World Wrestling Championships

UWW United World Wrestling is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the United World Wrestling.

The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, 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
1951	April 26–29	Helsinki, Finland	Turkey
1954	May 22–25	Tokyo, Japan	Turkey
1957	June 1–2	Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey
1959	October 1–5	Tehran, Iran	Soviet Union
1961	June 2–4	Yokohama, Japan	Iran
1962	June 21–23	Toledo, United States	Soviet Union
1963	May 31 – June 2	Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union
1965	June 1–3	Manchester, United Kingdom	Iran
1966	June 16–18	Toledo, United States	Turkey
1967	November 12–14	New Delhi, India	Soviet Union
1969	March 8–10	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Soviet Union
1970	July 9–11	Edmonton, Canada	Soviet Union
1971	August 27–30	Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union
1973	September 6–9	Tehran, Iran	Soviet Union
1974	August 29 – September 1	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union
1975	September 15–18	Minsk, Soviet Union	Soviet Union
1977	October 21–23	Lausanne, Switzerland	Soviet Union
1978	August 24–27	Mexico City, Mexico	Soviet Union
1979	August 25–28	San Diego, United States	Soviet Union
1981	September 11–14	Skopje, Yugoslavia	Soviet Union
1982	August 11–14	Edmonton, Canada	Soviet Union
1983	September 26–29	Kiev, Soviet Union	Soviet Union
1985	October 10–13	Budapest, Hungary	Soviet Union
1986	October 19–22	Budapest, Hungary	Soviet Union
1987	August 26–29	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Soviet Union
1989	August 31 – September 3	Martigny, Switzerland	Soviet Union
1990	September 6–9	Tokyo, Japan	Soviet Union
1991	October 3–6	Varna, Bulgaria	Soviet Union
1993	August 25–28	Toronto, Canada	United States
1994	August 25–28	Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey
1995	August 10–13	Atlanta, United States	United States
1997	August 28–31	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	Russia
1998	September 8–11	Tehran, Iran	Iran
1999	October 7–10	Ankara, Turkey	Russia
2001	November 22–25	Sofia, Bulgaria	Russia
2002	September 7–9	Tehran, Iran	Iran
2003	September 12–14	New York City, United States	Georgia

Men's Greco-Roman

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
1904	May 23–26	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	—
1905	May 8–10	Berlin, Germany	—
1907	May 20	Frankfurt, Germany	—
1908	December 8–9	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	—
1909	October 3	Vienna, Austria-Hungary	—
1910	June 6	Düsseldorf, Germany	—
1911	March 25–28	Helsinki, Russian Empire	—
1913	July 27–28	Breslau, Germany	—
1920	September 4–8	Vienna, Austria	—
1921	November 5–8	Helsinki, Finland	—
1922	March 8–11	Stockholm, Sweden	—
1950	March 20–23	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden
1953	April 17–19	Naples, Italy	Soviet Union
1955	April 21–25	Karlsruhe, West Germany	Soviet Union
1958	July 21–24	Budapest, Hungary	Soviet Union
1961	June 5–7	Yokohama, Japan	Soviet Union
1962	June 25–27	Toledo, United States	Soviet Union
1963	July 1–3	Helsingborg, Sweden	Soviet Union
1965	June 6–8	Tampere, Finland	Soviet Union
1966	June 20–22	Toledo, United States	Soviet Union
1967	September 1–3	Bucharest, Romania	Soviet Union
1969	March 3–5	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Soviet Union
1970	July 4–6	Edmonton, Canada	Soviet Union
1971	September 2–5	Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria
1973	September 11–14	Tehran, Iran	Soviet Union
1974	October 10–13	Katowice, Poland	Soviet Union
1975	September 11–14	Minsk, Soviet Union	Soviet Union
1977	October 14–17	Gothenburg, Sweden	Soviet Union
1978	August 20–23	Mexico City, Mexico	Soviet Union
1979	August 21–24	San Diego, United States	Soviet Union
1981	August 28–30	Oslo, Norway	Soviet Union
1982	September 9–12	Katowice, Poland	Soviet Union
1983	September 22–25	Kiev, Soviet Union	Soviet Union
1985	August 8–11	Kolbotn, Norway	Soviet Union
1986	October 23–26	Budapest, Hungary	Soviet Union
1987	August 19–22	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Soviet Union
1989	August 24–27	Martigny, Switzerland	Soviet Union
1990	November 19–21	Ostia, Italy	Soviet Union
1991	September 27–30	Varna, Bulgaria	Soviet Union
1993	September 16–19	Stockholm, Sweden	Russia
1994	September 8–11	Tampere, Finland	Russia
1995	October 12–15	Prague, Czech Republic	Russia
1997	September 10–13	Wrocław, Poland	Russia
1998	August 27–30	Gävle, Sweden	Russia
1999	September 23–26	Piraeus, Greece	Russia
2001	December 6–9	Patras, Greece	Cuba
2002	September 20–22	Moscow, Russia	Russia
2003	October 2–5	Créteil, France	Georgia

