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List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling 
Summary
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling. Men's freestyle wrestling competition first began at the Olympics in 1904. The World Championships for men's freestyle wrestling first began in 1951. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept at the Olympics.
World Level Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling by Year and Weight edit
Olympic Champions and Olympic competition years in freestyle wrestling are highlighted in gold.
1904 edit
| Year | Team | 47.6 kg | 52.2 kg | 56.7 kg | 61.2 kg | 65.8 kg | 71.7 kg | 71.7+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  |
Curry, Robert (1/1) |
Mehnert, George (1/2) |
Niflot, Isidor (1/1) |
Bradshaw, Benjamin (1/1) |
Roehm, Otto (1/1) |
 Ericksen, Charles (1/1) |
Hansen, Bernhoff (1/1)
|
1908 edit
| Year | Team | 54 kg | 60.3 kg | 66.6 kg | 73 kg | 73+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  |
 Mehnert, George (2/2) |
Dole, George (1/1) |
de Relwyskow, George (1/1) |
Bacon, Stanley (1/1) |
O'Kelly, Con (1/1)
|
1920 edit
| Year | Team | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | 82.5+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  |
 Ackerly, Charles (1/1) |
Anttila, Kalle (1/1) |
Leino, Eino (1/1) |
 Larsson, Anders (1/1) |
 Roth, Robert (1/1)
|
1924–1936 edit
| Year | Team | 56 kg | 61 kg | 66 kg | 72 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | |
Pihlajamäki, Kustaa (1/2) |
Reed, Robin (1/1) |
Vis, Russell (1/1) |
Gehri, Hermann (1/1) |
Hagmann, Fritz (1/1) |
Spellman, John (1/1) |
Steel, Harry (1/1)
|
| 1928 | |
Mäkinen, Kaarlo (1/1) |
Morrison, Allie (1/1) |
 Käpp, Osvald (1/1) |
Haavisto, Arvo (1/1) |
Kyburz, Ernst (1/1) |
Sjöstedt, Thure (1/1) |
Richthoff, Johan (1/2)
|
| 1932 | |
Pearce, Robert (1/1) |
Pihlajamäki, Hermanni (1/1) |
 Pacôme, Charles (1/1) |
van Bebber, Jack (1/1) |
Johansson, Ivar (1/1) |
Mehringer, Peter (1/1) |
Richthoff, Johan (2/2)
|
| 1936 |  |
Zombori, Ödön (1/1) |
Pihlajamäki, Kustaa (2/2) |
Kárpáti, Károly (1/1) |
Lewis, Frank (1/1) |
Poilvé, Emile (1/1) |
Fridell, Knut (1/1) |
Palusalu, Kristjan (1/1)
|
1948–1968 edit
1969–1996 edit
1997–2001 edit
| Year | Team | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  |
 García, Wilfredo (1/1) |
 Talaei, Mohammad (1/1) |
Hajkenari, Abbas (1/1) |
 Gevorgyan, Arayik (2/3) |
Saitiev, Buvaisar (3/9) |
 Gutches, Les (1/1) |
Kuramagomedov, Kramagomed (1/1) |
 Güçlü, Zekeriya (1/1)
|
| 1998 | |
Henson, Sammie (1/1) |
Dabir, Alireza (1/2) |
 Barzakov, Serafim (1/2) |
Gevorgyan, Arayik (3/3) |
Saitiev, Buvaisar (4/9) |
Heidari, Alireza (1/1) |
Jadidi, Abbas (1/1) |
Rodríguez, Alexis (1/1)
|
| 1999 | |
 Kim, Woo-yong (1/1) |
Doğan, Harun (1/1) |
 Tedeyev, Elbrus (2/4) |
 Igali, Daniel (1/2) |
Saitiev, Adam (1/3) |
Romero, Yoel (1/1) |
Murtazaliev, Sagid (1/2) |
Neal, Stephen (1/1)
|
| 2000 | |
 Abdullayev, Namig (1/1) |
Dabir, Alireza (2/2) |
Umakhanov, Mourad (1/1) |
Igali, Daniel (2/2) |
Slay, Brandon (1/1) |
Saitiev, Adam (2/3) |
