International wrestling event
TheWorld Wrestling Championships forGreco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) andfreestyle wrestling (men since 1951, women since 1987) are organized byUnited World Wrestling (UWW).[ 1]
Unofficial editions [ edit ] Several World Greco-Roman Championships had been held prior to creation of the creation of theInternational Amateur Wrestling Federation in 1921, the UWW considers those competitions as unofficial.[ 2]
Year Dates City and host country 1904 23–26 May Vienna ,Austria 1905 (1)8–10 April Berlin ,Germany 1905 (2)11–13 June Duisburg ,Germany 1907 20 May Frankfurt ,Germany 1908 8–9 December Vienna ,Austria 1909 3 October Vienna ,Austria 1910 (1)6 June Düsseldorf ,Germany 1910 (2)9 October Vienna ,Austria 1911 (1)25–28 March Helsinki ,Finland 1911 (2)29–30 April Stuttgart ,Germany 1911 (3)13–14 May Berlin ,Germany 1911 (4)24–27 June Dresden ,Germany 1911 (5)29 June – 2 July Vienna ,Austria 1913 27–28 July Breslau ,Germany 1920 4–8 September Vienna ,Austria
Year Dates City and host country Team champion 1951 26–29 April Helsinki ,Finland Turkey 1954 22–25 May Tokyo ,Japan Turkey 1957 1–2 June Istanbul ,Turkey Turkey 1959 1–5 October Tehran ,Iran Soviet Union 1961 2–4 June Yokohama ,Japan Iran 1962 21–23 June Toledo ,United States Soviet Union 1963 31 May – 2 June Sofia ,Bulgaria Soviet Union 1965 1–3 June Manchester ,United Kingdom Iran 1966 16–18 June Toledo ,United States Turkey 1967 12–14 November New Delhi ,India Soviet Union 1969 8–10 March Mar del Plata ,Argentina Soviet Union 1970 9–11 July Edmonton ,Canada Soviet Union 1971 27–30 August Sofia ,Bulgaria Soviet Union 1973 6–9 September Tehran ,Iran Soviet Union 1974 29 August – 1 September Istanbul ,Turkey Soviet Union 1975 15–18 September Minsk ,Soviet Union Soviet Union 1977 21–23 October Lausanne ,Switzerland Soviet Union 1978 24–27 August Mexico City ,Mexico Soviet Union 1979 25–28 August San Diego ,United States Soviet Union 1981 11–14 September Skopje ,Yugoslavia Soviet Union 1982 11–14 August Edmonton ,Canada Soviet Union 1983 26–29 September Kyiv ,Soviet Union Soviet Union 1985 10–13 October Budapest ,Hungary Soviet Union 1986 19–22 October Budapest ,Hungary Soviet Union 1987 26–29 August Clermont-Ferrand ,France Soviet Union 1989 31 August – 3 September Martigny ,Switzerland Soviet Union 1990 6–9 September Tokyo ,Japan Soviet Union 1991 3–6 October Varna ,Bulgaria Soviet Union 1993 25–28 August Toronto ,Canada United States 1994 25–28 August Istanbul ,Turkey Turkey 1995 10–13 August Atlanta ,United States United States 1997 28–31 August Krasnoyarsk ,Russia Russia 1998 8–11 September Tehran ,Iran Iran 1999 7–10 October Ankara ,Turkey Russia 2001 22–25 November Sofia ,Bulgaria Russia 2002 5–7 September Tehran ,Iran Iran 2003 12–14 September New York City ,United States Georgia
Year Dates City and host country Team champion 1921 5–8 November Helsinki ,Finland not awarded 1922 8–11 March Stockholm ,Sweden not awarded 1950 20–23 March Stockholm ,Sweden Sweden 1953 17–19 April Naples ,Italy Soviet Union 1955 21–25 April Karlsruhe ,West Germany Soviet Union 1958 21–24 July Budapest ,Hungary Soviet Union 1961 5–7 June Yokohama ,Japan Soviet Union 1962 25–27 June Toledo ,United States Soviet Union 1963 1–3 July Helsingborg ,Sweden Soviet Union 1965 6–8 June Tampere ,Finland Soviet Union 1966 20–22 June Toledo ,United States Soviet Union 1967 1–3 September Bucharest ,Romania Soviet Union 1969 3–5 March Mar del Plata ,Argentina Soviet Union 1970 4–6 July Edmonton ,Canada Soviet Union 1971 2–5 September Sofia ,Bulgaria Bulgaria 1973 11–14 September Tehran ,Iran Soviet Union 1974 10–13 October Katowice ,Poland Soviet Union 1975 11–14 September Minsk ,Soviet Union Soviet Union 1977 14–17 October Gothenburg ,Sweden Soviet Union 1978 20–23 August Mexico City ,Mexico Soviet Union 1979 21–24 August San Diego ,United States Soviet Union 1981 28–30 August Oslo ,Norway Soviet Union 1982 9–12 September Katowice ,Poland Soviet Union 1983 22–25 September Kyiv ,Soviet Union Soviet Union 1985 8–11 August Kolbotn ,Norway Soviet Union 1986 23–26 October Budapest ,Hungary Soviet Union 1987 19–22 August Clermont-Ferrand ,France Soviet Union 1989 24–27 August Martigny ,Switzerland Soviet Union 1990 19–21 November Rome ,Italy Soviet Union 1991 27–30 September Varna ,Bulgaria Soviet Union 1993 16–19 September Stockholm ,Sweden Russia 1994 8–11 September Tampere ,Finland Russia 1995 12–15 October Prague ,Czech Republic Russia 1997 10–13 September Wrocław ,Poland Russia 1998 27–30 August Gävle ,Sweden Russia 1999 23–26 September Piraeus ,Greece Russia 2001 6–9 December Patras ,Greece Cuba 2002 20–22 September Moscow ,Russia Russia 2003 2–5 October Créteil ,France Georgia
