# 2002 World Wrestling Championships

The following are the final results of the 2002 World Wrestling Championships. The 36th Men's Freestyle Competition was held in Tehran, Iran, while the 47th Men's Greco-Roman Competition was staged in Moscow, Russia and the 15th Women's Competition in Chalcis, Greece.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Cuba | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 44 | Russia | 45 | Japan | 47 |
| 2 | Russia | 42 | Georgia | 27 | Sweden | 34 |
| 3 | Cuba | 35 | Cuba | 26 | Russia | 32 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 34 | Bulgaria | 22 | Germany | 27 |
| 5 | Georgia | 34 | United States | 22 | Greece | 26 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 19 | Turkey | 21 | Poland | 25 |
| 7 | Germany | 19 | Sweden | 20 | Canada | 24 |
| 8 | Armenia | 16 | Egypt | 17 | Ukraine | 21 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 15 | Uzbekistan | 17 | France | 21 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 14 | Armenia | 16 | China | 20 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | René Montero Cuba | Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan | Oleksandr Zakharuk Ukraine |
| 60 kg details | Aram Margaryan Armenia | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar Mongolia | Mohammad Talaei Iran |
| 66 kg details | Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine | Alireza Dabir Iran | Zaur Botaev Russia |
| 74 kg details | Mehdi Hajizadeh Iran | Magomed Isagadzhiev Russia | Volodymyr Syrotyn Ukraine |
| 84 kg details | Adam Saitiev Russia | Yoel Romero Cuba | Majid Khodaei Iran |
| 96 kg details | Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia | Alireza Heidari Iran | Vadim Tasoyev Ukraine |
| 120 kg details | David Musulbes Russia | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba | Aydın Polatçı Turkey |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Geidar Mamedaliyev Russia | Nepes Gukulow Turkmenistan | Hassan Rangraz Iran |
| 60 kg details | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria | Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland | Roberto Monzón Cuba |
| 66 kg details | Jimmy Samuelsson Sweden | Farid Mansurov Azerbaijan | Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia |
| 74 kg details | Varteres Samurgashev Russia | Badri Khasaia Georgia | Filiberto Azcuy Cuba |
| 84 kg details | Ara Abrahamian Sweden | Aleksandr Menshchikov Russia | Mohamed Abdelfatah Egypt |
| 96 kg details | Mehmet Özal Turkey | Karam Gaber Egypt | Ali Mollov Bulgaria |
| 120 kg details | Dremiel Byers United States | Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary | Yury Patrikeyev Russia |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Brigitte Wagner Germany | Inga Karamchakova Russia | Ida Hellström Sweden |
| 51 kg details | Sofia Poumpouridou Greece | Chiharu Icho Japan | Natalia Golts Russia |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Tina George United States | Ida-Theres Karlsson Sweden |
| 59 kg details | Alena Kartashova Russia | Lotta Andersson Sweden | Mabel Fonseca Puerto Rico |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Sara Eriksson Sweden | Lene Aanes Norway |
| 67 kg details | Kateryna Burmistrova Ukraine | Lise Legrand France | Kristie Marano United States |
| 72 kg details | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Wang Xu China | Edyta Witkowska Poland |

## Participating nations
### Men's freestyle

183 competitors from 42 nations participated. The United States freestyle team did not participate due to security concerns.
* Armenia (5)
* Azerbaijan (5)
* Belarus (7)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Canada (6)
* China (7)
* Cuba (7)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (5)
* India (7)
* Iran (7)
* Iraq (3)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Macedonia (3)
* Moldova (4)
* Mongolia (7)
* Netherlands (1)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (7)
* Senegal (3)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Korea (6)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (4)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (7)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* Ukraine (7)
* Uzbekistan (6)
* Venezuela (1)

### Men's Greco-Roman

215 competitors from 51 nations participated.
* Armenia (6)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belarus (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (7)
* China (7)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (7)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (3)
* Egypt (3)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (6)
* France (6)
* Georgia (6)
* Germany (7)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (7)
* Iran (4)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (5)
* Mauritius (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Norway (4)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (7)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Korea (6)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (7)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (7)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Venezuela (3)
* Yugoslavia (3)

### Women's freestyle

150 competitors from 34 nations participated.
* Australia (5)
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (3)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (7)
* China (6)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (6)
* Germany (7)
* Greece (7)
* Hungary (1)
* India (5)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Mongolia (6)
* Norway (3)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (6)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (7)
* Senegal (3)
* South Korea (5)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (7)
* Venezuela (6)