Freestyle Olympic qualifiers, by weight class, for the Athens Games

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
04/22/2004


FREESTYLE OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS (by weight class) as of 4/22/04  The Olympic qualification process has been completed for men's freestyle    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 - India  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Korea  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Russia  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Bulgaria  FILA Wildcard - North Korea    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 - Japan  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Qatar  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Hungary  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Mongolia  FILA Wildcard - Albania    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 - Armenia  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Azerbaijan  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -India  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 - Turkey  FILA Wildcard - Nigeria    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 - Bulgaria  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Georgia  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Italy  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 - Tajikistan  FILA Wildcard - Great Britain  FILA Wildcard - Senegal    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 - Germany  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Tajikistan  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -India  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Macedonia    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 - Kyrgyzstan  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Slovakia  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Kazakhstan  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Russia  FILA Wildcard - Brazil    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 -Bulgaria  2nd at Olympic Qualifier #2 -India  3rd at Olympic Qualifier #2 - Romania  4th at Olympic Qualifier #2 -Kyrgyzstan