2002 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	5–7 September 2002
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Greco-Roman
Host city	Moscow, Russia
Dates	20–22 September 2002
Stadium	Universal Sports Hall CSKA
Women
Host city	Chalcis, Greece
Dates	2–3 November 2002
Stadium	Tasos Kampouris Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Japan
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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
	United States	1	1	1	3
9	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
11	Armenia	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
14	Azerbaijan	0	2	0	2
15	Egypt	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
17	China	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
22	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		21	21	21	63

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	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. ^[1]

Men's Greco-Roman

215 competitors from 51 nations participated.

Women's freestyle

150 competitors from 34 nations participated.

References

• Women official website
• Greco-Roman official website
• Freestyle official website
• UWW Database