List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's Greco-Roman Wrestling.
Light flyweight
[edit]- 48 kg: 1969–1995
Flyweight
[edit]- 52 kg: 1950–1995
- 54 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2018–
Bantamweight
[edit]- 58 kg: 1921–1922
- 57 kg: 1950–1995
- 58 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2002–2013
- 59 kg: 2014–2017
- 60 kg: 2018–
Featherweight
[edit]- 60 kg: 1911–1920
- 62 kg: 1921–1961
- 63 kg: 1962–1967
- 62 kg: 1969–1995
- 63 kg: 1997–2001
- 60 kg: 2002–2013
- 63 kg: 2018–
Lightweight
[edit]- 68 kg: 1905
- 75 kg: 1907
- 60 kg: 1910
- 67 kg: 1911
- 67.5 kg: 1913–1922
- 67 kg: 1950–1961
- 70 kg: 1962–1967
- 68 kg: 1969–1995
- 69 kg: 1997–2001
- 66 kg: 2002–2017
- 67 kg: 2018–
Light welterweight
[edit]- 71 kg: 2014–2017
- 72 kg: 2018–
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Tashkent |  Chingiz Labazanov (RUS)
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 Yunus Özel (TUR)
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 Rasul Chunayev (AZE)
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 Afshin Biabangard (IRI)
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| 2015 Las Vegas | Rasul Chunayev (AZE)
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 Armen Vardanyan (UKR)
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Adam Kurak (RUS)
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 Zakarias Tallroth (SWE)
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| 2016 Budapest |  Bálint Korpási (HUN)
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 Daniel Cataraga (MDA)
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Hasan Aliyev (AZE)
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 Ilie Cojocari (ROU)
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| 2017 Paris |  Frank Stäbler (GER)
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 Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ)
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Bálint Korpási (HUN)
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| Mohammad Ali Geraei (IRI)
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| 2018 Budapest | Frank Stäbler (GER)
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Bálint Korpási (HUN)
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Rasul Chunayev (AZE)
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 Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL)
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| 2019 Nur-Sultan | Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS)
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 Aram Vardanyan (UZB)
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Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL)
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| Bálint Korpási (HUN)
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| 2021 Oslo |  Malkhas Amoyan (ARM)
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 Sergey Kutuzov (RWF)
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 Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)
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 Gevorg Sahakyan (POL)
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| 2022 Belgrade |  Ali Arsalan (SRB)
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Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)
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Selçuk Can (TUR)
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| Andrii Kulyk (UKR)
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| 2023 Belgrade |  Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)
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Róbert Fritsch (HUN)
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Ali Arsalan (SRB)
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| Selçuk Can (TUR)
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| 2024 Tirana | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)
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Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)
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 Otar Abuladze (GEO)
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| Ali Arsalan (SRB)
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Welterweight
[edit]- 73 kg: 1950–1961
- 78 kg: 1962–1967
- 74 kg: 1969–1995
- 76 kg: 1997–2001
- 74 kg: 2002–2013
- 75 kg: 2014–2017
- 77 kg: 2018–
Light middleweight
[edit]- 80 kg: 2014–2017
- 82 kg: 2018–
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Tashkent | Péter Bácsi (HUN)
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Evgeny Saleev (RUS)
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Jim Pettersson (SWE)
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| Selçuk Çebi (TUR)
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| 2015 Las Vegas | Selçuk Çebi (TUR)
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 Viktar Sasunouski (BLR)
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Lasha Gobadze (GEO)
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| Yousef Ghaderian (IRI)
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| 2016 Budapest | Ramazan Abacharaev (RUS)
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Aslan Atem (TUR)
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László Szabó (HUN)
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| Jonibek Otabekov (UZB)
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| 2017 Paris | Maksim Manukyan (ARM)
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Radzik Kuliyeu (BLR)
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Elvin Mursaliyev (AZE)
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| Pascal Eisele (GER)
