Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept for the Olympics.
World Level Champions in Greco-Roman Wrestling by Year and Weight
Olympic Champions and Olympic competition years in Greco-Roman wrestling are highlighted in gold.
1896
Year | Team | Unlimited Weight |
1896 | ![Germany](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png) | Schuhmann, Carl (1/1) |
1898
Year | |
1898 | Pons, Paul |
1904
Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1904 | ![Austria](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png) | Ahlqvist, Severin (1/1) | Arnold, Rudolf (1/1) |
1905
Year | Team | 68 kg | 80 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1905 | ![Germany](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png) | Schibilski, Theodor (1/1) | Hein, Albert (1/1) | Jensen, Søren Marinus (1/2) |
1906–1907
Year | Team | 75 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1906 | ![Austria](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png) | Watzl, Rudolf (1/1) | Weckman, Verner (1/2) | Jensen, Søren Marinus (2/2) |
1907 | ![Denmark](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png) | Übler, Christoph (1/1) | Christensen, Harald (1/1) | Egeberg, Hans (1/2) |
1908–1909
1910
Year | Team | 60 kg | 70 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1910 | ![Germany](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png) | Wernicke, Karl (1/1) | Altroggen, Fritz (1/1) | Buchholz, Hermann (1/1) | Sperling, Gustav (1/1) |
1911
1912
1913
1920
Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1920 | ![Austria](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png) | Reitmeier, Franz (1/1) | Radvány, Ödön (1/1) | Fischer, Viktor (1/1) | Heinl, Michael (1/1) | Bock, Heinrich (1/1) |
1921–1928
Year | Team | 58 kg | 62 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1921 | ![Finland](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) | Ikonen, Väinö (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (1/3) | Friman, Oskari (2/3) | Tamminen, Taavi (1/1) | Rosenqvist, Edil (1/2) | Salila, Johan (1/1) |
1922 | ![Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) | Svensson, Fritiof (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (2/3) | Westerlund, Edvard (1/2) | Westergren, Carl (2/4) | Rosenqvist, Edil (2/2) | Nilsson, Ernst (2/2) |
1924 | ![Finland](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png) | Pütsep, Eduard (1/1) | Anttila, Kalle (3/3) | Friman, Oskari (3/3) | Westerlund, Edvard (2/2) | Westergren, Carl (3/4) | Deglane, Henri (1/1) |
1928 | ![Germany](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) | Leucht, Kurt (1/1) | Väli, Voldemar (1/1) | Keresztes, Lajos (1/1) | Kokkinen, Väinö (1/2) | Moustafa, Ibrahim (1/1) | Svensson, Rudolf (1/2) |
1932–1936
Year | Team | 56 kg | 61 kg | 66 kg | 72 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | Unlimited Weight |
1932 | ![Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) | Brendel, Jakob (1/1) | Gozzi, Giovanni (1/1) | Malmberg, Eric (1/1) | Johansson, Ivar (1/2) | Kokkinen, Väinö (2/2) | Svensson, Rudolf (2/2) | Westergren, Carl (4/4) |
1936 | ![Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) | Lõrincz, Márton (1/1) | Erkan, Yaşar (2/2) | Koskela, Lauri (1/1) | Svedberg, Rudolf (1/1) | Johansson, Ivar (2/2) | Cadier, Axel (1/1) | Palusalu, Kristjan (1/1) |
1948–1968
Year | Team | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg (−1961), 63 kg (1962–1968) | 67 kg (−1961), 70 kg (1962–1968) | 73 kg (−1961), 78 kg (1962–1968) | 79 kg (−1961), 87 kg (1962–1968) | 87 kg (−1961), 97 kg (1962–1968) | Unlimited Weight |
1948 | ![Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) | Lombardi, Pietro (1/1) | Pettersen, Kurt (1/1) | Oktav, Mehmet (1/1) | Freij, Gustav (1/2) | Andersson, Gösta (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (1/3) | Nilsson, Karl-Erik (1/1) | Kireççi, Ahmet (1/1) |
