World Wrestling Championships
World Wrestling Championships | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | September–October |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1904 |
Organised by | United World Wrestling |
The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by the United World Wrestling.
The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904,[1] and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's Freestyle championships were first staged in 1987.
Competitions[]
Men's freestyle[]
Year | Dates | City and host country | Team champion |
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1951 | 26–29 April | Helsinki, Finland | Turkey |
1954 | 22–25 May | Tokyo, Japan | Turkey |
1957 | 1–2 June | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey |
1959 | 1–5 October | Tehran, Iran | Soviet Union |
1961 | 2–4 June | Yokohama, Japan | Iran |
1962 | 21–23 June | Toledo, United States | Soviet Union |
1963 | 31 May – 2 June | Sofia, Bulgaria | Soviet Union |
1965 | 1–3 June | Manchester, United Kingdom | Iran |
1966 | 16–18 June | Toledo, United States | Turkey |
1967 | 12–14 November | New Delhi, India | Soviet Union |
1969 | 8–10 March | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Soviet Union |
1970 | 9–11 July | Edmonton, Canada | Soviet Union |
1971 | 27–30 August | Sofia, Bulgaria | Soviet Union |
1973 | 6–9 September | Tehran, Iran | Soviet Union |
1974 | 29 August – 1 September | Istanbul, Turkey | Soviet Union |
1975 | 15–18 September | Minsk, Soviet Union | Soviet Union |
1977 | 21–23 October | Lausanne, Switzerland | Soviet Union |
1978 | 24–27 August | Mexico City, Mexico | Soviet Union |
1979 | 25–28 August | San Diego, United States | Soviet Union |
1981 | 11–14 September | Skopje, Yugoslavia | Soviet Union |
1982 | 11–14 August | Edmonton, Canada | Soviet Union |
1983 | 26–29 September | Kyiv, Soviet Union | Soviet Union |
1985 | 10–13 October | Budapest, Hungary | Soviet Union |
1986 | 19–22 October | Budapest, Hungary | Soviet Union |
1987 | 26–29 August | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Soviet Union |
1989 | 31 August – 3 September | Martigny, Switzerland | Soviet Union |
1990 | 6–9 September | Tokyo, Japan | Soviet Union |
1991 | 3–6 October | Varna, Bulgaria | Soviet Union |
1993 | 25–28 August | Toronto, Canada | United States |
1994 | 25–28 August | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey |
1995 | 10–13 August | Atlanta, United States | United States |
1997 | 28–31 August | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | Russia |
1998 | 8–11 September | Tehran, Iran | Iran |
1999 | 7–10 October | Ankara, Turkey | Russia |
2001 | 22–25 November | Sofia, Bulgaria | Russia |
2002 | 5–7 September | Tehran, Iran | Iran |
2003 | 12–14 September | New York City, United States | Georgia |
Men's Greco-Roman[]
Year | Dates | City and host country | Team champion |
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1904 | 23–26 May | Vienna, Austria | — |
1905 | 8–10 May | Berlin, Germany | — |
1907 | 20 May | Frankfurt, Germany | — |
1908 | 8–9 December | Vienna, Austria | — |
1909 | 3 October | Vienna, Austria | — |
1910 | 6 June | Düsseldorf, Germany | — |
1911 | 25–28 March | Helsinki, Finland | — |
1913 | 27–28 July | Breslau, Germany | — |
1920 | 4–8 September | Vienna, Austria | — |
1921 | 5–8 November | Helsinki, Finland | — |
1922 | 8–11 March | Stockholm, Sweden | — |
1950 | 20–23 March | Stockholm, Sweden | Sweden |
1953 | 17–19 April | Naples, Italy | Soviet Union |
1955 | 21–25 April | Karlsruhe, West Germany | Soviet Union |
1958 | 21–24 July | Budapest, Hungary | Soviet Union |
1961 | 5–7 June | Yokohama, Japan | Soviet Union |
1962 | 25–27 June | Toledo, United States | Soviet Union |
1963 | 1–3 July | Helsingborg, Sweden | Soviet Union |
1965 | 6–8 June | Tampere, Finland | Soviet Union |
1966 | 20–22 June | Toledo, United States | Soviet Union |
1967 | 1–3 September | Bucharest, Romania | Soviet Union |
1969 | 3–5 March | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Soviet Union |
1970 | 4–6 July | Edmonton, Canada | Soviet Union |
1971 | 2–5 September | Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
1973 | 11–14 September | Tehran, Iran | Soviet Union |
1974 | 10–13 October | Katowice, Poland | Soviet Union |
1975 | 11–14 September | Minsk, Soviet Union | Soviet Union |
1977 | 14–17 October | Gothenburg, Sweden | Soviet Union |
1978 | 20–23 August | Mexico City, Mexico | Soviet Union |
1979 | 21–24 August | San Diego, United States | Soviet Union |
1981 | 28–30 August | Oslo, Norway | Soviet Union |
1982 | 9–12 September | Katowice, Poland | Soviet Union |
1983 | 22–25 September | Kyiv, Soviet Union | Soviet Union |
1985 | 8–11 August | Kolbotn, Norway | Soviet Union |
1986 | 23–26 October | Budapest, Hungary | Soviet Union |
1987 | 19–22 August | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Soviet Union |
1989 | 24–27 August | Martigny, Switzerland | Soviet Union |
1990 | 19–21 November | Rome, Italy | Soviet Union |
1991 | 27–30 September | Varna, Bulgaria | Soviet Union |
1993 | 16–19 September | Stockholm, Sweden | Russia |
1994 | 8–11 September | Tampere, Finland | Russia |
