
13. Belarus         12
14. Turkey          11 (0-0-1)
15. Greece           9 (0-0-1)
15. Kazakhstan       9
15. Romania          9
18. Czech Republic   8
18. Israel           8 (0-0-1)
20. China            7
20. Kyrgyzstan       7
22. Spain            6
22. France           6
22. India            6
22. Japan            6
22. Poland           6
27. Finland          5
28. Germany          4
29. Switzerland      2
29. Slovakia         2