Year Dates City and host country Team champion 1987 24–25 October Lørenskog ,Norway Norway 1989 24–25 August Martigny ,Switzerland Japan 1990 29 June – 1 July Luleå ,Sweden Japan 1991 24–25 August Tokyo ,Japan Japan 1992 4–5 September Villeurbanne ,France Japan 1993 7–8 August Stavern ,Norway Japan 1994 6–7 August Sofia ,Bulgaria Japan 1995 9–10 September Moscow ,Russia Russia 1996 29–31 August Sofia ,Bulgaria Japan 1997 10–12 July Clermont-Ferrand ,France Japan 1998 8–10 October Poznań ,Poland Russia 1999 10–12 September Boden ,Sweden United States 2000 1–3 September Sofia ,Bulgaria Japan 2001 22–25 November Sofia ,Bulgaria China 2002 2–3 November Chalcis ,Greece Japan 2003 12–14 September New York City ,United States Japan
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 Russia Hungary Japan 2006 25 September – 1 October Guangzhou ,China Russia Turkey Japan 2007 17–23 September Baku ,Azerbaijan Russia United States Japan 2008 11–13 October Tokyo ,Japan not held not held Japan 2009 21–27 September Herning ,Denmark Russia Turkey Azerbaijan 2010 6–12 September Moscow ,Russia Russia Russia Japan 2011 12–18 September Istanbul ,Turkey Russia Russia Japan 2012 27–29 September Strathcona County ,Canada not held not held China 2013 16–22 September Budapest ,Hungary Iran Russia Japan 2014 8–14 September Tashkent ,Uzbekistan Russia Iran Japan 2015 7–15 September Las Vegas ,United States Iran [ a] Azerbaijan [ a] Japan 2016 10–11 December Budapest ,Hungary not awarded not awarded not awarded 2017 21–26 August Paris ,France United States Russia Japan 2018 20–28 October Budapest ,Hungary Russia Russia Japan 2019 14–22 September Nur-Sultan ,Kazakhstan Russia Russia Japan 2021 2–10 October Oslo ,Norway RWF [ b] RWF [ b] Japan 2022 10–18 September Belgrade ,Serbia United States Turkey Japan 2023 16–24 September Belgrade ,Serbia United States Azerbaijan Japan 2024 28–31 October Tirana ,Albania Georgia Azerbaijan Japan 2025 13–21 September Zagreb ,Croatia Iran Iran Japan 2026 5–13 September Manama ,Bahrain
All-time medal table [ edit ] Updated after the2025 World Wrestling Championships .
Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist. Multiple gold medalists [ edit ] 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.
^a b Russia originally won both men's Greco-Roman and men's freestyle team titles in 2015 but eventually lost them ten years later after a couple of doping disqualifications.[ 3] ^a b c d At the2021 World Championships , in accordance with a ban by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), wrestlers fromRussia 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 the2023 and2024 World Wrestling Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , wrestlers fromRussia andBelarus 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. ^ Wrestlers from India at the2023 World Championships and Belarus and Russia at the2025 World Championships were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of their countries. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
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Vienna,Austria
Berlin,Germany
Helsinki,Finland
Vienna,Austria
Lørenskog,Norway
Martigny,Switzerland
Japan
Luleå,Sweden
Villeurbanne,France
Sofia,Bulgaria
Poznań,Poland
United States
Japan
China
Chalcis,Greece
New York City,United States
Soviet Union
Iran
Turkey
Hungary
Cuba
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Georgia
Finland
Romania
Armenia
South Korea
Canada
North Korea
Germany
Serbia
East Germany
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Uzbekistan
Belarus
Yugoslavia
Moldova
Russian Wrestling Federation[b]
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Venezuela
Egypt
Individual Neutral Athletes[c]
Estonia
India
Chinese Taipei
United World Wrestling[d]
Israel
Bahrain
Albania
Ecuador
Belgium
Denmark
Slovakia
Puerto Rico
Nigeria
Lithuania
Croatia
Latvia
Netherlands
Lebanon
North Macedonia
Tajikistan
Brazil
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Spain
Colombia
Pakistan
Argentina
Chile
Great Britain
San Marino
Syria
Iran
Bulgaria
