To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com)
NATIONS QUALIFIED FOR ATHENS OLYMPICS, GRECO-ROMAN
TASHKENT (March 14) - Nations that
have qualified for the greco-roman wrestling
event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
through the second and final qualifying competition
in Tashkent:
(Note: The top 10 countries and Greece qualified
last October at the world championships in
France. Another five were qualified at the
1st qualifying competition in Novi Sad, Serbia
and Montenegro, February 28-29.)
By weight
55 kg - (Wc) Poland, Korea, Cuba, Czech Republic,
Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Denmark, Lithuania,
Ukraine, Greece; (Q1) Turkey, United States,
Hungary, Georgia, China; (Q2) Japan, Russia,
Kazakhstan, India
60 kg - (Wc) Bulgaria, Cuba, Romania, United
States, Georgia, Poland, Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine,
Germany, Greece; (Q1) Uzbekistan, Japan,
Korea, Italy, Russia; (Q2) Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Serbia/Montenegro
66 kg - (Wc) Georgia, Ukraine, Hungary, Armenia,
Turkey, Korea, Germany, Azerbaijan, Colombia,
Sweden, Greece; (Q1) Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Russia, United States; (Q2) Cuba, Spain,
Kyrgyzstan, Poland
74 kg - (Wc) Russia, Germany, Korea, Kazakhstan,
Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Israel, Azerbaijan,
Japan, Greece; (Q1) Uzbekistan, Cuba, Sweden,
China, Poland; (Q2) Spain, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan,
Switzerland
84 kg - (Wc) Israel, Sweden, Slovakia, Norway,
United States, Georgia,
Turkey, Belarus, France, Estonia, Greece;
(Q1) Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan,
Italy, Egypt; (Q2) Armenia, Bulgaria, Iran,
Japan
96 kg - (Wc) Sweden, Egypt, Georgia, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, Hungary,
Germany, Poland; (Q1) Lithuania, Cuba, Bulgaria,
Cuba, United States; (Q2) Belarus, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Romania
120 kg - (Wc) Russia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Lithuania, Greece, Bulgaria, Finland, France,
Armenia, United States, Belarus; (Q1) Turkey,
Cuba, Georgia, Israel, Sweden; (Q2) Czech
Republic, Iran, Italy, Poland
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By country
Armenia (3) - 66, 84, 120
Azerbaijan (3) - 60, 66, 74
Belarus (4) - 74, 84, 96, 120
Bulgaria (5) - 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
China (2) - 55, 74
Colombia (1) - 66
Cuba (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 96, 120
Czech Republic (2) - 55, 120
Denmark (1) - 55
Egypt (3) - 60, 84, 96
Estonia (1) - 84
Finland (2) - 74, 120
France (2) - 84, 120
Georgia (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Germany (4) - 60, 66, 74, 96
Greece (7) - all weights
Hungary (5) - 55, 66, 74, 96, 120
India (1) - 55
Iran (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Israel (3) - 74, 84, 120
Italy (3) - 60, 84, 120
Japan (4) - 55, 60, 74, 84
Kazakhstan (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 96, 120
Korea (4) - 55, 60, 66, 74
Kyrgyzstan (5) - 55, 66, 74, 84, 96
Lithuania (3) - 55, 96, 120
Norway (1) - 84
Poland (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 96, 120
Romania (3) - 55, 60, 96
Russia (7) - all
Serbia and Montenegro (1) - 60
Slovakia (1) - 84
Spain (2) - 66, 74
Sweden (5) - 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Switzerland (1) - 74
Turkey (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Ukraine (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96
United States (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Uzbekistan (3) - 60, 74, 96
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By continent
Europe - 93
Asia - 31
Americas - 13
Africa - 3
Oceania - 0