1997 European Wrestling Championships

1997 European Wrestling Championships
Host city	Kouvola, Finland Greco-Roman Warsaw, Poland Freestyle
Dates	22 – 25 May 1997 1 – 6 May 1997
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Turkey
Women	France

The 1997 European Wrestling Championships were held in the Greco-Romane style in Kouvola 22 – 25 May 1997; the men's and the women's Freestyle style in Warsaw 1 – 6 May 1997.^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	1	5	13
2	Poland	3	2	0	5
3	Turkey	2	2	3	7
4	France	2	1	3	6
5	Georgia	2	1	1	4
6	Armenia	2	0	0	2
7	Ukraine	1	2	3	6
8	Austria	1	0	1	2
	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	Sweden	1	0	1	2
11	Germany	0	4	2	6
12	Belarus	0	3	0	3
13	Finland	0	2	0	2
	Norway	0	2	0	2
15	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
17	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		22	22	22	66

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Oleksandr Zakharuk  Ukraine	Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan	Mevlana Kulaç  Turkey
58 kg	David Pogosian  Georgia	Tadeusz Kowalski  Poland	Murad Umakhanov  Russia
63 kg	Magomed Azizov  Russia	Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine	Serafim Barzakov  Bulgaria
69 kg	Arayik Gevorgyan  Armenia	Yüksel Şanlı  Turkey	Zaza Zazirov  Ukraine
76 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia	Alexander Leipold  Germany	Kamil Kocaoğlu  Turkey
85 kg	Khadzhimurad Magomedov  Russia	Nicolae Ghiță  Romania	Davyd Bichinashvili  Ukraine
97 kg	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia	Marek Garmulewicz  Poland	Arawat Sabejew  Germany
125 kg	David Musulbes  Russia	Aleksey Medvedev  Belarus	Sven Thiele  Germany

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg	Dariusz Jabłoński  Poland	Farjat Magueramov  Belarus	Oleg Nemchenko  Russia
58 kg	Karen Mnatsakanyan  Armenia	Djamel Ainaoui  France	Ergüder Bekişdamat  Turkey
63 kg	Nikolai Monov  Russia	Şeref Eroğlu  Turkey	Akaki Chachua  Georgia
69 kg	Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia	Guiorgui Dzhindzhelashvili  Georgia	Rustam Adzhi  Ukraine
76 kg	Torbjörn Kornbakk  Sweden	Marko Asell  Finland	Yvon Riemer  France
85 kg	Hamza Yerlikaya  Turkey	Thomas Zander  Germany	Aleksandar Jovančević  Yugoslavia
97 kg	Hakkı Başar  Turkey	Anatoli Fedorenko  Belarus	Konstantinos Thanos  Greece
125 kg	Sergei Mureiko  Bulgaria	Juha Ahokas  Finland	Alexandr Bezruchkin  Russia

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg	Farah Touchi  France	Mette Barlie  Norway	Lidiya Karamchakova  Russia
51 kg	Yelena Yegoshina  Russia	Tanja Sauter  Germany	Angélique Berthenet  France
56 kg	Anna Gomis  France	Lene Aanes  Norway	Sara Eriksson  Sweden
62 kg	Nikola Hartmann  Austria	Natalia Vinogradova  Russia	Lise Legrand  France
68 kg	Anna Udycz  Poland	Nina Englich  Germany	Nina Strasser  Austria
75 kg	Monika Kowalska  Poland	Tetiana Komarnytska  Ukraine	Anna Shamova  Russia

References

1. "International Wrestling Database".

External links

• Fila's official championship website