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
editOlympic Champions and Olympic competition years in Greco-Roman wrestling are highlighted in gold.
1896
edit| Year | Team | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 |  |
Schuhmann, Carl (1/1)
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1898
edit| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1898 |  Pons, Paul
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1904
edit| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  |
 Ahlqvist, Severin (1/1) |
Arnold, Rudolf (1/1)
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1905
edit| Year | Team | 68 kg | 80 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | |
Schibilski, Theodor (1/1) |
Hein, Albert (1/1) |
Jensen, Søren Marinus (1/2)
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1906–1907
edit| Year | Team | 75 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | |
Watzl, Rudolf (1/1) |
 Weckman, Verner (1/2) |
Jensen, Søren Marinus (2/2)
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| 1907 | |
Übler, Christoph (1/1) |
Christensen, Harald (1/1) |
Egeberg, Hans (1/2)
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1908–1909
edit| Year | Team | 66 kg | 73 kg | 93 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  |
 Porro, Enrico (1/1) |
Martensson, Frithiof (1/1) |
Weckman, Verner (2/2) |
 Weisz, Richárd (1/1)
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| Year | Team | 75 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | |
Diry, Robert (1/1) |
Egeberg, Hans (2/2)
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| 1909 | |
Toduschek, Alois (1/1) |
Schmitz, Anton (1/1)
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1910
edit| Year | Team | 60 kg | 70 kg | 85 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | |
Wernicke, Karl (1/1) |
Altroggen, Fritz (1/1) |
Buchholz, Hermann (1/1) |
Sperling, Gustav (1/1)
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1911
edit| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67 kg | 73 kg | 83 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | |
Hyvönen, Antti (1/1) |
Tuominen, Nestori (1/1) |
Väre, Emil (1/3) |
Asikainen, Alfred (1/1) |
Saarela, Yrjö (1/2)
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1912
edit| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | |
Koskelo, Kaarlo (1/1) |
Väre, Emil (2/3) |
Johansson, Claes (1/2) |
None awarded | Saarela, Yrjö (2/2)
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1913
edit| Year | Team | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | |
Hegewald, Ewald (1/1) |
Baumann, Georg (1/1) |
Nilsson, Ernst (1/2) |
Ahlgren, Anders (1/1)
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1920
edit| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  |
Friman, Oskari (1/3) |
Väre, Emil (3/3) |
Westergren, Carl (1/4) |
Johansson, Claes (2/2) |
Lindfors, Adolf (1/1)
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| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  |
 Reitmeier, Franz (1/1) |
 Radvány, Ödön (1/1) |
Fischer, Viktor (1/1) |
Heinl, Michael (1/1) |
Bock, Heinrich (1/1)
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1921–1928
edit| Year | Team | 58 kg | 62 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | |
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 | |
Svensson, Fritiof (1/1) |
Anttila, Kalle (2/3) |
Westerlund, Edvard (1/2) |
Westergren, Carl (2/4) |
Rosenqvist, Edil (2/2) |
Nilsson, Ernst (2/2)
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| 1924 | |
 Pütsep, Eduard (1/1) |
Anttila, Kalle (3/3) |
Friman, Oskari (3/3) |
Westerlund, Edvard (2/2) |
Westergren, Carl (3/4) |
Deglane, Henri (1/1)
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| 1928 | |
Leucht, Kurt (1/1) |
Väli, Voldemar (1/1) |
Keresztes, Lajos (1/1) |
Kokkinen, Väinö (1/2) |
 Moustafa, Ibrahim (1/1) |
Svensson, Rudolf (1/2)
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1932–1936
edit| Year | Team | 56 kg | 61 kg | 66 kg | 72 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | |
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)
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| 1936 | |
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)
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1948–1968
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1969–1996
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1997–2001
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2002–2013
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2014–2017
edit| Year | Team | 59 kg | 66 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 80 kg | 85 kg | 98 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  |
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 (7/10)
|
| 2015 | |
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)
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| 2016 | |
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 (8/10)
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| 2017 | |
 Fumita, Kenichiro (1/3) |
 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)
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2018–2019
edit| Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |
Azizli, Eldaniz (1/4) |
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)
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| 2019 | |
 Tsurtsumia, Nugzari (1/1) |
Fumita, Kenichiro (2/3) |
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)
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2021
edit| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67 kg | 77 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |
Orta, Luis (1/2) |
Geraei, Mohammad Reza (1/2) |
Lőrincz, Tamás (2/2) |
Beleniuk, Zhan (3/3) |
 Evloev, Musa (3/3) |
López, Mijaín (9/10)
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2021–2024
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Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions
edit12 World Level Championships
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Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999
10 World Level Championships
edit Mijaín López, 2005–2024
7 World Level Championships
edit Valery Rezantsev, 1970–1976
Hamid Sourian, 2005–2014
6 World Level Championships
edit Nikolai Balboshin, 1973–1979
5 World Level Championships
edit 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
editThe 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
edit 1908–1950
5 World Level Championships
edit / 1904–1920
/ 1911–1924
4 World Level Championships
edit / 1896–1928
3 World Level Championships
edit 2001–2021
2006–2022
2012–2024
2 World Level Championships
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1984–2007
2023–2024
1 World Level Championship
edit 1907
1971
1996
2003
2005