1995 | 12–15 October | Prague, Czech Republic | Russia |
1997 | 10–13 September | Wrocław, Poland | Russia |
1998 | 27–30 August | Gävle, Sweden | Russia |
1999 | 23–26 September | Athens, Greece | Russia |
2001 | 6–9 December | Patras, Greece | Cuba |
2002 | 20–22 September | Moscow, Russia | Russia |
2003 | 2–5 October | Créteil, France | Georgia |
Women's freestyle[]
Year | Dates | City and host country | Team champion |
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1987 | 24–25 October | Lørenskog, Norway | Norway |
1989 | 24–25 August | Martigny, Switzerland | Japan |
1990 | 29 June – 1 July | Luleå, Sweden | Japan |
1991 | 24–25 August | Tokyo, Japan | Japan |
1992 | 4–5 September | Villeurbanne, France | Japan |
1993 | 7–8 August | Stavern, Norway | Japan |
1994 | 6–7 August | Sofia, Bulgaria | Japan |
1995 | 9–10 September | Moscow, Russia | Russia |
1996 | 29–31 August | Sofia, Bulgaria | Japan |
1997 | 10–12 July | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Japan |
1998 | 8–10 October | Poznań, Poland | Russia |
1999 | 10–12 September | Boden, Sweden | United States |
2000 | 1–3 September | Sofia, Bulgaria | Japan |
2001 | 22–25 November | Sofia, Bulgaria | China |
2002 | 2–3 November | Chalcis, Greece | Japan |
2003 | 12–14 September | New York City, United States | Japan |
Combined[]
Year | Dates | City and host country | Team champion | ||
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Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||
2005 | 26 September – 2 October | Budapest, Hungary | Russia | Hungary | Japan |
2006 | 25 September – 1 October | Guangzhou, China | Russia | Turkey | Japan |
2007 | 17–23 September | Baku, Azerbaijan | Russia | United States | Japan |
2008 | 11–13 October | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Japan |
2009 | 21–27 September | Herning, Denmark | Russia | Turkey | Azerbaijan |
2010 | 6–12 September | Moscow, Russia | Russia | Russia | Japan |
2011 | 12–18 September | Istanbul, Turkey | Russia | Russia | Japan |
2012 | 27–29 September | Strathcona County, Canada | — | — | China |
2013 | 16–22 September | Budapest, Hungary | Iran | Russia | Japan |
2014 | 8–14 September | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Russia | Iran | Japan |
2015 | 7–15 September | Las Vegas, United States | Russia | Russia | Japan |
2016 | 10–11 December | Budapest, Hungary | — | — | — |
2017 | 21–26 August | Paris, France | United States | Russia | Japan |
2018 | 20–28 October | Budapest, Hungary | Russia | Russia | Japan |
2019 | 14–22 September | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Russia | Russia | Japan |
2021 | 2–10 October | Oslo, Norway | Russian Wrestling Federation | Russian Wrestling Federation | Japan |
2022 | 10–18 September | Belgrade, Serbia | |||
16–24 September | Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
All-time medal table[]
Updated after the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 253 | 93 | 69 | 415 |
2 | Japan | 122 | 70 | 79 | 271 |
3 | Russia | 111 | 68 | 96 | 275 |
4 | United States | 75 | 96 | 100 | 271 |
5 | Iran | 66 | 58 | 72 | 196 |
6 | Bulgaria | 63 | 93 | 100 | 256 |
7 | Turkey | 54 | 61 | 75 | 190 |
8 | Hungary | 31 | 51 | 50 | 132 |
9 | Sweden | 31 | 40 | 48 | 119 |
10 | Cuba | 30 | 28 | 48 | 106 |
11 | China | 27 | 20 | 33 | 80 |
12 | France | 26 | 22 | 22 | 70 |
13 | Germany | 22 | 28 | 46 | 96 |
14 | Finland | 22 | 26 | 25 | 73 |
15 | Ukraine | 19 | 19 | 52 | 90 |
16 | Azerbaijan | 16 | 28 | 34 | 78 |
17 | Poland | 15 | 38 | 36 | 89 |
18 | Romania | 15 | 32 | 35 | 82 |
19 | Georgia | 15 | 15 | 36 | 66 |
20 | South Korea | 14 | 23 | 25 | 62 |
21 | Canada | 14 | 18 | 30 | 62 |
22 | Armenia | 13 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
23 | Norway | 12 | 16 | 27 | 55 |
24 | Austria | 11 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
25 | North Korea | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
26 | West Germany | 9 | 13 | 19 | 41 |
27 | East Germany | 8 | 23 | 23 | 54 |
28 | Mongolia | 7 | 21 | 41 | 69 |
29 | Belarus | 6 | 17 | 27 | 50 |
30 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
31 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 19 | 17 | 41 |
32 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 18 | 31 | 54 |
33 | Denmark | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
34 | Russian Wrestling Federation | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
35 | Italy | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
36 | Moldova | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
37 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
38 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
39 | Venezuela | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
40 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
41 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
42 | Estonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
43 | India | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
44 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
45 | Greece | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
46 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
47 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
