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
NOVI SAD, Serbia and Montenegro (February
29) - Nations that have qualified for the
greco-roman wrestling event at the 2004 Olympic
Games in Athens through the 1st qualifying
competition in Novi Sad:
(Note: The top 10 countries and Greece qualified
last October at the world championships in
France. Another four will qualify at the
2nd qualifier in Tashkent.)
By weight
55 kg - (Wc) Poland, Korea, Cuba, Czech Republic,
Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Denmark, Lithuania,
Ukraine, Greece; (Q1) Turkey, United States,
Hungary, Georgia, China
60 kg - (Wc) Bulgaria, Cuba, Romania, United
States, Georgia, Poland, Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine,
Germany, Greece; (Q1) Uzbekistan, Japan,
Korea, Italy, Russia
66 kg - (Wc) Georgia, Ukraine, Hungary, Armenia,
Turkey, Korea, Germany, Azerbaijan, Colombia,
Sweden, Greece; (Q1) Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Russia, United States
74 kg - (Wc) Russia, Germany, Korea, Kazakhstan,
Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Israel, Azerbaijan,
Japan, Greece; (Q1) Uzbekistan, Cuba, Sweden,
China, Poland
84 kg - (Wc) Israel, Sweden, Slovakia, Norway,
United States, Georgia, Turkey, Belarus,
France, Estonia, Greece; (Q1) Ukraine, Russia,
Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Egypt
96 kg - (Wc) Sweden, Egypt, Georgia, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, Hungary,
Germany, Poland; (Q1) Lithuania, Cuba, Bulgaria,
Cuba, United States
120 kg - (Wc) Russia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Lithuania, Greece, Bulgaria, Finland, France,
Armenia, United States, Belarus; (Q1) Turkey,
Cuba, Georgia, Israel, Sweden
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By country
Armenia (2) - 66, 120
Azerbaijan (2) - 66, 74
Belarus (3) - 74, 84, 120
Bulgaria (4) - 60, 66, 96, 120
China (2) - 55, 74
Cuba (5) - 55, 60, 74, 96, 120
Colombia (1) - 66
Czech Republic (1) - 55
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 (4) - 55, 66, 96, 120
Iran (2) - 55, 66
Israel (3) - 74, 84, 120
Italy (2) - 60, 84
Japan (2) - 60, 74
Kazakhstan (3) - 66, 74, 120
Kyrgyzstan (3) 55, 84, 96
Korea (4) - 55, 60, 66, 74
Lithuania (3) - 55, 96, 120
Norway (1) - 84
Poland (4) - 55, 60, 74, 96
Romania (2) - 55, 60
Russia (6) - 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Slovakia (1) - 84
Sweden (5) - 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
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 - 78
Asia - 19
Americas - 12
Africa - 3
Oceania - 0