World Wrestling Championships 1996
The 1996 World Wrestling Championships took place in Sofia from August 29 to 31, 1996 . Because of the Olympic Games in the same year, only women's competitions were held.
Medalist
class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
-44 kg | Xiue Zhong | Almuth Leitgeb | Shoko Yoshimura |
-47 kg | Tricia Saunders | Angélique Berthenet-Hidalgo | Miho Adachi |
-50 kg | Olga Smirnova | Yoshiko Endo | Ida Hellström |
-53 kg | Anna Gomis | Jennifer Ryz | Riyoko Sakae |
-57 kg | Sara Eriksson | Jackie Berube | Lene Aanes |
-61 kg | Mikiko Miyazaki | Natalia Ivanova | Stéphanie Groß |
-65 kg | Yayoi Urano | Doris Blind | Elmira Kurbanowa |
-70 kg | Christine Nordhagen | Galina Ivanova | Lise Golliot |
-75 kg | Dong Feng Liu | Kristie Marano | Ling-Li Sha |
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | People's Republic of China | 2 | 0 | 0 |
3 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 |
4th | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
6th | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 |
7th | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8th | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 世界 選手 権 ・ オ リ ン ピ ッ ク 歴 代 優勝者 ・ 日本 選手 成績 (女子) (PDF; 82 kB), accessed December 20, 2010 (Japanese)