World Wrestling Championships Explained

World Wrestling Championships
Status:	Active
Genre:	Sports event
Date:	September–October
Frequency:	Annual
Location:	Various
Organised:	United World Wrestling

The World Wrestling Championships are the Greco-Roman Wrestling (men's, since 1904) and Freestyle Wrestling (men's since 1951 and women's since 1987) World Championships organized by United World Wrestling (UWW).^[1]

Competitions

Men's freestyle

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
1951	26–29 April	Helsinki, Finland
1954	22–25 May	Tokyo, Japan
1957	1–2 June	Istanbul, Turkey
1959	1–5 October	Tehran, Iran
1961	2–4 June	Yokohama, Japan
1962	21–23 June	Toledo, United States
1963	31 May – 2 June	Sofia, Bulgaria
1965	1–3 June	Manchester, United Kingdom
1966	16–18 June	Toledo, United States
1967	12–14 November	New Delhi, India
1969	8–10 March	Mar del Plata, Argentina
1970	9–11 July	Edmonton, Canada
1971	27–30 August	Sofia, Bulgaria
1973	6–9 September	Tehran, Iran
1974	29 August – 1 September	Istanbul, Turkey
1975	15–18 September	Minsk, Soviet Union
1977	21–23 October	Lausanne, Switzerland
1978	24–27 August	Mexico City, Mexico
1979	25–28 August	San Diego, United States
1981	11–14 September	Skopje, Yugoslavia
1982	11–14 August	Edmonton, Canada
1983	26–29 September	Kyiv, Soviet Union
1985	10–13 October	Budapest, Hungary
1986	19–22 October	Budapest, Hungary
1987	26–29 August	Clermont-Ferrand, France
1989	31 August – 3 September	Martigny, Switzerland
1990	6–9 September	Tokyo, Japan
1991	3–6 October	Varna, Bulgaria
1993	25–28 August	Toronto, Canada
1994	25–28 August	Istanbul, Turkey
1995	10–13 August	Atlanta, United States
1997	28–31 August	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1998	8–11 September	Tehran, Iran
1999	7–10 October	Ankara, Turkey
2001	22–25 November	Sofia, Bulgaria
2002	5–7 September	Tehran, Iran
2003	12–14 September	New York City, United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
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
1953	17–19 April	Naples, Italy
1955	21–25 April	Karlsruhe, West Germany
1958	21–24 July	Budapest, Hungary
1961	5–7 June	Yokohama, Japan
1962	25–27 June	Toledo, United States
1963	1–3 July	Helsingborg, Sweden
1965	6–8 June	Tampere, Finland
1966	20–22 June	Toledo, United States
1967	1–3 September	Bucharest, Romania
1969	3–5 March	Mar del Plata, Argentina
1970	4–6 July	Edmonton, Canada
1971	2–5 September	Sofia, Bulgaria
1973	11–14 September	Tehran, Iran
1974	10–13 October	Katowice, Poland
1975	11–14 September	Minsk, Soviet Union
1977	14–17 October	Gothenburg, Sweden
1978	20–23 August	Mexico City, Mexico
1979	21–24 August	San Diego, United States
1981	28–30 August	Oslo, Norway
1982	9–12 September	Katowice, Poland
1983	22–25 September	Kyiv, Soviet Union
1985	8–11 August	Kolbotn, Norway
1986	23–26 October	Budapest, Hungary
1987	19–22 August	Clermont-Ferrand, France
1989	24–27 August	Martigny, Switzerland
1990	19–21 November	Rome, Italy
1991	27–30 September	Varna, Bulgaria
1993	16–19 September	Stockholm, Sweden
1994	8–11 September	Tampere, Finland
1995	12–15 October	Prague, Czech Republic
1997	10–13 September	Wrocław, Poland
1998	27–30 August	Gävle, Sweden
1999	23–26 September	Piraeus, Greece
2001	6–9 December	Patras, Greece
2002	20–22 September	Moscow, Russia
2003	2–5 October	Créteil, France

