1998 WOMEN'S WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPSat Poznan, Poland, Oct. 8-10
46 kg/101.25 lbs. - 1st - Tricia Saunders (USA) won by ref. dec. over Miyu Yamamoto (Japan), 1-1, ot, 6:00; 3rd - Inga Karamchakova (Russia) dec. Yulia Voitova (Ukraine), 4-0, ot, 4:31; 5th - Mette Barlie (Norway); 6th - Xiue Zhong (China); 7th - Lilia Ristevska (Austria); 8th - Fani Psatha (Greece); 9th - Farah Touchi (France); 10th - Marta Wojtanowska (Poland)
51 kg/112.25 lbs. - 1st - Atsuko Shinomura (Japan) dec. Ida Hellstrom (Sweden), 7-0; 3rd - Elena Egochina (Russia) dec. Stephanie Murata (USA), 6-2; 5th - Inna Rebar (Ukraine); 6th - Theresa Piotrowski (Canada); 7th - Tanja Sauter (Germany); 8th - Zhou Xiaoyi (China); 9th - Annalisa Debiasi (Italy); 10th - Nadejda Romanshvova (Uzbekistan)
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - 1st - Gudrun Hoie (Norway) pin Anna Gomis (France), 2:38; 3rd - Sara Eriksson (Sweden) dec. Natalia Ivashko (Russia), 5-2; 5th - Malgorzata Bassa (Poland); 6th - Tatjana Lazareva (Ukraine); 7th - Mariku Shimizu (Japan); 8th - Jennifer Ryz (Canada); 9th - Minerva Montero (Spain); 10th - Diletta Giampiccolo (Italy)
62 kg/136.5 lbs. - 1st - Nikola Hartmann (Austria) pin Lene Aanes (Norway), 3:02; 3rd - Natalia Vinogradova (Russia) dec. Trish Leibel (Canada), 3-1, ot, 4:18; 5th - Lisa Golliot (France); 6th - Luda Golovchenko (Ukraine); 7th - Ari Suzuki (Japan); 8th - Anita Schatzle (Germany); 9th - Lotta Andersson (Sweden); 10th - Anna Udycz (Poland)
68 kg/149.75 lbs. - 1st - Christine Nordhagen (Canada) won by tech. fall over Stephanie Gross (Germany), 10-0, 2:15; 3rd - Sandra Bacher (USA) dec. Anna Chamova (Russia), 6-3, ot, 4:39; 5th - Ewelina Pruszko (Poland); 6th - Nina Strasser (Austria); 7th - Galina Ivanova (Bulgaria); 8th - Catherine Arlone (Australia); 9th - Helene Karlsson (Sweden); 10th - Reiko Sumiya (Japan)
75 kg/165.25 lbs. - 1st - Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan) dec. Kristie Stenglein (USA), 5-3; 3rd - Edyta Witkowska (Poland) dec. Nina Englich (Germany), 4-0, ot, 5:49; 5th - Zumrud Kurbangadzieva (Russia); 6th - Elriva Barriga (Austria); 7th - Tamara Medwidsky (Canada); 8th - Franziska Lacher (Switzerland); 9th - Zanda Rutenberga (Latvia); 10th - Vera Bazantova (Czech Rep.)
Team standings
1. Russia, 44 pts.; 2. Japan, 38 pts.; 3. United States, 34 pts.; 4. Canada, 29 pts.; 5. Norway, 25 pts.; 6. (tie) Germany and Ukraine, 23 pts.; 8. Poland, 22 pts.; 9. Sweden, 21 pts.; 10. Austria, 20 pts.; 11. France, 17 pts.; 12. China, 8 pts.; 13. Australia, 7 pts.; 14. Bulgaria, 4 pts.; 15. (tie) Greece, Italy and Switzerland, 3 pts.; 18. (tie) Spain and Latvia, 2 pts.; 20. (tie) Czech Republic and Uzbekistan, 1 pt.
U.S. performances
46 kg/101.25 lbs. - Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), 1st - pin Vladislava Petrova (Bulgaria), 1:50; dec. Fani Psatha (Greece), 4-0; dec. Mette Barlie (Norway), 3-2; won by ref. dec. over Miyu Yamamoto (Japan), 1-1, ot, 6:00
51 kg/112.25 lbs. - Stephanie Murata, Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), 4th - lost dec. to Elena Egochina (Russia), 3-2; dec. Agnieszka Pajak (Poland), 7-0; pin Angelique Hidalgo (France), 3:34; pin Zhou Xiaoyi (China), 2:50; dec. Theresa Piotrowski (Canada), 5-2; lost dec. to Elena Egochina (Russia), 6-2
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Tina George, South Euclid, Ohio (UM-Morris), dnp - lost dec. to Gudrun Hoie (Norway), 3-1; lost by pin to Mariku Shimuzu (Japan)
62 kg/136.5 lbs. - Lauren Wolfe, Okemos, Mich. (Michigan WC), dnp - dec. Angela Lattanzio (Italy), 8-0; lost by pin to Lene Aanes (Norway); lost dec. to Ari Suzuki (Japan), 7-4
68 kg/149.75 lbs. - Sandra Bacher, San Jose, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC), 3rd - lost dec. to Lene Barlie (Norway), 8-0; pin Margarita Montes (Spain), 3:00; pin Aldone Homica (Latvia), 1:40; won by inj. dft. over Catherine Arlone (Australia), 1:30; dec. Ewelina Pruszko (Poland), 4-3, ot; dec. Anna Chamova (Russia), 6-3, ot, 4:39
75 kg/165.25 lbs. - Kristie Stenglein, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA), 2nd - won by tech. fall over Vera Bazantova (Czech Republic), 10-0, 3:25; dec. Nina Englich (Germany), 5-1, ot, 4:38; lost dec. to Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan), 5-3