1949 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
1950 | ![Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png) | Johansson, Bengt (1/1) | Hassan, Ali Mahmoud (1/1) | Anderberg, Olle (1/2) | Gal, Jozsef (1/1) | Siimanainen, Matti (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (2/3) | Candas, Muharrem (1/1) | Antonsson, Bertil (1/2) |
1951 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
1952 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg.png) | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (1/3) | Hódos, Imre (1/1) | Punkin, Yakov (1/1) | Safin, Shazam (1/1) | Szilvásy, Miklós (1/1) | Grönberg, Axel (3/3) | Gröndahl, Kelpo (1/1) | Kotkas, Johannes (1/1) |
1953 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg.png) | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (2/3) | Teryan, Artem (1/1) | Anderberg, Olle (2/2) | Freij, Gustav (2/2) | Shatvoryan, Gurgen (1/1) | Kartozia, Givi (1/4) | Englas, August (1/1) | Antonsson, Bertil (2/2) |
1954 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
1955 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_USSR_%281936-1955%29.svg.png) | Fabra, Ignazio (1/1) | Stashkevich, Vladimir (1/1) | Polyák, Imre (1/4) | Garmanik, Grigori (1/1) | Maneyev, Vladimir (1/1) | Kartozia, Givi (2/4) | Nikolayev, Valentin (1/2) | Masur, Aleksandr (1/1) |
1956 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Solovyov, Nikolai (1/1) | Vyrupayev, Konstantin (1/1) | Mäkinen, Rauno (1/1) | Lehtonen, Kyösti (1/1) | Bayrak, Mithat (1/2) | Kartozia, Givi (3/4) | Nikolayev, Valentin (2/2) | Parfenov, Anatoli (1/1) |
1957 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
1958 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (3/3) | Karavayev, Oleg (1/3) | Polyák, Imre (2/4) | Doğan, Rıza (1/1) | Ayvaz, Kazim (1/3) | Kartozia, Givi (4/4) | Abashidze, Rostom (1/3) | Bogdan, Ivan (1/3) |
1959 | N/A | No Championships Held | | | | | | | |
1960 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Pârvulescu, Dumitru (1/1) | Karavayev, Oleg (2/3) | Sille, Müzahir (1/1) | Koridze, Avtandil (1/2) | Bayrak, Mithat (2/2) | Dobrev, Dimitar (1/1) | Kis, Tevfik (1/3) | Bogdan, Ivan (2/3) |
1961 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Sayadov, Armais (1/1) | Karavayev, Oleg (3/3) | Mansour, Moustafa Hamid (1/1) | Koridze, Avtandil (2/2) | Bularca, Valeriu (1/1) | Zenin, Vasili (1/1) | Gurics, György (1/1) | Bogdan, Ivan (3/3) |
1962 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Rybalko, Sergey (1/2) | Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (1/2) | Polyák, Imre (3/4) | Ayvaz, Kazim (2/3) | Kolesov, Anatoly (1/4) | Kis, Tevfik (2/3) | Abashidze, Rostom (2/3) | Kozma, István (1/5) |
1963 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Vukov, Borivoje (1/1) | Varga, Janos (1/3) | Sapunov, Gennady (1/2) | Horvat, Stevan (1/2) | Kolesov, Anatoly (2/4) | Kis, Tevfik (3/3) | Abashidze, Rostom (3/3) | Roshchin, Anatoly (1/4) |
1964 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Hanahara, Tsotumu (1/1) | Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (2/2) | Polyák, Imre (4/4) | Ayvaz, Kazim (3/3) | Kolesov, Anatoly (3/4) | Simić, Branislav (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (1/3) | Kozma, István (2/5) |
1965 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Rybalko, Sergey (2/2) | Cernea, Ion (1/1) | Grigoriev, Yury (1/1) | Sapunov, Gennady (2/2) | Kolesov, Anatoly (4/4) | Bagdonas, Rimantes (1/1) | Anisimov, Valery (1/1) | Shumakov, Nikolay (1/1) |
1966 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Kerezov, Angel (1/1) | Stange, Fritz (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (1/5) | Horvat, Stevan (2/2) | Igumenov, Viktor (1/5) | Oleynik, Valentin (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (2/3) | Kozma, István (3/5) |
