# 2000 World Junior Wrestling Championships

The 2000 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 26th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Nantes, France between 3-9 July 2000.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turkey | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan | Timothy Hill United States | Hassan Rangraz Iran |
| 54 kg | Alexandr Kontoyev Russia | Jason Powell United States | Alireza Darvishi Iran |
| 58 kg | Abil Ibragimov Kazakhstan | Tevfik Odabaşı Turkey | Vasyl Fedoryshyn Ukraine |
| 63 kg | Iosif Momcelidze Kazakhstan | Ömer Çubukçu Turkey | Irbek Farniev Russia |
| 69 kg | Murat Umarov Russia | Mostafa Alizadeh Iran | Jared Lawrence United States |
| 76 kg | Majid Ramezani Iran | Fatih Koyuncu Turkey | Murad Gaidarov Russia |
| 85 kg | Sazhid Sazhidov Russia | Shahab Ghorbani Iran | Taras Danko Ukraine |
| 97 kg | Oleg Kallagov Russia | Tommy Rowlands Ukraine | Davit Otiashvili Georgia |
| 130 kg | Ivan Ishchenko Ukraine | Bahman Tayebi Iran | Bagrat Chutaba Russia |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Ceyhun Zaidov Azerbaijan | Muhammadumar Madaminov Uzbekistan | Shergazy Kaparov Kyrgyzstan |
| 54 kg | Asset Imanbayev Kazakhstan | Mücahit Vardal Turkey | Aleksey Vakulenko Ukraine |
| 58 kg | Ivan Alexandrov Israel | Eusebiu Diaconu Romania | Jarkko Ala-Huikku Finland |
| 63 kg | Armen Vardanyan Ukraine | Youri Kaliasnev Belarus | Ivo Minkov Bulgaria |
| 69 kg | Volodymyr Shatskykh Ukraine | Joseph Privitere United States | Parviz Zeidvand Iran |
| 76 kg | István Szabó Hungary | Zafer Başar Turkey | Youry Vitt Uzbekistan |
| 85 kg | Sergey Rutenko Ukraine | Jimmy Lidberg Sweden | Bojan Mijatov Yugoslavia |
| 97 kg | Khasan Baroev Russia | Georgios Koutsioubas Greece | Kaloyan Dinchev Bulgaria |
| 130 kg | Georgiy Tsurtsumi Georgia | Michael Shvidkiy Ukraine | Xenofon Koutsioumpas Greece |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 43 kg | Sarah Ehinger Germany | Mary Kelly United States | Momoko Sera Japan |
| 46 kg | Kanako Miki Japan | Katarzyna Zalewska Poland | Iryna Merleni Ukraine |
| 50 kg | Chiharu Icho Japan | Iwona Matkowska Poland | Natalia Gushina Russia |
| 54 kg | Seiko Yamamoto Japan | Alena Kartashova Russia | Diana Djachenko Latvia |
| 58 kg | Saori Yoshida Japan | Lubov Volosova Russia | Anna Liz Holk Sweden |
| 63 kg | Ayako Shōda Japan | Daria Nazarova Russia | Monika Michalik Poland |
| 68 kg | Anita Schätzle Germany | Toccara Montgomery United States | Natalya Gavrilova Russia |
| 75 kg | Dominique Smalley United States | Kamila Zgolak Poland | Kateřina Halová Czech Republic |