World Wrestling Championships#Men's Greco-Roman
{{about|the amateur wrestling event|the defunct professional wrestling promotion|World Championship Wrestling}}
{{Short description|International wrestling event}}
{{Infobox recurring event
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| status = Active
| genre = Wrestling World Championship
| date = September to October
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| frequency = Annual
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| years_active = Unofficially 1904–1920
Officially 1921–present
| first = {{Start date|1904|df=y}}
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| last = 2024 Tirana
| prev = 2023 Belgrade
| next = 2025 Zagreb
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| organised = United World Wrestling
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The World Wrestling Championships for Greco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) and freestyle wrestling (men since 1951, women since 1987) are organized by United World Wrestling (UWW).{{cite web |title=Sushil's Moscow gold and a Budapest triple: India at Wrestling Worlds |date=18 August 2017 |url=https://www.espn.com/wrestling/story/_/id/20376474/sushil-kumar-geeta-phogat-babita-phogat-other-indian-medal-winners-world-wrestling-championships |publisher=ESPN |access-date=13 October 2021}}
Unofficial editions
Several World Greco-Roman Championships had been held prior to creation of the creation of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation in 1921, the UWW considers those competitions as unofficial.{{cite news |title=75 Years FILA |url=https://jerzylipski.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/HF01-75-lecie-FILA-ang-2.pdf |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=FILA |page=56}}
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!style="width: 50px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Year!!style="width: 160px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Dates!!style="width: 220px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|City and host country |
| 1904
| 23–26 May |
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| 1905 (1) | 8–10 April |
| 1905 (2)
| 11–13 June |
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| 1907 | 20 May |
| 1908
| 8–9 December |
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| 1909 | 3 October |
| 1910 (1)
| 6 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|GER|empire}} Düsseldorf, Germany |
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| 1910 (2) | 9 October |
| 1911 (1)
| 25–28 March |
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| 1911 (2) | 29–30 April |
| 1911 (3)
| 13–14 May |
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| 1911 (4) | 24–27 June |
| 1911 (5)
| 29 June – 2 July |
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| 1913 | 27–28 July |
| 1920
| 4–8 September |
Editions
=Men's freestyle=
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!style="width: 50px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Year!!style="width: 160px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Dates!!style="width: 220px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|City and host country!!style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"| Team champion |
| 1951
| 26–29 April | align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki, Finland | align="left"|{{TUR}} |
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| 1954 | 22–25 May | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Tokyo, Japan | align="left"|{{TUR}} |
| 1957
| 1–2 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey | align="left"|{{TUR}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1959 | 1–5 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|IRI|1925}} Tehran, Iran | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1961
| 2–4 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Yokohama, Japan | align="left"|{{flagcountry|IRI|1925}} |
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| 1962 | 21–23 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Toledo, United States | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1963
| 31 May – 2 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1948}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1965 | 1–3 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Manchester, United Kingdom | align="left"|{{flagcountry|IRI|1964}} |
| 1966
| 16–18 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Toledo, United States | align="left"|{{TUR}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1967 | 12–14 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} New Delhi, India | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1969
| 8–10 March | align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mar del Plata, Argentina | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1970 | 9–11 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Edmonton, Canada | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1971
| 27–30 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1973 | 6–9 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|IRI|1964}} Tehran, Iran | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1974
| 29 August – 1 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1975 | 15–18 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|URS}} Minsk, Soviet Union | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1977
| 21–23 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Lausanne, Switzerland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1978 | 24–27 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City, Mexico | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1979
| 25–28 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} San Diego, United States | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1981 | 11–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Skopje, Yugoslavia | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1982
| 11–14 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Edmonton, Canada | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1983 | 26–29 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|URS}} Kyiv, Soviet Union | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1985
