1997 FILA JUNIOR GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSat Turku, Finland, Aug. 16, 1997
FINAL RESULTS
49 kg/108 lbs. - 1st - Unal Orel (Turkey) dec. Alexander Ogorodnik (Ukraine), 10-1; 3rd - Koba Balavinov (Georgia) dec. Tahir Cahidov (Azerbaijan), 4-0; 5th - Askar Zhursumbaev (Kazakhstan) dec. Mikhail Petrov (Russia), 8-3; 7th - Jarkko Ala-Huikku (Finland); 8th - Florin Gavrila (Romania); 9th - Shahram Samiei Sarkhanloo (Iran); 10th - Jong Hyun Park (Korea)
52 kg/114.5 lbs. - 1st - Bahman Tayebi Kermani (Iran) dec. Ouan Kalikov (Kyrgyzstan), 3-0; 3rd - Taleich Israfilov (Azerbaijan) dec. Sergey Sobokar (Ukraine), 5-2; 5th - Vasile Nicolici (Romania) dec. Micolae Sibagatov (Moldavia), 4-3, ot, 5:15; 7th - David Ochoa (Venezuela); 8th - Kim Holk (Sweden); 9th - Maxim Vorobiev (Belarus); 10th - Ozgur Uygun (Turkey)
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - 1st - Parviz Kasymov (Ukraine) dec. Maxim Semenov (Russia), 4-2; 3rd - Roberto Monzon (Cuba) dec. Seymour Gosimov (Azerbaijan), 10-3; 5th - Alexandre Laboun (Belarus) pin Moyratidis Haralambos (Greece), 0:18; 7th - Ali Ashkani (Iran); 8th - Vahan Juharyan (Armenia); 9th - Erkan Dundar (Turkey); 10th - Vjceslav Masloboev (Latvia)
60 kg/132 lbs. - 1st - Siarhei Zarhetshi (Belarus) dec. Nurlan Kolzhaiganov (Kazakhstan), 3-0; 3rd - Mehdi Nasiri (Iran) dec. Garik Bogdassarian (Ukraine), 6-0; 5th - Mitsuoki Hirai (Japan) ref. dec. over Dovletberdy Mamedov (Turkmenistan), 2-1, ot, 8:00; 7th - Roman Levchenko (Uzbekistan); 8th - Mustafa Arici (Turkey); 9th - Gurbinder Singh (India); 10th - Andrei Drozdov (Latvia)
65 kg/143 lbs. - 1st - Alexandre Shishko (Belarus) dec. Bunyamin Emik (Turkey), 4-3; 3rd - Ali Zabihi (Iran) dec. Szymon Kogut (Poland), 3-0, ot, 6:27; 5th - Artem Korolenko (Ukraine); 6th - Peter Ronai (Hungary); 7th - Geoffrey Kintz (France); 8th - Shaniun Yi (China); 9th - Juha Koivunen (Finland)
70 kg/154 lbs. - 1st - Alexandre Kroutchinkine (Russia) dec. Yusuf Duzer (Turkey), 4-0; 3rd - Uri Markman (Israel) dec. Lide Bao (China), 3-2; 5th - Theodoros Voltsidis (Greece); 6th - Alexei Panysh (Belarus); 7th - Max Schwindt (Germany); 8th - Gela Chkhaidze (Georgia); 9th - Ilgar Verdiev (Azerbaijan); 10th - Auaz Ordobaev (Kyrgyzstan)
76 kg/167.25 lbs. - 1st - Sandor Bardosi (Hungary) dec. Artur Michalkiewicz (Poland), 3-1, ot, 7:11; 3rd - Karam El Gaber (Egypt) won by ref. dec. over Besarion Zurabiani (Georgia), 2-1, ot, 8:00; 5th - Kee Tae Kim (Korea) dec. Alexander Zaets (Ukraine), 3-1, ot, 7:55; 7th - Alexei Michine (Russia); 8th - Nurlan Ijiangithvev (Kazakhstan); 9th - Georgios Tziolas (Greece); 10th - Fritz Anaes (Norway)
83 kg/182.5 lbs. - 1st - Serkan Ozden (Turkey) dec. Levon Gegamyan (Armenia), 3-2; 3rd - Dmitri Semiletov (Russia) dec. Pavel Goumeniuk (Belarus), 5-0; 5th - Edy Bartolose (Venezuela) dec. Kyung Tak Kim (Korea), 4-3; 7th - Alexander Darachan (Ukraine); 8th - Maciej Korochoda (Poland); 9th - Bojan Mijatov (Yugoslavia); 10th - Jiri Matysek (Czech. Republic)