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| 2018 Budapest | Péter Bácsi (HUN)
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Emrah Kuş (TUR)
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Maksim Manukyan (ARM)
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| Viktar Sasunouski (BLR)
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| 2019 Nur-Sultan | Lasha Gobadze (GEO)
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Rafig Huseynov (AZE)
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 Qian Haitao (CHN)
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| Saeid Abdevali (IRI)
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| 2021 Oslo | Rafig Huseynov (AZE)
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Burhan Akbudak (TUR)
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Pejman Poshtam (IRI)
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| Adlan Akiev (RWF)
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| 2022 Belgrade | Burhan Akbudak (TUR)
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Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)
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Tamás Lévai (HUN)
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| Yaroslav Filchakov (UKR)
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| 2023 Belgrade | Rafig Huseynov (AZE)
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Alireza Mohmadi (IRI)
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 Aues Gonibov (AIN)
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| Yaroslav Filchakov (UKR)
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| 2024 Tirana | Mohammad Ali Geraei (IRI)
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Erik Szilvássy (HUN)
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Gela Bolkvadze (GEO)
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| Ahmet Yılmaz (TUR)
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Middleweight
[edit]- 75 kg: 1904
- 80 kg: 1905
- 85 kg: 1907
- 75 kg: 1908–1909
- 70 kg: 1910
- 73 kg: 1911
- 75 kg: 1913–1922
- 79 kg: 1950–1961
- 87 kg: 1962–1967
- 82 kg: 1969–1995
- 85 kg: 1997–2001
- 84 kg: 2002–2013
- 85 kg: 2014–2017
- 87 kg: 2018–
Light heavyweight
[edit]- 85 kg: 1910
- 83 kg: 1911
- 82.5 kg: 1913–1922
- 87 kg: 1950–1961
- 97 kg: 1962–1967
- 90 kg: 1969–1995
Heavyweight
[edit]- +75 kg: 1904
- +80 kg: 1905
- +85 kg: 1907
- +75 kg: 1908–1909
- +85 kg: 1910
- +83 kg: 1911
- +82.5 kg: 1913–1922
- +87 kg: 1950–1961
- +97 kg: 1962–1967
- 100 kg: 1969–1995
- 97 kg: 1997–2001
- 96 kg: 2002–2013
- 98 kg: 2014–2017
- 97 kg: 2018–
Super heavyweight
[edit]- +100 kg: 1969–1983
- 130 kg: 1985–2001
- 120 kg: 2002–2013
- 130 kg: 2014–
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 132 | 49 | 30 | 211 |
| 2 | Russia | 45 | 22 | 26 | 93 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 34 | 36 | 49 | 119 |
| 4 | Hungary | 30 | 44 | 36 | 110 |
| 5 | Turkey | 27 | 32 | 42 | 101 |
| 6 | Sweden | 24 | 27 | 25 | 76 |
| 7 |  Finland | 21 | 19 | 24 | 64 |
| 8 |  Cuba | 20 | 12 | 22 | 54 |
| 9 | Iran | 18 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 10 | Germany | 17 | 17 | 27 | 61 |
| 11 | Romania | 14 | 26 | 28 | 68 |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 13 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
| 13 | Poland | 12 | 27 | 20 | 59 |
| 14 |  South Korea | 10 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 15 | Armenia | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 16 | Georgia | 7 | 9 | 18 | 34 |
| 17 |  Japan | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | Serbia | 7 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 19 |  Austria | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 20 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 17 | 16 | 38 |
| 21 |  United States | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 |
| 22 | West Germany | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 24 |  Denmark | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 25 | France | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 26 | Ukraine | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 27 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 28 |  East Germany | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 29 |  Egypt | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | Belarus | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 31 |  Czechoslovakia | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 32 |  Estonia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 34 |  Norway | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 35 |  Italy | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 36 | Russian Wrestling Federation[a] | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 37 | Moldova | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | China | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 39 |  Israel | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 40 |  North Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 41 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 42 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 43 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 |  Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 |  Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes[b] | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 48 |  Bohemia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 50 |  Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (55 entries) | 510 | 504 | 637 | 1,651 | |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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 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.