2001 World Wrestling Championships

2001 World Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	22–25 November 2001
Stadium	Winter Sports Palace
Greco-Roman
Host city	Patras, Greece
Dates	6–9 December 2001
Stadium	Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Cuba
Women	China

The following is the final results of the 2001 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Patras, Greece.

The championships were originally scheduled to be held in New York City, United States, at Madison Square Garden from 26–29 September. However, the attack on the World Trade Center a short distance away on 11 September caused the event to be postponed and eventually moved. New York City would ultimately hold the 2003 World Wrestling Championships instead.^[1][2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	3	1	9
2	Bulgaria	2	1	0	3
	Canada	2	1	0	3
4	Japan	2	0	0	2
5	United States	1	5	1	7
6	Iran	1	3	0	4
7	Cuba	1	1	4	6
8	China	1	1	1	3
9	Armenia	1	1	0	2
	Uzbekistan	1	1	0	2
11	Ukraine	1	0	5	6
12	Georgia	1	0	1	2
13	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
16	South Korea	0	2	2	4
17	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
20	Germany	0	0	3	3
21	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		22	22	22	66

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russia	51	Cuba	54	China	36
2	Bulgaria	46	Russia	38	Japan	33
3	Iran	37	United States	33	Ukraine	33
4	Georgia	31	Sweden	26	Germany	31
5	United States	28	Iran	24	Canada	30
6	Turkey	27	South Korea	24	Russia	25
7	Cuba	25	Hungary	24	United States	24
8	Ukraine	23	Ukraine	23	Poland	17
9	Uzbekistan	21	Armenia	19	France	14
10	South Korea	19	Uzbekistan	18	Belarus	13

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Herman Kantoyeu  Belarus	Babak Nourzad  Iran	Aleksandr Kontoev  Russia
58 kg	Guivi Sissaouri  Canada	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar  Mongolia	David Pogosian  Georgia
63 kg	Serafim Barzakov  Bulgaria	Alireza Dabir  Iran	Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine
69 kg	Nikolay Paslar  Bulgaria	Amir Tavakkolian  Iran	Jang Jae-sung  South Korea
76 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia	Moon Eui-jae  South Korea	Joe Williams  United States
85 kg	Khadzhimurad Magomedov  Russia	Brandon Eggum  United States	Yoel Romero  Cuba
97 kg	Giorgi Gogshelidze  Russia	Krasimir Kochev  Bulgaria	Vadim Tasoyev  Ukraine
130 kg	David Musulbes  Russia	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Hassan Rangraz  Iran	Brandon Paulson  United States	Lázaro Rivas  Cuba
58 kg	Dilshod Aripov  Uzbekistan	Karen Mnatsakanyan  Armenia	Roberto Monzón  Cuba
63 kg	Vaghinak Galstyan  Armenia	Kim In-sub  South Korea	Michael Beilin  Israel
69 kg	Filiberto Azcuy  Cuba	Aleksey Glushkov  Russia	Rustam Adzhi  Ukraine
76 kg	Ara Abrahamian  Sweden	Aleksey Mishin  Russia	Kim Jin-soo  South Korea
85 kg	Mukhran Vakhtangadze  Georgia	Matt Lindland  United States	Oleksandr Daragan  Ukraine
97 kg	Aleksandr Bezruchkin  Russia	Ernesto Peña  Cuba	Mehmet Özal  Turkey
130 kg	Rulon Gardner  United States	Mihály Deák-Bárdos  Hungary	Xenofon Koutsioumpas  Greece

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Iryna Melnik  Ukraine	Carol Huynh  Canada	Brigitte Wagner  Germany
51 kg	Hitomi Sakamoto  Japan	Stephanie Murata  United States	Gao Yanzhi  China
56 kg	Seiko Yamamoto  Japan	Lubov Volosova  Russia	Tetyana Lazareva  Ukraine
62 kg	Meng Lili  China	Diletta Giampiccolo  Italy	Lene Aanes  Norway
68 kg	Christine Nordhagen  Canada	Toccara Montgomery  United States	Anita Schätzle  Germany
75 kg	Edyta Witkowska  Poland	Ma Bailing  China	Nina Englich  Germany

322 competitors from 52 nations participated.

243 competitors from 53 nations participated.

• UWW Database
• Greco-Roman website (Archived 2009-10-01)
• Freestyle website