1967 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Bakulin, Vladimir (1/1) | Baciu, Ion (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (2/5) | Tapio, Eero (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (2/5) | Sillai, Laszlo (1/1) | Yakovenko, Nikolai (1/2) | Kozma, István (4/5) |
1968 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Kirov, Petar (1/5) | Varga, János (2/3) | Rurua, Roman (3/5) | Munemura, Muneji (1/1) | Vesper, Rudolf (1/1) | Metz, Lothar (1/1) | Radev, Boyan (3/3) | Kozma, István (5/5) |
1969–1996
Year | Team | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg (−1984), 130 kg (1985–1996) |
1969 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Berceanu, Gheorghe (1/3) | Alizadeh, Firouz (1/1) | Kazakov, Rustam (1/3) | Rurua, Roman (4/5) | Popescu, Simion (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (3/5) | Krumov, Petar (1/1) | Yurkevich, Aleksandr (1/1) | Yakovenko, Nikolai (2/2) | Roshchin, Anatoly (2/4) |
1970 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Berceanu, Gheorghe (2/3) | Kirov, Petar (2/5) | Varga, János (3/3) | Fujimoto, Hideo (1/1) | Rurua, Roman (5/5) | Igumenov, Viktor (4/5) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (1/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (1/7) | Svensson, Pelle (1/2) | Roshchin, Anatoly (3/4) |
1971 | ![Bulgaria](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281971%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png) | Zubkov, Vladimir (1/4) | Kirov, Petar (3/5) | Kazakov, Rustam (2/3) | Markov, Georgi (1/2) | Damjanovic, Sreten (1/1) | Igumenov, Viktor (5/5) | Hegedűs, Csaba (1/2) | Rezantsev, Valery (2/7) | Svensson, Pelle (2/2) | Tomov, Aleksandar (1/5) |
1972 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Berceanu, Gheorghe (3/3) | Kirov, Petar (4/5) | Kazakov, Rustam (3/3) | Markov, Georgi (2/2) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (1/3) | Mácha, Vítězslav (1/3) | Hegedűs, Csaba (2/2) | Rezantsev, Valery (3/7) | Martinescu, Nicolae (1/1) | Roshchin, Anatoly (4/4) |
1973 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Zubkov, Vladimir (2/4) | Ginga, Nicu (1/2) | Lipień, Józef (1/1) | Lipień, Kazimierz (1/3) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (2/3) | Kolev, Ivan (1/1) | Liberman, Leonid (1/1) | Rezantsev, Valery (4/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (1/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (2/5) |
1974 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Zubkov, Vladimir (3/4) | Kirov, Petar (5/5) | Mustafin, Farhat (1/2) | Lipień, Kazimierz (1/3) | Davydyan, Nelson (1/2) | Mácha, Vítězslav (2/3) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (2/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (5/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (2/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (3/5) |
1975 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Zubkov, Vladimir (4/4) | Konstantinov, Vitali (1/2) | Mustafin, Farhat (2/2) | Davydyan, Nelson (2/2) | Khisamutdinov, Shamil (3/3) | Bykov, Anatoly (1/2) | Nazarenko, Anatoly (3/3) | Rezantsev, Valery (6/7) | Goranov, Kamen (1/1) | Tomov, Aleksandar (4/5) |
1976 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Shumakov, Alexei (1/2) | Konstantinov, Vitali (2/2) | Ukkola, Pertti (2/2) | Lipień, Kazimierz (3/3) | Nalbandyan, Suren (2/2) | Bykov, Anatoly (2/2) | Petković, Momir (1/1) | Rezantsev, Valery (7/7) | Balboshin, Nikolai (3/6) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (1/3) |
1977 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Shumakov, Alexei (2/2) | Ginga, Nicu (2/2) | Ukkola, Pertti (2/2) | Reczi, Laszlo (1/1) | Wehling, Heinz-Helmut (1/1) | Mácha, Vítězslav (3/3) | Cheboksarov, Vladimir (1/1) | Andersson, Frank (1/3) | Balboshin, Nikolai (4/6) | Dinev, Nikola (1/2) |