| 10–13 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1986 | 19–22 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1987
| 26–29 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Clermont-Ferrand, France | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1989 | 31 August – 3 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Martigny, Switzerland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1990
| 6–9 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Tokyo, Japan | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1991 | 3–6 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Varna, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1993
| 25–28 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto, Canada | align="left"|{{USA}} |
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| 1994 | 25–28 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey | align="left"|{{TUR}} |
| 1995
| 10–13 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta, United States | align="left"|{{USA}} |
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| 1997 | 28–31 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Krasnoyarsk, Russia | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 1998
| 8–11 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|IRI}} Tehran, Iran | align="left"|{{IRI}} |
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| 1999 | 7–10 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Ankara, Turkey | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 2001
| 22–25 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
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| 2002 | 5–7 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|IRI}} Tehran, Iran | align="left"|{{IRI}} |
| 2003
| 12–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} New York City, United States | align="left"|{{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} |
=Men's Greco-Roman=
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!style="width: 50px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Year!!style="width: 160px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Dates!!style="width: 220px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|City and host country!!style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Team champion |
| 1921
| 5–8 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki, Finland | not awarded |
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| 1922 | 8–11 March | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm, Sweden | not awarded |
| 1950
| 20–23 March | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm, Sweden | align="left"|{{SWE}} |
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| 1953 | 17–19 April | align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Naples, Italy | align="left"|{{flagcountry|URS|1936}} |
| 1955
| 21–25 April | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRG}} Karlsruhe, West Germany | align="left"|{{flagcountry|URS|1936}} |
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| 1958 | 21–24 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1961
| 5–7 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Yokohama, Japan | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1962 | 25–27 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Toledo, United States | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1963
| 1–3 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Helsingborg, Sweden | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1965 | 6–8 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tampere, Finland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1966
| 20–22 June | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Toledo, United States | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1967 | 1–3 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Bucharest, Romania | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1969
| 3–5 March | align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mar del Plata, Argentina | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1970 | 4–6 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Edmonton, Canada | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1971
| 2–5 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1973 | 11–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|IRI|1964}} Tehran, Iran | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1974
| 10–13 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|POL|1928}} Katowice, Poland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1975 | 11–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|URS}} Minsk, Soviet Union | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1977
| 14–17 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Sweden | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1978 | 20–23 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City, Mexico | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1979
| 21–24 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} San Diego, United States | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1981 | 28–30 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo, Norway | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1982
| 9–12 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Katowice, Poland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1983 | 22–25 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|URS}} Kyiv, Soviet Union | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1985
| 8–11 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Kolbotn, Norway | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1986 | 23–26 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1987
| 19–22 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Clermont-Ferrand, France | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1989 | 24–27 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Martigny, Switzerland | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1990
| 19–21 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, Italy | align="left"|{{URS}} |
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| 1991 | 27–30 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Varna, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{URS}} |
