2000 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	1–3 September 2000
Stadium	Universiada Hall
Champions
Women	Japan
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The 2000 World Wrestling Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 3 September 2000.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	1	2	5
2	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
	United States	1	1	0	2
4	Canada	1	0	2	3
5	Austria	1	0	0	1
6	Russia	0	2	0	2
7	Poland	0	1	0	1
8	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	6	18

Team ranking

Rank	Women's freestyle
	Team	Points
1	Japan	48
2	Russia	34
3	Canada	31
4	Ukraine	27
5	United States	25
6	Germany	20
7	Poland	19
8	Sweden	18
9	France	13
10	Bulgaria	13

Medal summary

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg details	Iryna Melnik  Ukraine	Inga Karamchakova  Russia	Carol Huynh  Canada
51 kg details	Hitomi Sakamoto  Japan	Patricia Miranda  United States	Ida Hellström  Sweden
56 kg details	Seiko Yamamoto  Japan	Tetyana Lazareva  Ukraine	Jennifer Ryz  Canada
62 kg details	Nikola Hartmann  Austria	Rena Iwama  Japan	Stéphanie Groß  Germany
68 kg details	Kristie Marano  United States	Anna Shamova  Russia	Tomoe Miyamoto  Japan
75 kg details	Christine Nordhagen  Canada	Edyta Witkowska  Poland	Kyoko Hamaguchi  Japan

Participating nations

90 competitors from 24 nations participated.