1978 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Alexandru, Constantin (1/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (1/3) | Serikov, Shamil (1/3) | Kramorenko, Boris (1/1) | Rusu, Ștefan (1/3) | Niftullayev, Arif (1/1) | Draica, Ion (1/2) | Ivanov, Stoyan (1/1) | Balboshin, Nikolai (5/6) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (2/3) |
1979 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Alexandru, Constantin (2/2) | Racz, Lajos (1/1) | Serikov, Shamil (2/3) | Tóth, István (1/2) | Supron, Andrzej (1/1) | Kocsis, Ferenc (1/2) &
Shopov, Yanko (1/1) | Korban, Gennadi (1/3) | Andersson, Frank (2/3) | Balboshin, Nikolai (6/6) | Tomov, Aleksandar (5/5) |
1980 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk (1/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (2/3) | Serikov, Shamil (3/3) | Mygiakis, Stelios (1/1) | Rusu, Ștefan (2/3) | Kocsis, Ferenc (2/2) | Korban, Gennadi (2/3) | Növényi, Norbert (1/1) | Raikov, Georgi (1/1) | Kolchinsky, Alexander (3/3) |
1981 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk (2/2) | Blagidze, Vakhtang (3/3) | Passarelli, Pasquale (1/2) | Tóth, István (2/2) | Ermilov, Gennady (1/2) | Kudryavtsev, Aleksandr (1/1) | Korban, Gennady (3/3) | Kanygin, Igor (1/2) | Saladze, Mikhail (1/1) | Memišević, Refik (1/1) |
1982 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Kasarashvili, Temo (1/1) | Pashayan, Benur (1/2) | Michalik, Piotr (1/1) | Świerad, Ryszard (1/1) | Ermilov, Gennady (2/2) | Rusu, Ștefan (3/3) | Apkhazava, Taymuraz (1/2) | Andersson, Frank (3/3) | Wrocławski, Roman (1/1) | Dinev, Nikola (2/2) |
1983 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Tsenov, Bratan (1/1) | Pashayan, Benur (2/2) | Eto, Masaki (1/1) | Lahtinen, Hannu (1/1) | Sipilä, Tapio (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (1/4) | Apkhazava, Taymuraz (2/2) | Kanygin, Igor (2/2) | Dimitrov, Andrey (1/2) | Artyukhin, Evgeny (1/1) |
1984 | ![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) | Maenza, Vincenzo (1/2) | Miyahara, Atsuji (1/1) | Passarelli, Pasquale (2/2) | Kim, Weon-kee (1/1) | Lisjak, Vlado (1/1) | Salomäki, Jouko (1/2) | Draica, Ion (2/2) | Fraser, Steve (1/1) | Andrei, Vasile (1/1) | Blatnick Jeff (1/1) |
1985 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (1/3) | Rønningen, Jon (1/3) | Balov, Stoyan (1/1) | Vangelov, Zhivko (1/1) | Negrisan, Stefan (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (2/4) | Daras, Bogdan (1/2) | Houck, Michael (1/1) | Dimitrov, Andrey (2/2) | Rostorotsky, Igor (1/2) |
1986 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (2/3) | Dydyaev, Sergey (1/1) | Ivanov, Emil (1/2) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (1/3) | Julfalakyan, Levon (1/2) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (3/4) | Daras, Bogdan (2/2) & Komaromi, Tibor (1/3) | Malina, Andrzej (1/1) | Gáspár, Tamás (1/1) | Johansson, Tomas (1/1) |
1987 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Allahverdiyev, Mahaddin (3/3) | Roque, Pedro (1/1) | Mourier, Patrice (1/1) | Vangelov, Zhivko (2/2) | Abaeev, Aslaudin (1/1) | Salomäki, Jouko (2/2) | Komaromi, Tibor (2/3) | Popov, Vladimir (1/1) | Gedekhauri, Guram (1/1) | Rostorotsky, Igor (2/2) |
1988 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Maenza, Vincenzo (2/2) | Rønningen, Jon (2/3) | Sike, András (1/1) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (2/3) | Julfalakyan, Levon (2/2) | Kim, Young-nam (1/1) | Mamiashvili, Mikhail (4/4) | Komchev, Atanas (1/1) | Wroński, Andrzej (1/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (1/12) |
1989 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Kucherenko, Oleg (1/3) | Ignatenko, Alexander (1/2) | Ivanov, Emil (2/2) | Madzhidov, Kamandar (3/3) | Passarelli, Claudio (1/1) | Turlykhanov, Daulet (1/1) | Komaromi, Tibor (3/3) | Bullmann, Maik (1/4) | Himmel, Gerhard (1/1) | Karelin, Aleksandr (2/12) |