| 1993
| 16–19 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Stockholm, Sweden | align="left"|{{flagcountry|RUS|1991}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1994 | 8–11 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tampere, Finland | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 1995
| 12–15 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Prague, Czech Republic | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1997 | 10–13 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Poland | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 1998
| 27–30 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Gävle, Sweden | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1999 | 23–26 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} Piraeus, Greece | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 2001
| 6–9 December | align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} Patras, Greece | align="left"|{{CUB}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2002 | 20–22 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 2003
| 2–5 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Créteil, France | align="left"|{{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} |
=Women's freestyle=
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!style="width: 50px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Year!!style="width: 160px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Dates!!style="width: 220px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|City and host country!!style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Team champion |
| 1987
| 24–25 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Lørenskog, Norway | align="left"|{{NOR}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1989 | 24–25 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Martigny, Switzerland | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| 1990
| 29 June – 1 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Luleå, Sweden | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1991 | 24–25 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Tokyo, Japan | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| 1992
| 4–5 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Villeurbanne, France | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1993 | 7–8 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Stavern, Norway | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| 1994
| 6–7 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1995 | 9–10 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| 1996
| 29–31 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1997 | 10–12 July | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Clermont-Ferrand, France | align="left"|{{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} |
| 1998
| 8–10 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Poznań, Poland | align="left"|{{RUS}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 1999 | 10–12 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Boden, Sweden | align="left"|{{USA}} |
| 2000
| 1–3 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{JPN}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2001 | 22–25 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | align="left"|{{CHN}} |
| 2002
| 2–3 November | align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} Chalcis, Greece | align="left"|{{JPN}} |
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2003 | 12–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} New York City, United States | align="left"|{{JPN}} |
=Combined=
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!rowspan=2 style="width: 50px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Year!!rowspan=2 style="width: 160px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Dates!!rowspan=2 style="width: 220px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|City and host country!!colspan=3 style="width: 540px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Team champion | ||
| style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Men's freestyle | style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Men's Greco-Roman | style="width: 180px; background-color:#C0C0C0"|Women's freestyle |
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| 2005
| 26 September – 2 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{HUN}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
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| 2006 | 25 September – 1 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangzhou, China | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{TUR}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2007
| 17–23 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|AZE|1991}} Baku, Azerbaijan | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{USA}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2008 | 11–13 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan | not held | not held | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2009
| 21–27 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Herning, Denmark | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{TUR}} | align="left"|{{flagcountry|AZE|1991}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2010 | 6–12 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2011
| 12–18 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2012 | 27–29 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Strathcona County, Canada | not held | not held | align="left"|{{CHN}} | ||
| 2013
| 16–22 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{IRI}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2014 | 8–14 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{IRI}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2015
| 7–15 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Las Vegas, United States | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2016 | 10–11 December | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 2017
| 21–26 August | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France | align="left"|{{USA}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2018 | 20–28 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2019
