This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's freestyle wrestling.
Light flyweight
[edit]- 48 kg: 1969–1995
Flyweight
[edit]- 52 kg: 1951–1995
- 54 kg: 1997–2001
Bantamweight
[edit]- 57 kg: 1951–1995
- 58 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2002–2013
- 57 kg: 2014–
Featherweight
[edit]- 62 kg: 1951–1961
- 63 kg: 1962–1967
- 62 kg: 1969–1995
- 63 kg: 1997–2001
- 60 kg: 2002–2013
- 61 kg: 2014–
Lightweight
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 70 kg: 2014–
Welterweight
[edit]- 73 kg: 1951–1961
- 78 kg: 1962–1967
- 74 kg: 1969–1995
- 76 kg: 1997–2001
- 74 kg: 2002–
Light middleweight
[edit]- 79 kg: 2018–
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Budapest |  Kyle Dake (USA)
|
 Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)
|
 Ali Shabanau (BLR)
|
 Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)
| |||
| 2019 Nur-Sultan | Kyle Dake (USA)
|
Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)
|
Gadzhi Nabiev (RUS)
|
 Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)
| |||
| 2021 Oslo | Jordan Burroughs (USA)
|
 Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
|
 Nika Kentchadze (GEO)
|
 Radik Valiev (RWF)
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| 2022 Belgrade | Jordan Burroughs (USA)
|
Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
|
 Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)
|
 Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)
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| 2023 Belgrade |  Akhmed Usmanov (AIN)
|
Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)
|
Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
|
| Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)
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| 2024 Tirana | Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)
|
Magomed Magomaev (AIN)
|
Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
|
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)
|
Middleweight
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 87 kg: 1951–1961
- 97 kg: 1962–1967
- 90 kg: 1969–1995
- 92 kg: 2018–
Heavyweight
[edit]- +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
[edit]- +100 kg: 1969–1983
- 130 kg: 1985–2001
- 120 kg: 2002–2013
- 125 kg: 2014–
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 121 | 44 | 38 | 203 |
| 2 | Russia | 59 | 18 | 35 | 112 |
| 3 |  United States | 56 | 55 | 60 | 171 |
| 4 | Iran | 53 | 57 | 51 | 161 |
| 5 |  Turkey | 30 | 29 | 37 | 96 |
| 6 |  Japan | 27 | 24 | 30 | 81 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria | 22 | 54 | 47 | 123 |
| 8 |  Cuba | 12 | 16 | 26 | 54 |
| 9 | Georgia | 10 | 12 | 26 | 48 |
| 10 |  North Korea | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 16 | 15 | 37 |
| 12 |  East Germany | 5 | 15 | 17 | 37 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 14 |  Uzbekistan | 5 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 15 |  Armenia | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 17 |  West Germany | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 18 |  Mongolia | 3 | 15 | 25 | 43 |
| 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 | 12 | 19 |
| 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 | 7 | 15 |
| 28 |  Romania | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 29 |  India | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 30 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 31 |  Moldova | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 |  France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 |  Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Serbia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 36 |  Finland | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 | Slovakia | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 38 |  Greece | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 39 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 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) | 465 | 463 | 593 | 1,521 | |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Notes
[edit]- ^ At the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus 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.
- ^ At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), 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).