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