Wrestling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
| Wrestling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | GMEX |
| Location | Manchester, England |
| Dates | 2 to 4 August 2002 |
Wrestling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the 15th appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games, returning after being left out the 1998 Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002 and competition featured contests in seven weight classes.[1]
The events took place in the GMEX.[2][3]
Canada topped the wrestling medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.[4]
Medal table
* Host nation (England)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg | Krishan Kumar India |
Mikheil Japaridze Canada |
Shaun Williams South Africa |
| 60 kg | Guivi Sissaouri Canada |
Shokinder Tomar India |
Tebe Dorgu Nigeria |
| 66 kg | Ramesh Kumar India |
Graham Neal Ewers Canada |
Fred Jessey Nigeria |
| 74 kg | Daniel Igali Canada |
Sunday Opiah Nigeria |
Rein Ozoline Australia |
| 84 kg | Nicholas Ugoalah Canada |
Anuj Chaudhary India |
Sinivie Boltic Nigeria |
| 96 kg | Dean Schmeichel Canada |
Anil Kumar Mann India |
Bashir Bhola Bhala Pakistan |
| 120 kg | Palwinder Singh Cheema India |
Eric Ronald Kirschner Canada |
Mushtaq Rasem Abdullah Australia |
Results
+Victor Kodei was stripped of the silver medal in the 96kg category after failing a drugs test.[5][6]
55 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Krishan Kumar (IND) | Shaun Williams (RSA) |
| Pool 1 | Krishan Kumar (IND) |  Johannes Homateni (NAM) |
| Pool 1 | Shaun Williams (RSA) | Johannes Homaten (NAM) |
| Pool 1 | Shaun Williams (RSA) | .svg.png){kind=small} Farshad Tarash (AUS) |
| Pool 1 | Krishan Kumar (IND) | Farshad Tarash (AUS) |
| Pool 1 | Tarshad Tarash (AUS) | Johannes Homaten (NAM) |
| Pool 2 | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) |  Andy Hutchinson (ENG) |
| Pool 2 | Jacob Isaac (NGR) |  Martin Liddle (NZL) |
| Pool 2 | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) | Martin Liddle (NZL) |
| Pool 2 | Jacob Isaac (NGR) | Andy Hutchinson (ENG) |
| Pool 2 | Andy Hutchinson (ENG) | Martin Liddle (NZL) |
| Pool 2 | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) | Jacob Isaac (CAN) |
| Bronze | Shaun Williams (RSA) | Jacob Isaac (NGR) |
| Gold | Krishan Kumar (IND) | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) |
60 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Cory Leigh O'Brien (AUS) | Rudolf Vaessler (NAM) |
| Pool 1 | Shokinder Tomar (IND) | Rudolf Vaessler (NAM) |
| Pool 1 | Cory Leigh O'Brien (AUS) | Paul Stridgeon (ENG) |
| Pool 1 | Shokinder Tomar (IND) | Cory Leigh O'Brien (AUS) |
| Pool 2 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |  Iutana Iutana (SAM) |
| Pool 2 |  Jesmond Giordimaina (MLT) | Iutana Iutana (SAM) |
| Pool 2 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | Tebe Dorgu (NGR) |
| Pool 2 | Tebe Dorgu (NGR) | Iutana Iutana (SAM) |
| Bronze | Tebe Dorgu (NGR) | Cory Leigh O'Brien (AUS) |
| Gold | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | Shokinder Tomar (IND) |
66 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Fred Jessey (NGR) | Graham Ewers (CAN) |
| Pool 1 | Graham Ewers (CAN) | John Melling (ENG) |
| Pool 1 | Fred Jessey (NGR) | John Melling (ENG) |
| Pool 2 | Ramesh Kumar (IND) |  Eric Ciake (CMR) |
| Pool 2 | Eric Ciake (CMR) |  Kenny Devoy (SCO) |
| Pool 2 | Kenny Devoy (SCO) |  Katea Ueresi (SLB) |
| Pool 2 | Eric Ciake (CMR) | Katea Ueresi (SLB) |
| Pool 2 | Ramesh Kumar (IND) | Katea Ueresi (SLB) |
| Pool 2 | Ramesh Kumar (IND) | Kenny Devoy (SCO) |
| Pool 3 | Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) |  Nicos Tziouvas (CYP) |
| Pool 3 | Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) | Stephan Le Roux (NAM) |
| Pool 3 | Nicos Tziouva (CYP) | Stephan Le Roux (NAM) |
| Pool 3 | Ricardo Aryan (NZL) | Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) |
| Pool 3 | Ricardo Aryan (NZL) | Nicos Tziouvas (CYP) |
| semi final | Ramesh Kumar (IND) | Fred Jessey (NGR) |
| semi final | Graham Ewers (CAN) | Ricardo Aryan (NZL) |
| Bronze | Fred Jessey (NGR) | Ricardo Aryan (NZL) |
| Gold | Ramesh Kumar (IND) | Graham Ewers (CAN) |
74 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Steven McKeown (SCO) |  Eric Walucho (KEN) |
| Pool 1 | Rein Ozoline (AUS) | Steven McKeown (SCO) |
| Pool 1 | Rein Ozoline (AUS) | Eric Walucho (KEN) |
| Pool 2 | Sunday Opiah (NGR) | Faafetai Iutana (SAM) |
| Pool 2 | Faafetai Iutana (SAM) | Sujeet Maan (IND) |
| Pool 2 | Sunday Opiah (NGR) | Sujeet Maan (IND) |
| Pool 3 | Daniel Igali (CAN) | Nate Ackerman (ENG) |
| Pool 3 | Daniel Igali (CAN) | Muhammad Ali (PAK) |
| Pool 3 | Nate Ackerman (ENG) | Muhammad Ali (PAK) |
| Pool 4 | Bennie Labuschagne (RSA) | Teibana Teisalili Mase (SLB) |
| Pool 4 | Wynand Jacobs (NAM) | Bennie Labuschagne (RSA) |
| Pool 4 | Wynand Jacobs (NAM) | Teibana Teisalili Mase (SLB) |
| semi final | Daniel Igali (CAN) | Wynand Jacobs (NAM) |
| semi final | Sunday Opiah (NGR) | Rein Ozoline (AUS) |
| Bronze | Rein Ozoline (AUS) | Wynand Jacobs (NAM) |
| Gold | Daniel Igali (CAN) | Sunday Opiah (NGR) |
84 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Nico Jacobs (NAM) | Andreas Pieri (CYP) |
| Pool 1 | Nicholas Ugoalah (CAN) | Andreas Pieri (CYP) |
| Pool 1 | Nicholas Ugoalah (CAN) | Nico Jacobs (NAM) |
| Pool 2 | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | Muhammad Usman (PAK) |
| Pool 2 | Muhammad Usman (PAK) | Nick Daly (NZL) |
| Pool 2 | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | Nick Daly (NZL) |
| Pool 3 | Anuj Chaudhary (IND) | Jules Kamdem (CMR) |
| Pool 3 | Joseph Bianco (SCO) | Daniel Thomas Kelly (AUS) |
| Pool 3 | Daniel Thomas Kelly (AUS) | Jules Kamdem (CMR) |
| Pool 3 | Joseph Bianco (SCO) | Jules Kamdem (CMR) |
| Pool 3 | Anuj Chaudhary (IND) | Daniel Thomas Kelly (AUS) |
| Pool 3 | Anuj Chaudhary (IND) | Joseph Bianco (SCO) |
| Pool 4 | Jatinder Singh Chatha (ENG) | Abraham Vassallo (MLT) |
| Pool 4 | Jatinder Singh Chatha (ENG) |  Badjie Hatabou (GAM) |
| Pool 4 | Jatinder Singh Chatha (ENG) | Linus Masheti (KEN) |
| Pool 4 | Abraham Vassallo (MLT) | Badjie Hatabou (GAM) |
| Pool 4 | Linus Masheti (KEN) | Badjie Hatabou (GAM) |
| Pool 4 | Abraham Vassallo (MLT) | Linus Mashet (KEN) |
| semi final | Nicholas Ugoalah (CAN) | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) |
| semi final | Anuj Chaudhary (IND) | Jatinder Singh Chatha (ENG) |
| Bronze | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | Jatinder Singh Chatha (ENG) |
| Gold | Nicholas Ugoalah (CAN) | Anuj Chaudhary (IND) |
96 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | Johannes Rossouw (ENG) |
| Pool 1 | Bashir Bhola Bhala (PAK) | Johannes Rossouw (ENG) |
| Pool 1 | Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | Bashir Bhola Bhala (PAK) |
| Pool 2 | Victor Kodei (NGR) | Igor Praporshchikov (AUS) |
| Pool 2 | Victor Kodei (NGR) | Anil Kumar Mann (IND) |
| Pool 2 | Anil Kumar Mann (IND) | Igor Praporshchikov (AUS) |
| Bronze | Anil Kumar Mann (IND) | Bashir Bhola Bhala (PAK) |
| Gold | Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | Victor Kodei (NGR) |
120 kg
| Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Pool 1 | Mushtaq Rasem Abdullah (AUS) | Sanneh Nuha (GAM) |
| Pool 1 | Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND) | Sanneh Nuha (GAM) |
| Pool 1 | Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND) | Mushtaq Rasem Abdullah (AUS) |
| Pool 2 | Eric Kirschner (CAN) | Amarjit Singh (ENG) |
| Pool 2 | Eric Kirschner (CAN) | Douglas Thomson (SCO) |
| Pool 2 | Douglas Thomson (SCO) | Amarjit Singh (ENG) |
| Bronze | Mushtaq Rasem Abdullah (AUS) | Douglas Thomson (SCO) |
| Gold | Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND) | Eric Kirschner (CAN) |
References
- ↑ "Medal Standings Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "'Stage set for Manchester to lay on feast of sport'". The Times. 25 July 2002. p. 36 – via Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ "What's on in England's biggest sporting event for more than half a century". Fleetwood Weekly New. 2 January 2002. p. 29. Retrieved 7 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Kodei drugs doubt". BBC. 26 August 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
