World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling · United World Wrestling (UWW)
The championships cover men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle. The rows start with Greco-Roman in 1921, freestyle in 1951 and women's freestyle in 1987.
- Next
- Astana 2026, 24 October to 1 November
- Most golds (nation)
- Soviet Union, 253; then Japan, 146
- India
- 24 medals: 1 gold (Sushil Kumar, men's freestyle, Moscow 2010), 5 silver, 18 bronze
- Cycle
- Every year
India at the World Championships
1961Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
1967Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 0 · Total: 1
2006Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
2009Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
2010Gold: 1 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 0 · Total: 1
2012Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 2
2013Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 3
2015Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
2018Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 2
2019Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 4 · Total: 5
2021Gold: 0 · Silver: 1 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 2
2022Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 2 · Total: 2
2024Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
2025Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1 · Total: 1
TotalGold: 1 · Silver: 5 · Bronze: 18 · Total: 24
Strathcona County 2012 held women's events only.
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Zagreb 2025 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle | 57 kg | Han Chong-song (North Korea) |
| Men's freestyle | 61 kg | Zaur Uguev (UWW) |
| Men's freestyle | 65 kg | Rahman Amouzad (Iran) |
| Men's freestyle | 70 kg | Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (Japan) |
| Men's freestyle | 74 kg | Kota Takahashi (Japan) |
| Men's freestyle | 79 kg | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece) |
| Men's freestyle | 86 kg | Zahid Valencia (United States) |
| Men's freestyle | 92 kg | Trent Hidlay (United States) |
| Men's freestyle | 97 kg | Kyle Snyder (United States) |
| Men's freestyle | 125 kg | Amir Hossein Zare (Iran) |
| Greco-Roman | 55 kg | Vakhtang Lolua (Georgia) |
| Greco-Roman | 60 kg | Aidos Sultangali (Kazakhstan) |
| Greco-Roman | 63 kg | Aytjan Khalmakhanov (Uzbekistan) |
| Greco-Roman | 67 kg | Saeid Esmaeili (Iran) |
| Greco-Roman | 72 kg | Ulvu Ganizade (Azerbaijan) |
| Greco-Roman | 77 kg | Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia) |
| Greco-Roman | 82 kg | Gholamreza Farrokhi (Iran) |
| Greco-Roman | 87 kg | Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia) |
| Greco-Roman | 97 kg | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (Iran) |
| Greco-Roman | 130 kg | Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran) |
| Women's freestyle | 50 kg | Won Myong-gyong (North Korea) |
| Women's freestyle | 53 kg | Haruna Murayama (Japan) |
| Women's freestyle | 55 kg | Oh Kyong-ryong (North Korea) |
| Women's freestyle | 57 kg | Helen Maroulis (United States) |
| Women's freestyle | 59 kg | Sakura Onishi (Japan) |
| Women's freestyle | 62 kg | Sakura Motoki (Japan) |
| Women's freestyle | 65 kg | Miwa Morikawa (Japan) |
| Women's freestyle | 68 kg | Ami Ishii (Japan) |
| Women's freestyle | 72 kg | Alla Belinska (Ukraine) |
| Women's freestyle | 76 kg | Génesis Reasco (Ecuador) |
Medal table (1921 to 2025, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 253 | 93 | 69 | 415 |
| 2 | Japan | 146 | 78 | 92 | 316 |
| 3 | Russia | 110 | 67 | 94 | 271 |
| 4 | United States | 90 | 106 | 117 | 313 |
| 5 | Iran | 77 | 72 | 84 | 233 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 63 | 96 | 103 | 262 |
| 7 | Turkey | 60 | 64 | 86 | 210 |
| 8 | Hungary | 32 | 54 | 52 | 138 |
| 9 | Cuba | 32 | 28 | 50 | 110 |
| 10 | Sweden | 29 | 36 | 49 | 114 |
History
How it began
The rows begin with Greco-Roman championships in 1921 and 1922, then from 1950; freestyle was first held in 1951 and women's freestyle in 1987.
Champions by era
The Soviet Union won 253 golds, the most of any nation; Japan is second with 146, most of them in women's freestyle.
India's story
Udey Chand won India's first World Championships medal, bronze at Yokohama 1961. New Delhi hosted the freestyle championships in 1967, where Bishambar Singh won silver. Sushil Kumar won India's only world title, at Moscow 2010. Bajrang Punia has the most World Championships medals of any Indian, four (2013, 2018, 2019, 2022).
Firsts and facts
- First championships in the rows: Greco-Roman, 1921.
- India's only world champion: Sushil Kumar, 2010.
- India's best championships: Nur-Sultan 2019, five medals.