| 14–22 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{RUS}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2021 | 2–10 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo, Norway | align="left"|{{flag|RUS|rwf-wrestling|name=Russian Wrestling Federation}} | align="left"|{{flag|RUS|rwf-wrestling|name=Russian Wrestling Federation}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2022
| 10–18 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Belgrade, Serbia | align="left"|{{USA}} | align="left"|{{TUR}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2023 | 16–24 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Belgrade, Serbia | align="left"|{{USA}} | align="left"|{{AZE}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| 2024
| 28–31 October | align="left"|{{flagicon|ALB}} Tirana, Albania | align="left"|{{GEO}} | align="left"|{{AZE}} | align="left"|{{JPN}} | ||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| 2025 | 13–21 September | align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia | | | |
All-time medal table
Updated after the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.
{{Medals table
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| gold_URS = 253 | silver_URS = 93 | bronze_URS = 69 | name_URS = {{URS}}
| gold_JPN = 139 | silver_JPN = 75 | bronze_JPN = 88
| gold_RUS = 111 | silver_RUS = 67 | bronze_RUS = 96
| gold_USA = 86 | silver_USA = 105 | bronze_USA = 113
| gold_IRI = 71 | silver_IRI = 67 | bronze_IRI = 80
| gold_BUL = 63 | silver_BUL = 95 | bronze_BUL = 103
| gold_TUR = 60 | silver_TUR = 63 | bronze_TUR = 84
| gold_HUN = 33 | silver_HUN = 54 | bronze_HUN = 53
| gold_CUB = 32 | silver_CUB = 28 | bronze_CUB = 49
| gold_SWE = 31 | silver_SWE = 40 | bronze_SWE = 48
| gold_CHN = 29 | silver_CHN = 22 | bronze_CHN = 39
| gold_FRA = 27 | silver_FRA = 23 | bronze_FRA = 25
| gold_AZE = 22 | silver_AZE = 34 | bronze_AZE = 39
| gold_GER = 22 | silver_GER = 28 | bronze_GER = 48
| gold_FIN = 22 | silver_FIN = 26 | bronze_FIN = 25
| gold_UKR = 19 | silver_UKR = 21 | bronze_UKR = 61
| gold_GEO = 17 | silver_GEO = 21 | bronze_GEO = 44
| gold_POL = 15 | silver_POL = 38 | bronze_POL = 39
| gold_ROU = 15 | silver_ROU = 33 | bronze_ROU = 38
| gold_KOR = 14 | silver_KOR = 23 | bronze_KOR = 25
| gold_CAN = 14 | silver_CAN = 18 | bronze_CAN = 32
| gold_ARM = 14 | silver_ARM = 10 | bronze_ARM = 22
| gold_NOR = 12 | silver_NOR = 17 | bronze_NOR = 29
| gold_AUT = 11 | silver_AUT = 9 | bronze_AUT = 8
| gold_PRK = 10 | silver_PRK = 5 | bronze_PRK = 10
| gold_FRG = 9 | silver_FRG = 13 | bronze_FRG = 19 | name_FRG = {{FRG}}
| gold_GDR = 8 | silver_GDR = 23 | bronze_GDR = 23 | name_GDR = {{GDR}}
| gold_KGZ = 8 | silver_KGZ = 5 | bronze_KGZ = 13
| gold_SRB = 8 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 12
| gold_MGL = 7 | silver_MGL = 28 | bronze_MGL = 44
| gold_KAZ = 7 | silver_KAZ = 21 | bronze_KAZ = 35
| gold_BLR = 6 | silver_BLR = 17 | bronze_BLR = 27
| gold_UZB = 6 | silver_UZB = 11 | bronze_UZB = 22
| gold_YUG = 5 | silver_YUG = 19 | bronze_YUG = 17 | name_YUG = {{YUG}}
| gold_DEN = 5 | silver_DEN = 8 | bronze_DEN = 10
| gold_MDA = 4 | silver_MDA = 8 | bronze_MDA = 4
| gold_RWF = 4 | silver_RWF = 5 | bronze_RWF = 9 | name_RWF = {{flag|RUS|rwf-wrestling|name=Russian Wrestling Federation}}{{efn|name=NoteA|At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), wrestlers from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under the name and the modified flag of the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF).}}
| gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 8 | bronze_ITA = 12
| gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 6 | bronze_TCH = 11 | name_TCH = {{TCH}}
| gold_VEN = 3 | silver_VEN = 4 | bronze_VEN = 5
| gold_EGY = 3 | silver_EGY = 3 | bronze_EGY = 6
| gold_AIN = 3 | silver_AIN = 3 | bronze_AIN = 6 | name_AIN = {{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Individual Neutral Athletes{{efn|name=NoteB|At the 2023 and 2024 World Wrestling Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.}} | skip_AIN = yes
| gold_EST = 2 | silver_EST = 3 | bronze_EST = 5
| gold_IND = 1 | silver_IND = 5 | bronze_IND = 17
| gold_TPE = 1 | silver_TPE = 5 | bronze_TPE = 6
| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 3 | bronze_GRE = 12
| gold_ISR = 1 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 4
| gold_BHR = 1 | silver_BHR = 1 | bronze_BHR = 0
| gold_ALB = 1 | silver_ALB = 0 | bronze_ALB = 2
| gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
| gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 4 | bronze_SVK = 5
| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 5
| gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 2 | bronze_PUR = 1
| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 1 | bronze_NGR = 5
| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 4
| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 3
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 3
| gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 2
| gold_LBN = 0 | silver_LBN = 1 | bronze_LBN = 1
| gold_MKD = 0 | silver_MKD = 1 | bronze_MKD = 1
| gold_TJK = 0 | silver_TJK = 1 | bronze_TJK = 1
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 0
| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 0
| gold_TKM = 0 | silver_TKM = 1 | bronze_TKM = 0
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 3
| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 3
| gold_BOH = 0 | silver_BOH = 0 | bronze_BOH = 2 | name_BOH = {{BOH}}
| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 2
| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 2
| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 1
| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 1
| gold_ECU = 0 | silver_ECU = 0 | bronze_ECU = 1
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_SMR = 0 | silver_SMR = 0 | bronze_SMR = 1
| gold_SYR = 0 | silver_SYR = 0 | bronze_SYR = 1
| gold_UWW = 0 | silver_UWW = 0 | bronze_UWW = 1 | name_UWW = {{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} United World Wrestling{{efn|name=NoteC|At the 2023 World Championships, as a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).}}
}}
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist. The medals won at the unofficial World Championships (1904–1920) are also included into this table.