90 kg/198 lbs. - 1st - Vladimir Bakhtov (Russia) won by tech. fall over Fuming Feng (China), 10-0, 1:59; 3rd - Dmitri Lissoun (Belarus) dec. Richard Karelson (Estonia), 4-1; 5th - Lajos Virag (Hungary) dec. Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9-1; 7th - Michael Caso (Cuba); 8th - Daryoush Ghalavand (Iran); 9th - Mindaugas Ezerskis (Lithuania); 10th - Panagiotis Papastefanoy (Greece)
115 kg/253 lbs. - 1st - Alexey Tarabin (Russia) dec. Tamaz Gogelia (Georgia), 10-2; 3rd - David Soldadze (Ukraine) dec. Eddy Bengtsson (Sweden), 3-0, ot, 5:34; 5th - Daud Vala (Czech. Republic); 6th - Fatih Bakir (Turkey); 7th - Andrei Chekhovski (Belarus); 8th - Artur Salachna (Poland); 9th - Muhamed Said (Egypt); 10th - Gyula Branda (Hungary)
TEAM STANDINGS
1st - Russia, 56; 2nd - Ukraine, 56; 3rd - Belarus, 52; 4th - Turkey, 49; 5th - Iran, 35; 6th - Georgia, 27; 7th - Azerbaijan, 24; 8th - Hungary, 22; 9th - Poland, 22; 10th - China, 19
U.S. RESULTS - GROUP ONE
49 kg/108 lbs. - no entry
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Darnell Lollis, Harvey, Ill. (dnp) - lost by tech. fall to Erkan Dundar (Turkey), 10-0, 2:36; withdrew from competition due to injury
65 kg/143 lbs. - Luis Blanco, San Bernadino, Calif. (dnp) - lost dec. to Czewiertnia Pavel (Czech. Republic), 4-1, ot, 7:01; tech. fall over Armanco Zamudio Sanch (Mexico), 10-0, 0:27; lost by tech. fall to Yudelmis Rivera (Cuba), 13-0, 4:08
76 kg/167.25 lbs. - Tom Ciezki, Evergreen Park, Ill. (dnp) - lost dec. to Tziolas Georgios (Greece), 3-0, ot, 7:18; lost dec. to Takuya Nagaoka (Japan), 6-4
90 kg/198 lbs. - Justin Ruiz, Salt Lake City, Utah (6th) - lost dec. to Vladimir Bakhtov (Russia), 5-0; dec. Constantin Radu (Romania), 4-1; dec. Mirko Englich (Germany), 3-2, ot, 6:12; dec. Michael Caso (Cuba), 3-1, ot, 7:59; lost by fall to Dmitri Lissoun (Belarus), 0:18; lost dec. to Lajos Virac (Hungary), 9-1
U.S. RESULTS - GROUP TWO
52 kg/114.5 lbs. - Brady Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah (dnp) - lost dec. to Vasile Nicoliei (Romania), 6-0; lost by tech. fall to Maxim Vorobiev (Belarus), 11-0, 2:29
60 kg/132 lbs. - Lance Weber, Des Plaines, Ill. (dnp) - lost dec. to Gurbinder Singh (India), 7-0; dec. Alik Isaev (Kyrgyzstan), 7-1; lost by tech. fall to Alexander Khudish (Israel), 11-0, 1:45
70 kg/154 lbs. - Cory Posey, Westfield, N.J. (dnp) - tech. fall over Javier Flor (Spain), 11-1, 4:01; lost dec. to Lide Bao (China), 3-1; dec. Masanori Oi (Japan), 3-1, ot, 5:42; lost by dec. to Theodoros Voltsidis (Greece), 6-3, ot, 5:29
83 kg/182.5 lbs. - Brad Vering, Howells, Neb. (dnp) - lost dec. to David Millien (France), 4-2, ot, 5:47; won by ref. dec. Mojtsba Shirmardi (Iran), 3-2, ot, 8:00; lost by ref. dec. to Henry Padtashvicy (Israel), 2-1, ot, 8:00
115 kg/253 lbs. - Dave Clymer, Hastings, Minn. (dnp) - lost by tech. fall to David Soldadze (Ukraine), 10-0, 1:10; lost dec. to Nico Schmidt (Germany), 3-0