List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
This is the List of World Championships medalists in men's freestyle wrestling.
Light flyweight
- 48 kg: 1969–1995
Flyweight
- 52 kg: 1951–1995
- 54 kg: 1997–2001
Bantamweight
- 57 kg: 1951–1995
- 58 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2002–2013
- 57 kg: 2014–
Featherweight
- 62 kg: 1951–1961
- 63 kg: 1962–1967
- 62 kg: 1969–1995
- 63 kg: 1997–2001
- 60 kg: 2002–2013
- 61 kg: 2014–
Lightweight
- 67 kg: 1951–1961
- 70 kg: 1962–1967
- 68 kg: 1969–1995
- 69 kg: 1997–2001
- 66 kg: 2002–2013
- 65 kg: 2014–
Light welterweight
- 70 kg: 2014–
Welterweight
- 73 kg: 1951–1961
- 78 kg: 1962–1967
- 74 kg: 1969–1995
- 76 kg: 1997–2001
- 74 kg: 2002–
Light middleweight
- 79 kg: 2018–
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Budapest |  Kyle Dake (USA)
|
 Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)
|
 Ali Shabanau (BLR)
|
 Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)
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| 2019 Nur-Sultan | Kyle Dake (USA)
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Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)
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Gadzhi Nabiev (RUS)
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 Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)
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| 2021 Oslo | Jordan Burroughs (USA)
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 Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
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 Nika Kentchadze (GEO)
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 Radik Valiev (RWF)
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| 2022 Belgrade | Jordan Burroughs (USA)
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Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
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 Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)
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 Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)
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| 2023 Belgrade |  Akhmed Usmanov (AIN)
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Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)
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Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
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| Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)
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| 2024 Tirana | Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)
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Magomed Magomaev (AIN)
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Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
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| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)
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| 2025 Zagreb |  Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
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Levi Haines (USA)
|
 Khidir Saipudinov (BRN)
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| Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
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Middleweight
- 79 kg: 1951–1961
- 87 kg: 1962–1967
- 82 kg: 1969–1995
- 85 kg: 1997–2001
- 84 kg: 2002–2013
- 86 kg: 2014–
Light heavyweight
- 87 kg: 1951–1961
- 97 kg: 1962–1967
- 90 kg: 1969–1995
- 92 kg: 2018–
Heavyweight
- +87 kg: 1951–1961
- +97 kg: 1962–1967
- 100 kg: 1969–1995
- 97 kg: 1997–2001
- 96 kg: 2002–2013
- 97 kg: 2014–
Super heavyweight
- +100 kg: 1969–1983
- 130 kg: 1985–2001
- 120 kg: 2002–2013
- 125 kg: 2014–
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 121 | 44 | 38 | 203 |
| 2 |  United States | 59 | 56 | 61 | 176 |
| 3 | Russia | 59 | 18 | 34 | 111 |
| 4 | Iran | 55 | 59 | 54 | 168 |
| 5 |  Turkey | 30 | 29 | 37 | 96 |
| 6 |  Japan | 29 | 26 | 31 | 86 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria | 22 | 54 | 47 | 123 |
| 8 |  Cuba | 12 | 16 | 26 | 54 |
| 9 | Georgia | 10 | 12 | 27 | 49 |
| 10 |  North Korea | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 18 | 17 | 41 |
| 12 |  East Germany | 5 | 15 | 17 | 37 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 14 |  Uzbekistan | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 15 |  Armenia | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 17 |  West Germany | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 18 |  Mongolia | 3 | 16 | 25 | 44 |
| 19 | Germany | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes[a] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | Russian Wrestling Federation[b] | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 |  Hungary | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 22 |  Kazakhstan | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 23 |  Canada | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 24 | Belarus | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 25 |  Sweden | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 |  Italy | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 |  Poland | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 28 |  Romania | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 29 |  India | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 30 | Greece | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 32 |  Moldova | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 |  Albania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| – |  United World Wrestling[c] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 |  Serbia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 |  Finland | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 38 | Slovakia | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 40 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 |  China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 45 |  Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 |  Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 San Marino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (49 entries) | 475 | 474 | 613 | 1,562 | |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Notes
- ^ At the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia. They instead participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
- ^ At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), 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 2025 World Championships, wrestlers from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia. 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.