World Armwrestling Championship
World Armwrestling Championships is main arm wrestling championships in the World. It is organized by World Armwrestling Federation and was founded in 1944 by Thomas Hurst in West Chicago, Illinois.
Canadian National Arm Wrestling Championship is held every year in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada after being founded in 1936 by Metro Franko and is exclusively for Canadian citizens.
Events
Medals are awarded for separately for right and left hands in every weight class.[1]
| Men | Women |
|---|---|
| –55 kg | –50 kg |
| 60 kg | 55 kg |
| 65 kg | 60 kg |
| 70 kg | 65 kg |
| 75 kg | 70 kg |
| 80 kg | 80 kg |
| 85 kg | +80 kg |
| 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | |
| 110 kg | |
| +110 kg |
Championships
The list is incomplete
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations |
Champion Men right 110+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1979 | Wetaskiwin |  | Dan Mason | ||||
| 2nd | 1980 | Calcutta |  | |||||
| 3rd | 1981 | Brasilia |  | |||||
| 4th | 1982 | Syracuse |  | |||||
| 5th | 1983 | San José |  | |||||
| 7th | 1985 | Mexico City |  | |||||
| 8th | 1986 | Calcutta | | |||||
| 9th | 1987 | London |  | |||||
| 10th | 1988 | Eskilstuna |  | December | 22[2] | | ||
| 11th | 1990 | Athens |  | | ||||
| 12th | 1990 | Houston | | | ||||
| 13th | 1991 | Netanya |  |  | ||||
| 14th | 1992 | Geneva |  | | ||||
| 15th | 1993 | Edmonton | | | ||||
| 16th | 1994 | Södertälje | | | ||||
| 17th | 1995 | São Paulo | | | ||||
| 18th | 1996 | Virginia Beach | |  | ||||
| 19th | 1997 | Guwahati | | | ||||
| 20th | 1998 | Thunder Bay | | | ||||
| 21st | 1999 | Tokyo |  | | ||||
| 22nd | 2000 | Rovaniemi |  |  | ||||
| 23rd | 2001 | Gdynia |  | | ||||
| 24th | 2002 | Springfield | | | ||||
| 25th | 2003 | Ottawa | | | ||||
| 26th | 2004 | Durban |  | | ||||
| 27th | 2005 | Tokyo | |  | ||||
| 28th | 2006 | Manchester | | Trafford Centre GMEX | ||||
| 29th | 2007 | Veliko Tarnovo |  |  | ||||
| 30th | 2008 | Kelowna | | | ||||
| 31st | 2009 | Rosolina |  | | ||||
| 32nd | 2010 | Mesquite | | | ||||
| 33rd | 2011 | Almaty |  | | ||||
| 34th | 2012 | São Vicente | | | ||||
| 35th | 2013 | Gdynia | | | ||||
| 36th | 2014 | Vilnius |  | | ||||
| 37th | 2015 | Kuala Lumpur |  | | ||||
| 38th | 2016 | Blagoevgrad | | | ||||
| 39th | 2017 | Budapest |  | | ||||
References
- ↑ Events
- ↑ "1988 WAWF World Championships". Canadian Arm Wrestling Federation. December 1988. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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