1996 World Wrestling Championships

The 1996 World Wrestling Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1996 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	29–31 August 1996
Champions
Women	Japan
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	1	3	6
2	China	2	0	0	2
3	France	1	2	1	4
4	United States	1	2	0	3
5	Russia	1	1	1	3
6	Canada	1	1	0	2
7	Sweden	1	0	1	2
8	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		9	9	9	27

Team ranking

Rank	Women's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Japan	68
2	Russia	60
3	United States	48
4	France	41
5	Canada	39
6	China	32
7	Bulgaria	29
8	Chinese Taipei	29
9	Germany	25
10	Sweden	23

Medal summary

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
44 kg	Zhong Xiue  China	Almuth Leitgeb  Austria	Shoko Yoshimura  Japan
47 kg	Tricia Saunders  United States	Angélique Hidalgo  France	Miho Adachi  Japan
50 kg	Olga Smirnova  Russia	Yoshiko Endo  Japan	Ida Hellström  Sweden
53 kg	Anna Gomis  France	Jennifer Ryz  Canada	Ryoko Sakae  Japan
57 kg	Sara Eriksson  Sweden	Jackie Berube  United States	Lene Aanes  Norway
61 kg	Mikiko Miyazaki  Japan	Natalia Ivanova  Russia	Stéphanie Groß  Germany
65 kg	Yayoi Urano  Japan	Doris Blind  France	Elmira Kurbanova  Russia
70 kg	Christine Nordhagen  Canada	Galina Ivanova  Bulgaria	Lise Golliot  France
75 kg	Liu Dongfeng  China	Kristie Stenglein  United States	Sha Ling-li  Chinese Taipei

Participating nations

105 competitors from 20 nations participated.^[1]

•  Australia (3)
•  Austria (3)
•  Azerbaijan (2)
•  Bulgaria (9)
•  Canada (9)
•  China (4)
•  Chinese Taipei (9)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  France (7)
•  Germany (4)
•  Greece (2)
•  Italy (4)
•  Japan (9)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (6)
•  Russia (9)
•  Sweden (5)
•  Ukraine (5)
•  United States (8)

See also

• Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics