Women's Results
The women's division was contested by 81 teams representing 79 nations plus Russia "B" and the IBCA. The time control for each game permitted each player 2 hours to make the first 40 of his or her moves, then an additional 1 hour to make the next 20 moves. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; and 2. Match points.
The Georgian team, led by former world champion Chiburdanidze, retained their title. Hungary returned to the medal ranks due to the return of Zsuzsa and Zsófia Polgár. Meanwhile, little sister Judit played first board for the Hungarian team in the open event - the first woman to do so. China, captained by reigning world champion Xie Jun, took the bronze.
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# Country Players Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 1 Georgia Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Arakhamia-Grant, Gurieli 2463 32 2 Hungary Zsuzsa Polgár, Zsófia Polgár, Mádl, Csonkics 2472 31 3 China Xie Jun, Peng Zhaoqin, Qin Kanying, Zhu Chen 2420 27 351.0
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# Country Average
ratingPoints Buchholz 4 Romania 2357 27 346.0 5 Ukraine 2340 25 6 Estonia 2255 24½ 336.5 7 Germany 2352 24½ 326.0 8 England 2270 24½ 320.5 9 Israel 2260 24 346.0 10 Russia 2382 24 342.0 11 Kazakhstan 2267 24 338.0 12 Russia "B" 2238 24 337.5 13 Bulgaria 2317 24 328.0 14 Vietnam 2120 24 324.5 15 Belarus 2263 24 322.5 16 Greece 2280 24 314.0 17 Yugoslavia 2378 23½ 332.5 18 Azerbaijan 2352 23½ 329.5 19 Croatia 2258 23½ 324.5 20 Poland 2298 23½ 309.0 21 Czech Republic 2227 23½ 304.0 22 United States 2317 23 329.5 23 Lithuania 2212 23 304.5 24 Armenia 2203 22½ 323.5 25 Cuba 2203 22½ 322.0 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2188 22½ 320.5 27 Latvia 2317 22½ 320.0 28 France 2180 22½ 317.5 29 Indonesia 2167 22½ 314.5 30 Slovenia 2167 22½ 310.5 31 Uzbekistan 2150 22½ 305.0 32 Mongolia 2143 22½ 300.5 33 Denmark 2143 22½ 289.0 34 India 2178 22 309.0 35 Netherlands 2213 22 302.0 36 Argentina 2152 22 301.0 37 Switzerland 2188 22 300.0 38 Moldova 2263 21½ 343.0 39 Spain 2240 21½ 316.5 40 Kyrgyzstan 2177 21½ 301.0 41 Norway 2072 21½ 287.0 42 Slovakia 2167 21 305.0 43 Sweden 2158 21 295.0 44 Brazil 2095 21 290.0 45 Macedonia 2113 20½ 294.0 46 Finland 2058 20½ 289.5 47 Italy 2015 20½ 276.0 48 Ireland 2032 20½ 274.5 49 Malaysia 2012 20½ 272.0 50 Turkmenistan 2038 20 293.0 51 Scotland 2035 20 292.5 52 Canada 2090 20 287.0 53 IBCA 2115 20 285.5 54 Austria 2095 20 283.0 55 Colombia 2037 20 263.0 56 Australia 2118 19½ 296.0 57 Venezuela 2027 19½ 288.0 58 Turkey 2040 19½ 275.0 59 Philippines 2003 19½ 265.5 60 Chile 2022 19½ 248.0 61 Dominican Republic 2000 19½ 219.0 62 Bangladesh 2110 19 294.5 63 Mexico 2000 19 273.5 64 Algeria 2000 19 244.0 65 Wales 2003 19 226.5 66 Nigeria 2000 19 222.0 67 Ecuador 2000 18½ 283.5 68 Portugal 2002 18½ 281.0 69 Albania 2000 18½ 273.5 70 Belgium 2000 18½ 259.5 71 Iran 2000 18½ 229.0 72 Puerto Rico 2002 18 240.0 73 Singapore 2003 18 223.5 74 New Zealand 2012 18 213.0 75 Costa Rica 2000 17½ 76 Zimbabwe 2003 17 77 Seychelles 2000 14½ 78 Botswana 2000 10½ 79 Malta 2000 10 213.5 80 Netherlands Antilles 2000 10 212.0 81 United States Virgin Islands 2003 7½
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