1990 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Kucherenko, Oleg (2/3) | Ignatenko, Alexander (2/2) | Yildiz, Rifat (1/2) | Olivera, Mario (1/1) | Dugushiev, Islam (1/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (1/4) | Farkas, Péter (1/3) | Bullmann, Maik (2/4) | Demyashkevich, Sergey (1/1) | Karelin, Aleksandr (3/12) |
1991 | ![Soviet Union](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png) | Goun, Duk-yong (1/1) | Martínez, Raúl (1/2) | Yildiz, Rifat (2/2) | Martynov, Sergey (1/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (2/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (2/4) | Farkas, Péter (2/3) | Bullmann, Maik (3/4) | Milián, Héctor (1/2) | Karelin, Aleksandr (4/12) |
1992 | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/21px-Olympic_flag.svg.png) | Kucherenko, Oleg (3/3) | Rønningen, Jon (3/3) | An, Han-bong (1/1) | Akif Pirim, Mehmet (1/1) | Repka, Attila (1/1) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (3/4) | Farkas, Péter (3/3) | Bullmann, Maik (4/4) | Milián, Héctor (2/2) | Karelin, Aleksandr (5/12) |
1993 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Russia_%281991%E2%80%931993%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia_%281991%E2%80%931993%29.svg.png) | Sánchez, Wilber (1/2) | Martínez, Raúl (2/2) | Manukyan, Aghasi (1/2) | Martynov, Sergey (2/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (3/4) | Almanza, Néstor (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (1/5) | Koguashvili, Gogi (1/5) | Ljungberg, Mikael (1/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (6/12) |
1994 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Sánchez, Wilber (2/2) | Ter-Mkrtchyan, Alfred (1/1) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (1/3) | Martynov, Sergey (3/4) | Dugushiev, Islam (4/4) | Iskandaryan, Mnatsakan (4/4) | Zander, Thomas (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (2/5) | Wroński, Andrzej (2/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (7/12) |
1995 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Sim, Kwon-ho (1/4) | Danielyan, Samvel (1/1) | Hall, Dennis (1/1) | Martynov, Sergey (4/4) | Adzhi, Rustam (1/1) | Riemer, Yvon (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (2/5) | Hakkı, Hakkı (1/1) | Ljungberg, Mikael (2/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (8/12) |
1996 | ![Poland](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png) | Sim, Kwon-ho (2/4) | Nazaryan, Armen (1/5) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (2/3) | Zawadzki, Włodzimierz (1/1) | Wolny, Ryszard (1/1) | Azcuy, Filiberto (1/3) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (3/5) | Oleynyk, Vyacheslav (1/1) | Wroński, Andrzej (3/3) | Karelin, Aleksandr (9/12) |
1997–2001
Year | Team | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
1997 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Yıldız, Ercan (1/1) | Melnichenko, Yuriy (3/3) | Eroğlu, Şeref (1/1) | Son, Sang-pil (1/2) | Yli-Hannuksela, Marko (1/1) | Tsvir, Sergey (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (3/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (10/12) |
1998 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Sim, Kwon-ho (3/4) | Kim, In-sub (1/2) | Manukyan, Mkhitar (1/2) | Tretyakov, Aleksandr (1/1) | Baiseitov, Bakhtiyar (1/1) | Menshchikov, Aleksandr (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (4/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (11/12) |
1999 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Rivas, Lázaro (1/1) | Kim, In-sub (2/2) | Manukyan, Mkhitar (2/2) | Son, Sang-pil (2/2) | Avluca, Nazmi (1/2) | Méndez, Luis Enrique (1/1) | Koguashvili, Gogi (5/5) | Karelin, Aleksandr (12/12) |
