The World Wrestling Championships are the
Amateur Wrestling
Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced in collegiate, school, or other amateur level competitions. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Both styles are under the ...
World Championships organized by
United World Wrestling
United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, includi ...
. The Men's
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...
tournament began in 1904,
and the Men's
Freestyle Wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestlin ...
tournament began in 1951. The Women's Freestyle Wrestling tournament was first held in 1987.
Competitions
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Combined
All-time medal table
Updated after the
2022 World Wrestling Championships
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.
The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbi ...
.
* Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Team titles
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
Women's freestyle
See also
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Wrestling World Cup
Wrestling World Cup is an international wrestling competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The cups have been conducted by FILA (the UWW predecessor) every year sin ...
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World Wrestling Clubs Cup
World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling clubs competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held on the proposal of the Islamic Republ ...
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List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
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List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)
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List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling competition began in the modern Olympics in 1896. The first Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championships began in 1904. The World Wrestling Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Wrestling Championships ...
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List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
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World Beach Wrestling Championships
World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling.
History
The first World Championships took place in 2006, alongside the resurrected FILA Sambo World Champ ...
References
External links
FILA Database
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Wrestling competitions
Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat s ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1904