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 IN FS WRESTLING FOR ATHENS




   TOKYO (February 15) - Nations qualified in freestyle wrestling for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens:
(NOTE: Greece has an automatic berth at each weight as host nation. The first 10 qualifiers were determined at last year痴 world championships.)

By weight

  55 kg - (WC) Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Iran, United States, Greece, Japan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Africa; (Q1) Cuba, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China; (Q2) Korea, Bulgaria, Russia, India

  60 kg - (WC) Azerbaijan, Cuba, Korea, India, Georgia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Austria, United States, Greece; (Q1) Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Canada, Iran; (Q2) Mongolia, Japan, Qatar, Hungary

  66 kg - (WC) Russia, Bulgaria, Japan, Cuba, Georgia, Ukraine, Greece, Canada, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova; (Q1) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, United States, Korea, Iran; (Q2) India, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey

  74 kg - (WC) Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Macedonia, Australia, Hungary, India, Azerbaijan, Japan, Greece; (Q1) United States, Cuba, Armenia, Canada, Poland; (Q2) Georgia, Italy, Bulgaria, Tajikistan

  84 kg - (WC) Russia, United States, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Turkey, Armenia, Romania, France, Greece; (Q1) Ukraine, Japan, Iran, Korea, Bulgaria; (Q2) Macedonia, Tajikistan, Germany, India

  96 kg - (WC) Georgia, Iran, Bulgaria, Mongolia, United States, Namibia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Greece; (Q1) Uzbekistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Switzerland; (Q2) Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Russia

  120 kg - (WC) Uzbekistan, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Hungary, Mongolia, Germany; (Q1) Cuba, Russia, Italy, Poland, Turkey; (Q2) India, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania
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By Nation

Armenia (4) - 55, 66, 74, 84
Australia (1) - 74
Austria (2) - 60, 96
Azerbaijan (5) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 96
Belarus (5) - 55, 74, 84, 96, 120
Bulgaria (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Canada (3) - 60, 66, 74
China (2) - 55, 96
Cuba (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 120
France (1) - 84
Georgia (6) - 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Germany (2) - 84, 120
Greece (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Hungary (4) - 60, 66, 74, 120
India (6) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 120
Iran (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Italy (2) - 74, 120
Japan (5) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84
Kazakhstan (6) - 55, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Kyrgyzstan (3) - 60, 96, 120
Korea (4) - 55, 60, 66, 84
Macedonia (2) - 74, 84
Moldova (2) - 55, 66
Mongolia (4) - 55, 60, 96, 120
Namibia (1) - 96
Poland (3) - 74, 96, 120
Qatar (1) - 60
Romania (2) - 84, 120
Russia (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Slovakia (2) - 66, 96
South Africa (1) - 55
Switzerland (1) - 96
Tajikistan (2) - 74, 84
Turkey (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
Ukraine (6) - 55, 60, 66, 84, 96, 120
United States (7) - 55, 60, 66, 74, 84, 96, 120
Uzbekistan (5) - 55, 60, 66, 96, 120
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By Continent

Europe - 76
Asia - 45
Americas - 16
Africa - 2
Oceania - 1