2000 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Sim, Kwon-ho (4/4) | Nazaryan, Armen (2/5) | Samourgachev, Varteres (1/3) | Azcuy, Filiberto (2/3) | Kardanov, Murat (1/1) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (4/5) | Ljungberg, Mikael (3/3) | Gardner, Rulon (1/2) |
2001 | ![Cuba](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png) | Rangraz, Hassan (1/1) | Aripov, Dilshod (1/1) | Galstyan, Vaghinak (1/1) | Azcuy, Filiberto (3/3) | Abrahamian, Ara (1/2) | Vakhtangadze, Mukhran (1/1) | Bezruchkin, Alexander (1/1) | Gardner, Rulon (2/2) |
2002–2013
Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 66 kg | 74 kg | 84 kg | 96 kg | 120 kg |
2002 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Mamedaliyev, Geidar (1/1) | Nazaryan, Armen (3/5) | Samuelsson, Jimmy (1/1) | Samourgachev, Varteres (2/3) | Abrahamian, Ara (2/2) | Özal, Mehmet (1/1) | Byers, Dremiel (1/1) |
2003 | ![Georgia (country)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png) | Jabłoński, Dariusz (1/1) | Nazaryan, Armen (4/5) | Kvirkelia, Manuchar (2/2) | Glushkov, Aleksei (1/1) | Tsitsiashvili, Gocha (1/1) | Lidberg, Martin (1/1) | Baroev, Khasan (1/3) |
2004 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Majoros, István (1/1) | Jung, Ji-hyun (1/1) | Mansurov, Farid (1/3) | Dokturishvili, Aleksandr (1/1) | Mishin, Aleksei (1/2) | Gaber, Karam (1/1) | Baroev, Khasan (2/3) |
2005 | ![Hungary](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (1/7) | Nazaryan, Armen (5/5) | Gergov, Nikolay (1/1) | Samourgachev, Varteres (3/3) | Selimau, Alim (1/2) | Yerlikaya, Hamza (5/5) | López, Mijaín (1/9) |
2006 | ![Turkey](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (2/7) | Warren, Joe (1/1) | Li, Yanyan (1/1) | Shatskykh, Volodimir (1/1) | Abdelfatah, Mohamed (1/1) | Nabi, Heiki (1/2) | Baroev, Khasan (3/3) |
2007 | ![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (3/7) | Bedinadze, David (1/1) | Mansurov, Farid (2/3) | Yanakiev, Yavor (1/1) | Mishin, Aleksei (2/2) | Nozadze, Ramaz (1/1) | López, Mijaín (2/9) |
2008 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Mankiev, Nazyr (1/1) | Albiev, Islambek (2/2) | Guenot, Steeve (1/1) | Kvirkelia, Manuchar (2/2) | Minguzzi, Andrea (1/1) | Khushtov, Aslanbek (1/1) | López, Mijaín (3/9) |
2009 | ![Turkey](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (4/7) | Albiev, Islambek (2/2) | Mansurov, Farid (3/3) | Çebi, Selçuk (1/3) | Avluca, Nazmi (2/2) | Kiss, Balázs (1/1) | López, Mijaín (4/9) |
2010 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (5/7) | Aliyev, Hasan (1/1) | Vachadze, Ambako (1/1) | Çebi, Selçuk (2/3) | Marinov, Hristo (1/1) | Ali-Akbari, Amir (1/1) | López, Mijaín (5/9) |
2011 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Bayramov, Rovshan (1/1) | Norouzi, Omid (1/2) | Abdevali, Saeid (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (1/5) | Selimau, Alim (2/2) | Guri, Elis (1/1) | Kayaalp, Rıza (1/5) |
2012 | ![Iran](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (6/7) | Norouzi, Omid (2/2) | Kim, Hyeon-woo (1/2) | Vlasov, Roman (2/5) | Khugaev, Alan (1/1) | Rezaei, Ghasem (1/1) | López, Mijaín (6/9) |
2013 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Yun, Won-chol (1/1) | Angelov, Ivo (1/1) | Ryu, Han-su (1/2) | Kim, Hyeon-woo (2/2) | Nematpour, Taleb (1/1) | Melnikov, Nikita (1/1) | Nabi, Heiki (2/2) |
2014–2017
Year | Team | 59 kg | 66 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 80 kg | 85 kg | 98 kg | 130 kg |
2014 | ![Iran](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png) | Sourian, Hamid (7/7) | Štefanek, Davor (1/2) | Labazanov, Chingiz (1/1) | Julfalakyan, Arsen (1/1) | Bácsi, Péter (1/2) | Noumonvi, Mélonin (1/1) | Aleksanyan, Artur (1/5) | López, Mijaín (7/9) |