Women's freestyle

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
1987	October 24–25	Lørenskog, Norway	Norway
1989	August 24–25	Martigny, Switzerland	Japan
1990	June 29 – July 1	Luleå, Sweden	Japan
1991	August 24–25	Tokyo, Japan	Japan
1992	September 4–5	Villeurbanne, France	Japan
1993	August 7–8	Stavern, Norway	Japan
1994	August 6–7	Sofia, Bulgaria	Japan
1995	September 9–11	Moscow, Russia	Russia
1996	August 29–31	Sofia, Bulgaria	Japan
1997	July 10–12	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Japan
1998	October 8–10	Poznań, Poland	Russia
1999	September 10–12	Boden, Sweden	United States
2000	September 1–3	Sofia, Bulgaria	Japan
2001	November 22–25	Sofia, Bulgaria	China
2002	November 2–3	Chalcis, Greece	Japan
2003	September 12–14	New York City, United States	Japan

Combined

Year	Dates	City and host country	Team champion
			Men's freestyle	Men's Greco-Roman	Women's freestyle
2005	September 26 – October 2	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Hungary	Japan
2006	September 25 – October 1	Guangzhou, China	Russia	Turkey	Japan
2007	September 17–23	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	United States	Japan
2008	October 11–13	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	Japan
2009	September 21–27	Herning, Denmark	Russia	Turkey	Azerbaijan
2010	September 6–12	Moscow, Russia	Russia	Russia	Japan
2011	September 12–18	Istanbul, Turkey	Russia	Russia	Japan
2012	September 27–29	Strathcona County, Canada	—	—	China
2013	September 16–22	Budapest, Hungary	Iran	Russia	Japan
2014	September 8–14	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Russia	Iran	Japan
2015	September 7–15	Las Vegas, United States	Russia	Russia	Japan
2016	December 10–11	Budapest, Hungary	—	—	—
2017	August 21–26	Paris, France	United States	Russia	Japan
2018	October 20–28	Budapest, Hungary
2019	September 14–22	Astana, Kazakhstan[1]

All-time medal table

All-time medal count, as of the 2017 World Wrestling Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	253	93	69	415
2	Japan (JPN)	109	63	68	240
3	Russia (RUS)	92	63	89	244
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	61	90	98	249
5	United States (USA)	61	88	88	237
6	Iran (IRI)	58	54	60	172
7	Turkey (TUR)	52	54	66	172
8	Sweden (SWE)	32	38	46	116
9	Hungary (HUN)	29	46	48	123
10	Cuba (CUB)	28	27	44	99
11	France (FRA)	26	21	22	69
12	China (CHN)	26	18	22	66
13	Germany (GER)	21	27	39	87
14	Finland (FIN)	21	26	25	72
15	Ukraine (UKR)	17	16	45	78
16	Romania (ROU)	15	31	35	81
17	Poland (POL)	14	38	31	83
18	South Korea (KOR)	14	23	23	60
19	Azerbaijan (AZE)	13	22	26	61
20	Canada (CAN)	12	17	27	56
21	Norway (NOR)	12	16	26	54
22	Armenia (ARM)	12	8	11	31
23	Austria (AUT)	11	9	7	27
24	Georgia (GEO)	10	12	24	46
25	West Germany	9	13	19	41
26	North Korea (PRK)	9	5	9	23
27	East Germany	8	23	23	54
28	Mongolia (MGL)	7	20	30	57
29	Belarus (BLR)	6	14	23	43
30	Uzbekistan (UZB)	6	8	16	30
31	Yugoslavia	5	19	17	41
32	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	13	23	41
33	Denmark (DEN)	4	7	10	21
34	Italy (ITA)	3	7	11	21
35	Czechoslovakia	3	6	11	20
36	Venezuela (VEN)	3	4	5	12
37	Egypt (EGY)	3	2	4	9
38	Estonia (EST)	2	2	2	6
39	Serbia (SRB)	2	0	2	4
40	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	5	6	12
41	Moldova (MDA)	1	5	1	7
42	Greece (GRE)	1	3	11	15
43	India (IND)	1	2	8	11
44	Israel (ISR)	1	1	4	6
45	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
46	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	3	5
47	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	1	7	8
48	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	3	4
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	3	4
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	3	4
51	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	2	3
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	2	3
53	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	1	2
56	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Macedonia (MKD)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	1	0	1
61	Bohemia	0	0	2	2
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
65	Albania (ALB)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (70 nations)		1080	1075	1315	3470

Team titles

Country	FS	GR	FW	Total
Soviet Union	22	26	0	48
Russia	11	12	2	25
Japan	0	0	21	21
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
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 (excluding Olympic Games). 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	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 Fadzayev	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
9	Leri Khabelov	Soviet Union  Russia	100 kg / 130 kg	1985	1995	5	-	1	6
10	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	Yayoi Urano	Japan	75 kg / 70 kg / 65 kg	1990	1996	6	1	-	7
6	Kyōko Hamaguchi	Japan	75 kg / 72 kg	1997	2010	5	2	3	10
7	Zhong Xiue	China	44 kg / 47 kg / 46 kg	1991	1999	5	2	-	7
8	Shoko Yoshimura	Japan	44 kg	1987	1996	5	1	3	9
9	Liu Dongfeng	China	75 kg	1991	1997	5	-	1	6
	Stanka Zlateva	Bulgaria	72 kg	2006	2011	5	-	1	6
11	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 Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• World Beach Wrestling Championships

References

• FILA Database