# 2003 World Junior Wrestling Championships

The 2003 World Junior Wrestling Championships were the 28th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and were held in Istanbul, Turkey between 25 and 31 August 2003.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | China | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Farzan Bahrami Iran | Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly Kazakhstan | Maxim Petrov Bulgaria |
| 55 kg | Ersin Çetin Turkey | Adam Batirov Russia | Yury Holub Ukraine |
| 60 kg | Makhach Murtazaliev Russia | Meiromzhan Beisebaev Kazakhstan | George Woeller Hungary |
| 66 kg | Geandry Garzón Cuba | Suren Markosyan Armenia | Niranjan Singh India |
| 74 kg | Sergey Vitkovski Russia | Meisam Amini Iran | Gábor Hatos Hungary |
| 84 kg | Georgii Tibilov Russia | Steffen Hartan Germany | Yumagali Mamutov Kazakhstan |
| 96 kg | Magomed Ibragimov Uzbekistan | Mohammad Khaleghi Far Iran | Muhammet Sait Bingöl Turkey |
| 120 kg | Mohammad Pouralijan Iran | Rareş Chintoan Romania | Tamerlan Piliev Russia |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan | Youn-Min Yoon South Korea | Halil İbrahim Erciyas Turkey |
| 55 kg | Hamid Bavafa Iran | Jagniel Hernandez Cuba | David Bedinadze Georgia |
| 60 kg | Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan | Davor Štefanek Serbia and Montenegro | Saber Darzi Iran |
| 66 kg | Şeref Tüfenk Turkey | Valdemaras Venckaitis Lithuania | Magomed Magomedov Russia |
| 74 kg | Jin-Sung Park South Korea | Otari Phevadze Georgia | İlker Genel Turkey |
| 84 kg | Denis Forov Russia | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Kenyeev Yanarbek Kyrgyzstan |
| 96 kg | Ramaz Nozadze Georgia | Anatoly Makeev Russia | Mikhail Nikolayev Ukraine |
| 120 kg | Yavuz Güvendi Turkey | Revaz Chelidze Georgia | Kokoev Vladislav Russia |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 44 kg | Lyudmyla Balushka Ukraine | Sigrun Dobner Germany | Yan Hong Zhang China |
| 48 kg | Lorisa Oorzhak Russia | Jing Jing Chen China | Mary Kelly United States |
| 51 kg | Sachiko Akasaka Japan | Sarah White Canada | Nadine Tokar Switzerland |
| 55 kg | Zhihui Yan China | Jessica Bechtel Germany | Sylwia Bileńsk Poland |
| 59 kg | Maria Smolyakova Russia | Jiao Yuanyuan China | Julia Weiss Germany |
| 63 kg | Anna Polovneva Russia | Kyi Chong China | Emila Drzewinska Poland |
| 67 kg | Ali Bernard United States | Maya Hristova Bulgaria | Ashlea McManus Canada |
| 72 kg | Yanfang Li China | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Anna Wawrzycka Poland |