1999 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Piraeus, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden.

1999 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Ankara, Turkey
Dates	7–10 October 1999
Stadium	Atatürk Sport Hall
Greco-Roman
Host city	Piraeus, Greece
Dates	23–26 September 1999
Stadium	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Women
Host city	Boden, Sweden
Dates	10–12 September 1999
Stadium	Hildursborg
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	3	2	9
2	United States	3	2	1	6
3	South Korea	3	2	0	5
4	Cuba	3	1	0	4
	Japan	3	1	0	4
6	Turkey	2	1	2	5
7	Canada	1	1	1	3
8	France	1	1	0	2
	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	2
10	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
11	Germany	0	3	1	4
12	China	0	2	1	3
	Iran	0	2	1	3
14	Uzbekistan	0	1	2	3
15	Poland	0	1	1	2
16	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
18	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		22	22	22	66

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russia	48	Russia	40	United States	47
2	United States	45	Cuba	38	Japan	46
3	Turkey	45	South Korea	32	China	29.5
4	Iran	34	Kazakhstan	26	Russia	29
5	Uzbekistan	30	Turkey	26	Canada	24
6	South Korea	28	Belarus	25	Venezuela	22
7	Ukraine	24	Hungary	22	Ukraine	20.5
8	Cuba	20	Germany	19	Norway	20
9	Bulgaria	18	Sweden	18	Sweden	20
10	Germany	17	Bulgaria	16	France	17

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Kim Woo-yong South Korea	Adkhamjon Achilov Uzbekistan	Oleksandr Zakharuk Ukraine
58 kg	Harun Doğan Turkey	Alireza Dabir Iran	Damir Zakhartdinov Uzbekistan
63 kg	Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine	Jang Jae-sung South Korea	Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan
69 kg	Daniel Igali Canada	Lincoln McIlravy United States	Yüksel Şanlı Turkey
76 kg	Adam Saitiev Russia	Alexander Leipold Germany	Adem Bereket Turkey
85 kg	Yoel Romero Cuba	Khadzhimurad Magomedov Russia	Les Gutches United States
97 kg	Sagid Murtazaliev Russia	Alireza Heidari Iran	Marek Garmulewicz Poland
130 kg	Stephen Neal United States	Andrey Shumilin Russia	Abbas Jadidi Iran

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Lázaro Rivas Cuba	Ha Tae-yeon South Korea	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Germany
58 kg	Kim In-sub South Korea	Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria
63 kg	Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan	Şeref Eroğlu Turkey	Michael Beilin Israel
69 kg	Son Sang-pil South Korea	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia	Vladimir Kopytov Belarus
76 kg	Nazmi Avluca Turkey	Yvon Riemer France	Dimitrios Avramis Greece
85 kg	Luis Enrique Méndez Cuba	Thomas Zander Germany	Raatbek Sanatbayev Kyrgyzstan
97 kg	Gogi Koguashvili Russia	Andrzej Wroński Poland	Mikael Ljungberg Sweden
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Héctor Milián Cuba	Sergei Mureiko Bulgaria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Tricia Saunders United States	Zhong Xiue China	Inga Karamchakova Russia
51 kg	Seiko Yamamoto Japan	Erica Sharp Canada	Gao Yanzhi China
56 kg	Anna Gomis France	Mariko Shimizu Japan	Gudrun Høie Norway
62 kg	Ayako Shoda Japan	Meng Lili China	Lotta Andersson Sweden
68 kg	Sandra Bacher United States	Anita Schätzle Germany	Anna Shamova Russia
75 kg	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Kristie Marano United States	Christine Nordhagen Canada

Participating nations

Men's freestyle

271 competitors from 53 nations participated.

• Albania (1)
• Algeria (1)
• Armenia (5)
• Australia (5)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (8)
• Belarus (6)
• Bulgaria (8)
• Cameroon (1)
• Canada (7)
• China (8)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Cuba (8)
• Cyprus (3)
• Czech Republic (3)
• Estonia (2)
• Finland (3)
• France (5)
• Georgia (8)
• Germany (8)
• Great Britain (6)
• Greece (8)
• Hungary (8)
• India (4)
• Iran (8)
• Italy (3)
• Ivory Coast (1)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (6)
• Kyrgyzstan (7)
• Latvia (2)
• Lithuania (2)
• Macedonia (6)
• Mexico (1)
• Moldova (5)
• Mongolia (8)
• Netherlands (4)
• North Korea (2)
• Poland (8)
• Puerto Rico (2)
• Romania (7)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (7)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (8)
• Spain (3)
• Switzerland (4)
• Syria (3)
• Turkey (8)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (8)
• Venezuela (3)

Men's Greco-Roman

280 competitors from 56 nations participated.

• Armenia (8)
• Australia (3)
• Austria (3)
• Azerbaijan (7)
• Belarus (8)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
• Bulgaria (8)
• China (8)
• Chinese Taipei (3)
• Croatia (2)
• Cuba (8)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czech Republic (6)
• Denmark (2)
• Estonia (4)
• Finland (6)
• France (6)
• Georgia (8)
• Germany (8)
• Greece (8)
• Guam (1)
• Hungary (8)
• Iran (8)
• Israel (5)
• Italy (4)
• Japan (8)
• Kazakhstan (6)
• Kyrgyzstan (6)
• Latvia (2)
• Lithuania (4)
• Macedonia (1)
• Mexico (3)
• Moldova (5)
• Netherlands (3)
• North Korea (3)
• Norway (4)
• Philippines (1)
• Poland (8)
• Portugal (2)
• Romania (7)
• Russia (8)
• Slovakia (2)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (8)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (4)
• Syria (2)
• Turkey (8)
• Turkmenistan (4)
• Ukraine (8)
• United States (8)
• Uzbekistan (6)
• Venezuela (5)
• Yemen (1)
• Yugoslavia (5)

Women's freestyle

84 competitors from 21 nations participated.

• Australia (2)
• Austria (3)
• Brazil (1)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Canada (6)
• China (4)
• Finland (1)
• France (5)
• Germany (4)
• Greece (2)
• Italy (4)
• Japan (6)
• Kyrgyzstan (1)
• Latvia (3)
• Norway (5)
• Poland (5)
• Russia (6)
• Sweden (6)
• Ukraine (6)
• United States (6)
• Venezuela (6)

References

• Official website (Greco-Roman)
• Official website (Women)
• Official website (Freestyle)
• UWW Database