Team titles
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width=240|Country!!width=60|{{Tooltip|FS|Men's freestyle}}!!width=60|{{Tooltip|GR|Men's Greco-Roman}}!!width=60|{{Tooltip|FW|Women's freestyle}}!!width=60|Total | ||||
| align=left| {{URS}} | 22 | 26 | 0 | 48 |
| align=left| {{RUS}} | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| align=left| {{JPN}} | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| align=left| {{TUR}} | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| align=left| {{USA}} | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| align=left| {{IRI}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| align=left| {{AZE}} | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| align=left| {{GEO}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| align=left| {{CHN}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| align=left| {{flag|RUS|rwf-wrestling|name=Russian Wrestling Federation}}{{Efn|name=NoteA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| align=left| {{BUL}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left| {{CUB}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left| {{HUN}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left| {{NOR}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left| {{SWE}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Multiple gold medalists
The tables shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active wrestlers and highest medal count among all wrestlers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
=Men's freestyle=
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Wrestler ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Weights ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To ! style="background: gold; width:7%" | Gold ! style="background: silver; width:7%" | Silver ! style="background: #CC9966; width:7%" | Bronze ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:7%" |Total | |||||||||
| 1 | align="left" | Valentin Yordanov | align="left" | {{BUL}} | 52 kg | 1983 | 1995 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10 |
| align="center"
| 2 | align="left" | Aleksandr Medved | align="left" | {{URS}} | +87 kg / 97 kg / +97 kg / +100 kg | 1961 | 1971 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9 |
| align="center"
|rowspan="3"| 3 | align="left" | Sergei Beloglazov | align="left" | {{URS}} | 57 kg / 62 kg | 1979 | 1987 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Arsen Fadzaev | align="left" | {{URS}} | 68 kg / 74 kg | 1983 | 1991 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 | |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | align="left" | {{RUS}} {{flag|RUS|rwf-wrestling|name=Russian Wrestling Federation}} {{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Individual Neutral Athletes | 86 kg / 97 kg / 92 kg | 2014 | 2024 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 | |
| align="center"
| 6 | align="left" | Jordan Burroughs | align="left" | {{USA}} | 74 kg / 79 kg | 2011 | 2022 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9 |
| align="center"
| 7 | align="left" | Buvaisar Saitiev | align="left" | {{RUS}} | 74 kg / 76 kg | 1995 | 2005 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
| 8 | align="left" | Makharbek Khadartsev | align="left" | {{URS}} {{RUS}} | 90 kg | 1986 | 1995 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8 |
| align="center"
| 9 | align="left" | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov | align="left" | {{RUS}} | 96 kg / 120 kg / 125 kg | 2005 | 2014 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 |
| align="center"
| 10 | align="left" | Ali Aliev | align="left" | {{URS}} | 52 kg / 57 kg | 1959 | 1967 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
| 11 | align="left" | Leri Khabelov | align="left" | {{URS}} {{RUS}} | 100 kg / 130 kg | 1985 | 1995 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
| 12 | align="left" | Abdollah Movahed | align="left" | {{flagcountry|IRI|1964}} | 70 kg / 68 kg | 1965 | 1970 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 |
=Men's Greco-Roman=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=85% style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Wrestler ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Weights ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To ! style="background: gold; width:7%" | Gold ! style="background: silver; width:7%" | Silver ! style="background: #CC9966; width:7%" | Bronze ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:7%" |Total | |||||||||
| 1 | align="left" | Aleksandr Karelin | align="left" | {{URS}} {{RUS}} | 130 kg | 1989 | 1999 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 9 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9 |
| align="center"
| 2 | align="left" | Hamid Sourian | align="left" | {{IRI}} | 55 kg / 59 kg | 2005 | 2014 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
