Olympic qualifiers, by weight class and nation, in freestyle wrestling (as of 2/2/04)

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
02/02/2004


FREESTYLE OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS (by weight class) as of 2/2/04  55 kg/121 lbs.- Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Uzbekistan  2nd at 2003 World Championships -Moldova  3rd at 2003 World Championships -Ukraine  4th at 2003 World Championships -Iran  5th at 2003 World Championships - United States  7th at 2003 World Championships - Japan  8th at 2003 World Championships - Turkey  9th at 2003 World Championships - Kazakhstan  10th at 2003 World Championships - Mongolia  11th at 2003 World Championships - South Africa  Host Nation entry - Greece (also 6th at World Championships)  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Cuba  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1- Belarus  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Armenia  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Azerbaijan  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -China  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    60 kg/132 lbs. - Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Azerbaijan  2nd at 2003 World Championships - Cuba  3rd at 2003 World Championships - Korea  4th at 2003 World Championships - India  5th at 2003 World Championships - Georgia  6th at 2003 World Championships - Turkey  7th at 2003 World Championnships - Kyrgyzstan  8th at 2003 World Championships - Uzbekistan  9th at 2003 World Championships - Austria  10th at 2003 World Championships - United States  Host Nation entry - Greece  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Russia  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1-Bulgaria  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Ukraine  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Canada  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Iran  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Russia  2nd at 2003 World Championships -Bulgaria  3rd at 2003 World Championships - Japan  4th at 2003 World Championships - Cuba  5th at 2003 World Championships - Georgia  6th at 2003 World Championships - Ukraine  8th at 2003 World Championships - Canada  9th at 2003 World Championships -Hungary  10th at 2003 World Championships - Slovakia  11th at World Championships - Moldova  Host Nation entry - Greece (also 7th at World Championships)  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Kazakhstan  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1-Uzbekistan  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -United States  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Korea  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Iran  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    74 kg/163 lbs.- Freestyle   1st at 2003 World Championships - Russia  2nd at 2003 World Championships - Belarus  3rd at 2003 World Championships - Kazakhstan  4th at 2003 World Championships - Iran  5th at 2003 World Championships - Macedonia  6th at 2003 World Championships - Australia  7th at 2003 World Championships -Hungary  8th at 2003 World Championships - India  9th at 2003 World Championships -Azerbaijan  10th at 2003 World Championships - Japan  Host Nation entry - Greece  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - United States  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1-Cuba  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Armenia  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Canada  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Poland  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    84 kg/185 lbs.- Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Russia  2nd at 2003 World Championships - United States  3rd at 2003 World Championships -Georgia  4th at 2003 World Championships -Belarus  5th at 2003 World Championships - Kazakhstan  6th at 2003 World Championships - Cuba  7th at 2003 World Championships - Turkey  8th at 2003 World Championships - Armenia  9th at 2003 World Championships -Romania  10th at 2003 World Championships - France  Host Nation entry - Greece  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Ukraine  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1- Japan  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Iran  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Korea  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Bulgaria  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Georgia  2nd at 2003 World Championships - Iran  3rd at 2003 World Championships - Bulgaria  4th at 2003 World Championships - Mongolia  5th at 2003 World Championships - United States  6th at 2003 World Championships - Namibia  7th at 2003 World Championnships - Poland  8th at 2003 World Championships - Ukraine  9th at 2003 World Championships -Austria  10th at 2003 World Championships - Belarus  Host Nation entry - Greece  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Uzbekistan  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1- Turkey  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Azerbaijan  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -China  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Switzerland  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Freestyle  1st at 2003 World Championships - Uzbekistan  2nd at 2003 World Championships - United States  3rd at 2003 World Championships -Iran  4th at 2003 World Championships -Ukraine  6th at 2003 World Championships - Kazakhstan  7th at 2003 World Championnships - Belarus  8th at 2003 World Championships - Georgia  9th at 2003 World Championships - Hungary  10th at 2003 World Championships - Mongolia  11th at 2003 World Championships - Germany  Host Nation entry - Greece (also 5th in World Championships)  1st at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Cuba  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #1-Russia  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #1 - Italy  4th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Poland  5th at Olympic Qualifier #1 -Turkey  1st at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -    FREESTYLE OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS (by nation)  as of 2/2/04    *Greece (7): 55 kg. 60 kg. 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  Iran (7): 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  United States (7): 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg. 96 kg, 120 kg    Cuba (6): 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg  Ukraine (6): 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg    Belarus (5): 55 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  Georgia (5): 60 kg, 66 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  Kazakhstan (5): 55 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg  Russia (5): 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg  Turkey (5): 55 kg, 60 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  Uzbekistan (5) : 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg    Azerbaijan (4): 55 kg, 60 kg, 74 kg, 96 kg  Bulgaria (4): 60 kg, 66 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg  Japan (4): 55 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg    Armenia (3): 55 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg  Canada (3): 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg  China (3): 55 kg, 60 kg. 96 kg  Hungary (3): 66 kg, 74 kg, 120 kg  Korea (3): 60 kg, 66 kg, 84 kg  Mongolia (3): 55 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg  Poland (3): 74 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg    Austria (2): 60 kg, 96 kg  India (2): 60 kg, 74 kg  Moldova (2): 55 kg, 66 kg    Australia (1): 74 kg  France (1): 84 kg  Germany (1): 120 kg  Italy (1): 120 kg  Kyrgyzstan (1): 60 kg  Macedonia (1): 74 kg  Namibia (1): 96 kg  Romania (1): 84 kg  Slovakia (1): 66 kg  South Africa (1): 55 kg  Switzerland (1): 96 kg    * Host Greece automatically qualifies an athlete at each weight class    Note: There are 28 more positions available (four in each weight class). These will be determined at the final Freestyle Olympic Qualifying event in Bulgaria, Feb. 14-15