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 edit
Olympic 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)
|
1905 edit
| Year | Team | 68 kg | 80 kg | Unlimited Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | |
Schibilski, Theodor (1/1) |
Hein, Albert (1/1) |
Jensen, Søren Marinus (1/2)
|
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)
|
| 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, Richard (1/1)
|
| 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)
|
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)
|
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)
|
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)
|
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)
|
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)
|
| 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)
|
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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
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)
|
| 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)
|
1948–1968 edit
1969–1996 edit
1997–2001 edit
2002–2013 edit
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 (7/9)
|
| 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)
|
| 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 (8/9)
|
| 2017 | |
 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 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 (1/3) |
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 | |
 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 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 (9/9)
|
2021–2023 edit
| Year | Team | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  |
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 | |
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 | |
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)
|
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions edit
12 World Level Championships edit
Aleksandr Karelin, 1988–1999
9 World Level Championships edit
Mijaín López, 2005–2021
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 edit
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 edit
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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
2 World Level Championships edit
1984–2007
2012–2014
1 World Level Championship edit
1907
1971
1996
2003
2005
2023