| 3 | align="left" | Rıza Kayaalp | align="left" | {{TUR}} | 120 kg / 130 kg | 2009 | 2023 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 3 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 2 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10 |
| align="center"
| 4 | align="left" | Mijaín López | align="left" | {{CUB}} | 120 kg / 130 kg | 2005 | 2015 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 3 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8 |
| align="center"
| 5 | align="left" | Gogi Koguashvili | align="left" | {{RUS}} | 90 kg / 97 kg | 1993 | 1999 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
|rowspan="4"| 6 | align="left" | Nikolay Balboshin | align="left" | {{URS}} | 100 kg | 1973 | 1979 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Viktor Igumenov | align="left" | {{URS}} | 78 kg / 74 kg | 1966 | 1971 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 | |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Valery Rezantsev | align="left" | {{URS}} | 90 kg | 1970 | 1975 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 | |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Aleksandar Tomov | align="left" | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | +100 kg | 1971 | 1979 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 |
=Women's freestyle=
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Wrestler ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Weights ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To ! style="background: gold; width:7%" | Gold ! style="background: silver; width:7%" | Silver ! style="background: #CC9966; width:7%" | Bronze ! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:7%" |Total | |||||||||
| 1 | align="left" | Saori Yoshida | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 55 kg / 53 kg | 2002 | 2015 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 13 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 13 |
| align="center"
| 2 | align="left" | Kaori Ichō | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 63 kg / 58 kg | 2002 | 2015 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 10 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10 |
| align="center"
| 3 | align="left" | Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto) | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 51 kg / 48 kg | 2000 | 2011 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8 |
| align="center"
| 4 | align="left" | Christine Nordhagen | align="left" | {{CAN}} | 70 kg / 68 kg / 75 kg | 1993 | 2001 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8 |
| align="center"
| 5 | align="left" | Yayoi Urano | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 75 kg / 70 kg / 65 kg | 1990 | 1996 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 |
| align="center"
| 6 | align="left" | Adeline Gray | align="left" | {{USA}} | 67 kg / 72 kg / 75 kg / 76 kg | 2011 | 2023 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9 |
| align="center"
| 7 | align="left" | Kyōko Hamaguchi | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 75 kg / 72 kg | 1997 | 2010 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10 |
| align="center"
| 8 | align="left" | Zhong Xiue | align="left" | {{CHN}} | 44 kg / 47 kg / 46 kg | 1991 | 1999 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7 |
| align="center"
| 9 | align="left" | Shoko Yoshimura | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 44 kg | 1987 | 1996 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9 |
| align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 10 | align="left" | Liu Dongfeng | align="left" | {{CHN}} | 75 kg | 1991 | 1997 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Stanka Zlateva | align="left" | {{BUL}} | 72 kg | 2006 | 2011 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6 | |
| align="center"
| 12 | align="left" | Nikola Hartmann | align="left" | {{AUT}} | 61 kg / 62 kg | 1993 | 2000 | bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 | bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – | bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – | bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5 |
See also
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- Wrestling World Cup
- U17 World Wrestling Championships
- U23 World Wrestling Championships
- World Wrestling Clubs Cup
- World Beach Wrestling Championships
- List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
- List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
- List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090313024550/http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php/ FILA Database] (archived)
- [https://www.zakon.kz/4985804-v-nur-slutane-nazvali-stranu-hozyayku.html/ Hosts of World Championships 2021 and 2022]
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