Women's freestyle

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
1987	24–25 October	Lørenskog, Norway
1989	24–25 August	Martigny, Switzerland
1990	29 June – 1 July	Luleå, Sweden
1991	24–25 August	Tokyo, Japan
1992	4–5 September	Villeurbanne, France
1993	7–8 August	Stavern, Norway
1994	6–7 August	Sofia, Bulgaria
1995	9–10 September	Moscow, Russia
1996	29–31 August	Sofia, Bulgaria
1997	10–12 July	Clermont-Ferrand, France
1998	8–10 October	Poznań, Poland
1999	10–12 September	Boden, Sweden
2000	1–3 September	Sofia, Bulgaria
2001	22–25 November	Sofia, Bulgaria
2002	2–3 November	Chalcis, Greece
2003	12–14 September	New York City, United States

Combined

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
Men's freestyle	Men's Greco-Roman	Women's freestyle
2005	26 September – 2 October	Budapest, Hungary
2006	25 September – 1 October	Guangzhou, China
2007	17–23 September	Baku, Azerbaijan
2008	11–13 October	Tokyo, Japan	—	—
2009	21–27 September	Herning, Denmark
2010	6–12 September	Moscow, Russia
2011	12–18 September	Istanbul, Turkey
2012	27–29 September	Strathcona County, Canada	—	—
2013	16–22 September	Budapest, Hungary
2014	8–14 September	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2015	7–15 September	Las Vegas, United States
2016	10–11 December	Budapest, Hungary	—	—	—
2017	21–26 August	Paris, France
2018	20–28 October	Budapest, Hungary
2019	14–22 September	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2021	2–10 October	Oslo, Norway	Russian Federation	Russian Federation
2022	10–18 September	Belgrade, Serbia
2023	16–24 September	Belgrade, Serbia
2024	28–31 October	Tirana, Albania	—	—	—
2025	13–21 September	Zagreb, Croatia

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.

• Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.

Team titles

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	22	26	0	48
	13	14	2	29
	0	0	26	26
	5	3	0	8
	5	1	1	7
	5	1	0	6
	0	1	1	2
	0	0	2	2
	1	1	0	2
Russian Federation	1	1	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	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
1			52 kg	1983	1995	7	2	1	10
2			+87 kg / 97 kg / +97 kg / +100 kg	1961	1971	7	1	1	9
3			57 kg / 62 kg	1979	1987	6	1	–	7
			68 kg / 74 kg	1983	1991	6	1	–	7
5	Jordan Burroughs		74 kg / 79 kg	2011	2022	6	–	3	9
6			74 kg / 76 kg	1995	2005	6	–	–	6
7			90 kg	1986	1995	5	2	1	8
8			96 kg / 120 kg / 125 kg	2005	2014	5	1	1	7
9			52 kg / 57 kg	1959	1967	5	1	–	6
	Abdulrashid Sadulaev		86 kg / 97 kg	2014	2021	5	1	–	6
11			100 kg / 130 kg	1985	1995	5	–	1	6
12			70 kg / 68 kg	1965	1970	5	–	–	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Rank	Wrestler	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1			130 kg	1989	1999	9	–	–	9
2			55 kg / 59 kg	2005	2014	6	–	–	6
3	Rıza Kayaalp		120 kg / 130 kg	2009	2023	5	3	2	10
4			120 kg / 130 kg	2005	2015	5	3	–	8
5			90 kg / 97 kg	1993	1999	5	–	1	6
6			100 kg	1973	1979	5	–	–	5
			78 kg / 74 kg	1966	1971	5	–	–	5
			90 kg	1970	1975	5	–	–	5
			+100 kg	1971	1979	5	–	–	5

Women's freestyle

Rank	Wrestler	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1			55 kg / 53 kg	2002	2015	13	–	–	13
2			63 kg / 58 kg	2002	2015	10	–	–	10
3			51 kg / 48 kg	2000	2011	8	–	–	8
4			70 kg / 68 kg / 75 kg	1993	2001	6	1	1	8
5			75 kg / 70 kg / 65 kg	1990	1996	6	1	–	7
6	Adeline Gray		67 kg / 72 kg / 75 kg / 76 kg	2011	2023	6	–	3	9
7			75 kg / 72 kg	1997	2010	5	2	3	10
8			44 kg / 47 kg / 46 kg	1991	1999	5	2	–	7
9			44 kg	1987	1996	5	1	3	9
10			75 kg	1991	1997	5	–	1	6
			72 kg	2006	2011	5	–	1	6
12			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

External links

• FILA Database (archived)
• Hosts of World Championships 2021 and 2022

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sushil's Moscow gold and a Budapest triple: India at Wrestling Worlds . 18 August 2017 . . 13 October 2021.