World Wrestling Championships
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| World Wrestling Championships | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Wrestling World Championship |
| Date(s) | September to October |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Various |
| Years active | 1904–present |
| Inaugurated | 1904 |
| Most recent | 2024 Tirana |
| Previous event | 2023 Belgrade |
| Next event | 2025 Zagreb |
| Organised by | 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]
Editions
Men's freestyle
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Men's Greco-Roman
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Women's freestyle
Combined
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All-time medal table
Updated after the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.
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- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Team titles
| Country | FS | GR | FW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 22 | 26 | 0 | 48 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 13 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| File:RWF logo.svg Russian Wrestling Federation [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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
Men's Greco-Roman
| Rank | Wrestler | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Karelin | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
130 kg | 1989 | 1999 | 9 | – | – | 9 |
| 2 | Hamid Sourian | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 55 kg / 59 kg | 2005 | 2014 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 3 | Rıza Kayaalp | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 120 kg / 130 kg | 2009 | 2023 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Mijaín López | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 120 kg / 130 kg | 2005 | 2015 | 5 | 3 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Gogi Koguashvili | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 90 kg / 97 kg | 1993 | 1999 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Nikolay Balboshin | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 100 kg | 1973 | 1979 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Viktor Igumenov | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 78 kg / 74 kg | 1966 | 1971 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Valery Rezantsev | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 90 kg | 1970 | 1975 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Aleksandar Tomov | File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | +100 kg | 1971 | 1979 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Women's freestyle
See also
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ "Sushil's Moscow gold and a Budapest triple: India at Wrestling Worlds". ESPN. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2021.