2015 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Borrero, Ismael (1/3) | Stäbler, Frank (1/3) | Chunayev, Rasul (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (3/5) | Çebi, Selçuk (3/3) | Beleniuk, Zhan (1/3) | Aleksanyan, Artur (2/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (2/5) |
2016 | ![Cuba](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png) | Borrero, Ismael (2/3) | Štefanek, Davor (2/2) | Korpasi, Balint (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (4/5) | Abacharaev, Ramazan (1/1) | Chakvetadze, Davit (1/1) | Aleksanyan, Artur (3/5) | López, Mijaín (8/9) |
2017 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Fumita, Kenichiro (1/2) | Ryu, Han-su (2/2) | Stäbler, Frank (2/3) | Nemeš, Viktor (1/1) | Manukyan, Maksim (1/1) | Başar, Metehan (1/2) | Aleksanyan, Artur (4/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (3/5) |
2018–2019
Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
2018 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Azizli, Eldaniz (1/3) | Emelin, Sergey (1/1) | Maryanyan, Stepan (1/1) | Surkov, Artem (1/1) | Stäbler, Frank (3/3) | Chekhirkin, Aleksandr (1/1) | Bácsi, Péter (2/2) | Başar, Metehan (2/2) | Evloev, Musa (1/3) | Semenov, Sergey (1/1) |
2019 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) | Tsurtsumia, Nugzari (1/1) | Fumita, Kenichiro (2/2) | Ota, Shinobu (1/1) | Borrero, Ismael (3/3) | Mantsigov, Abuyazid (1/1) | Lőrincz, Tamás (1/2) | Gobadze, Lasha (1/1) | Beleniuk, Zhan (2/3) | Evloev, Musa (2/3) | Kayaalp, Rıza (4/5) |
2021
2021–2024
Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
2021 | ![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/RWF_logo.svg/23px-RWF_logo.svg.png) | Matsui, Ken (1/1) | Ciobanu, Victor (1/1) | Dalkhani, Meisam (1/1) | Geraei, Mohammad Reza (2/2) | Amoyan, Malkhas (1/1) | Vlasov, Roman (5/5) | Huseynov, Rafig (1/2) | Datunashvili, Zurabi (1/2) | Saravi, Mohammad Hadi (1/1) | Yousefi, Ali Akbar (1/1) |
2022 | ![Turkey](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png) | Azizli, Eldaniz (2/3) | Sharshenbekov, Zholaman (1/2) | Nađ, Sebastian (1/1) | Nemeš, Mate (1/1) | Arsalan, Ali (1/1) | Makhmudov, Akzhol (1/2) | Akbudak, Burhan (1/1) | Datunashvili, Zurabi (2/2) | Aleksanyan, Artur (5/5) | Kayaalp, Rıza (5/5) |
2023 | ![Azerbaijan](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png) | Azizli, Eldaniz (3/3) | Sharshenbekov, Zholaman (2/2) | Abuladze, Leri (1/1) | Orta, Luis (2/2) | Ghanem, Ibrahim (1/1) | Makhmudov, Akzhol (2/2) | Huseynov, Rafig (2/2) | Cengiz, Ali (1/1) & Losonczi, Dávid (1/1) | Rosillo, Gabriel (1/1) | Mirzazadeh, Amin (1/1) |
2024 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions
12 World Level Championships
Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999
9 World Level Championships
Mijaín López, 2005–2021
7 World Level Championships
Valery Rezantsev, 1970–1976
Hamid Sourian, 2005–2014
6 World Level Championships
Nikolai Balboshin, 1973–1979
5 World Level Championships
István Kozma, 1962–1968
Roman Rurua, 1966–1970
Viktor Igumenov, 1966–1971
Petar Kirov, 1968–1974
Aleksandar Tomov, 1971–1979
Gogi Koguashvili, 1993–1999
Hamza Yerlikaya, 1993–2005
Armen Nazaryan, 1996–2005
Roman Vlasov, 2011–2021
Rıza Kayaalp, 2011–2022
Artur Aleksanyan, 2014–2022
Team Championships
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
54 World Level Championships
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1952–2021
7 World Level Championships
1908–1950
5 World Level Championships
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1904–1920
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1911–1924
4 World Level Championships
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1896–1928
3 World Level Championships
2001–2021
2006–2022
2 World Level Championships
1984–2007
2012–2014
1 World Level Championship
1907
1971
1996
2003
2005
2023
See also
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