48 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
49 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
50 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
51 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
54 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
55 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
58 | Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
63 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
65 | Bohemia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
67 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (72 nations) | 1170 | 1165 | 1495 | 3830 |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Team titles[]
Country | FS | GR | FW | Total |
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Soviet Union | 22 | 26 | 0 | 48 |
Russia | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
Turkey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Iran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Russian Wrestling Federation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 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[]
Rank | Wrestler | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Valentin Yordanov | Bulgaria | 52 kg | 1983 | 1995 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Aleksandr Medved | Soviet Union | +87 kg / 97 kg / +97 kg / +100 kg |
1961 | 1971 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Sergey Beloglazov | Soviet Union | 57 kg / 62 kg | 1979 | 1987 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
Arsen Fadzaev | Soviet Union | 68 kg / 74 kg | 1983 | 1991 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | |
5 | Buvaisar Saitiev | Russia | 74 kg / 76 kg | 1995 | 2005 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
6 | Makharbek Khadartsev | Soviet Union Russia |
90 kg | 1986 | 1995 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
7 | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov | Russia | 96 kg / 120 kg / 125 kg | 2005 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
8 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 52 kg / 57 kg | 1959 | 1967 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
Abdulrashid Sadulaev | Russia RWF |
86 kg / 97 kg | 2014 | 2021 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
10 | Jordan Burroughs | United States | 74 kg / 79 kg | 2011 | 2021 | 5 | – | 3 | 8 |
11 | Leri Khabelov | Soviet Union Russia |
100 kg / 130 kg | 1985 | 1995 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
12 | Abdollah Movahed | Iran | 70 kg / 68 kg | 1965 | 1970 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Men's Greco-Roman[]
Rank | Wrestler | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aleksandr Karelin | Soviet Union Russia |
130 kg | 1989 | 1999 | 9 | – | – | 9 |
2 | Hamid Sourian | Iran | 55 kg / 59 kg | 2005 | 2014 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
3 | Mijaín López | Cuba | 120 kg / 130 kg | 2005 | 2015 | 5 | 3 | – | 8 |
4 | Gogi Koguashvili | Russia | 90 kg / 97 kg | 1993 | 1999 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
5 | Nikolay Balboshin | Soviet Union | 100 kg | 1973 | 1979 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Viktor Igumenov | Soviet Union | 78 kg / 74 kg | 1966 | 1971 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
Valery Rezantsev | Soviet Union | 90 kg | 1970 | 1975 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
Aleksandar Tomov | Bulgaria | +100 kg | 1971 | 1979 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Women's freestyle[]
Rank | Wrestler | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saori Yoshida | Japan | 55 kg / 53 kg | 2002 | 2015 | 13 | – | – | 13 |
2 | Kaori Icho | Japan | 63 kg / 58 kg | 2002 | 2015 | 10 | – | – | 10 |
3 | Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto) | Japan | 51 kg / 48 kg | 2000 | 2011 | 8 | – | – | 8 |
4 | Christine Nordhagen | Canada | 70 kg / 68 kg / 75 kg | 1993 | 2001 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
5 | Japan | 75 kg / 70 kg / 65 kg | 1990 | 1996 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | |
6 | Adeline Gray | United States | 67 kg / 72 kg / 75 kg / 76 kg | 2011 | 2021 | 6 | – | 2 | 8 |
7 | Kyoko Hamaguchi | Japan | 75 kg / 72 kg | 1997 | 2010 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
8 | China | 44 kg / 47 kg / 46 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
9 | Japan | 44 kg | 1987 | 1996 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
10 | China | 75 kg | 1991 | 1997 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | |
Stanka Zlateva | Bulgaria | 72 kg | 2006 | 2011 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | |
12 | Nikola Hartmann | Austria | 61 kg / 62 kg | 1993 | 2000 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
See also[]
- Wrestling World Cup
- World Wrestling Clubs Cup
- 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
- World Beach Wrestling Championships
References[]
- ^ "Sushil's Moscow gold and a Budapest triple: India at Wrestling Worlds". ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- World Wrestling Championships
- Wrestling competitions
- World championships in combat sports
- Recurring sporting events established in 1904