Murtazaliev, Sagid (2/2) |
Musulbes, David (1/3)
|
| 2001 | |
 Kantoyeu, Herman (1/1) |
Sissaouri, Guivi (1/1) |
Barzakov, Serafim (2/2) |
Paslar, Nicolay (1/1) |
Saitiev, Buvaisar (5/9) |
Magomedov, Khadzhimurad (2/2) |
Gogshelidze, Giorgi (1/1) |
Musulbes, David (2/3)
|
2002–2013 edit
2014–2017 edit
| Year | Team | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 86 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | |
 Yang, Kyong-il (2/2) |
 Aliyev, Haji (1/3) |
Ramonov, Soslan (1/2) |
Tsabolov, Khetag (1/1) |
Tsargush, Denis (3/3) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (1/7) |
Gadisov, Abdusalam (1/1) |
Akgül, Taha (1/4)
|
| 2015 | |
 Khinchegashvili, Vladimer (1/2) |
Aliyev, Haji (2/3) |
 Chamizo, Frank (1/2) |
Gazimagomedov, Magomedrasul (1/2) |
Burroughs, Jordan (4/7) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (2/7) |
Snyder, Kyle (1/4) |
Akgül, Taha (2/4)
|
| 2016 | |
Khinchegashvili, Vladimer (2/2) |
Stieber, Logan (1/1) |
Ramonov, Soslan (2/2) |
Kurbanaliev, Magomed (1/1) |
Yazdani, Hassan (1/4) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (3/7) |
Snyder, Kyle (2/4) |
Akgül, Taha (3/4)
|
| 2017 | |
 Takahashi, Yuki (1/1) |
Aliyev, Haji (3/3) |
Iakobishvili, Zurabi (1/1) |
Chamizo, Frank (2/2) |
Burroughs, Jordan (5/7) |
Yazdani, Hassan (2/4) |
Snyder, Kyle (3/4) |
Petriashvili, Geno (1/3)
|
2018–2019 edit
| Year | Team | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 79 kg | 86 kg | 92 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |
Uguev, Zaur (1/3) |
Bonne, Yowlys (1/1) |
Otoguro, Takuto (1/2) |
Gazimagomedov, Magomedrasul (2/2) |
Sidakov, Zaurbek (1/4) |
Dake, Kyle (1/4) |
Taylor, David (1/4) |
Cox, J'Den (1/2) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (4/7) |
Petriashvili, Geno (2/3)
|
| 2019 | |
Uguev, Zaur (2/3) |
Lomtadze, Beka (1/1) |
Rashidov, Gadzhimurad (1/1) |
Baev, David (1/1) |
Sidakov, Zaurbek (2/4) |
Dake, Kyle (2/4) |
Yazdani, Hassan (3/4) |
Cox, J'Den (2/2) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (5/7) |
Petriashvili, Geno (3/3)
|
2021 edit
| Year | Team | 57 kg | 65 kg | 74 kg | 86 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  |
Uguev, Zaur (3/3) |
Otoguro, Takuto (2/2) |
Sidakov, Zaurbek (3/4) |
Taylor, David (2/4) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (6/7) |
Steveson, Gable (1/1)
|
2021–2023 edit
| Year | Team | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 79 kg | 86 kg | 92 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  |
Gilman, Thomas (1/1) |
Magomedov, Abasgadzhi (1/1) |
Shakhiev, Zagir (1/1) |
 Gadzhiev, Magomedmurad (1/1) |
Dake, Kyle (3/4) |
Burroughs, Jordan (6/7) |
Yazdani, Hassan (4/4) |
Ghasempour, Kamran (1/2) |
Sadulaev, Abdulrashid (7/7) |
Zare, Amir Hossein (1/2)
|
| 2022 | |
 Abakarov, Zelimkhan (1/1) |
Higuchi, Rei (1/1) |
Amouzad, Rahman (1/1) |
Narikuni, Taishi (1/1) |
Dake, Kyle (4/4) |
Burroughs, Jordan (7/7) |
Taylor, David (3/4) |
Ghasempour, Kamran (2/2) |
Snyder, Kyle (4/4) |
Akgül, Taha (4/4)
|
| 2023 | |
 Mićić, Stevan (1/1) |
Arujau, Vito (1/1) |
 Muszukajev, Iszmail (1/1) |
Retherford, Zain (1/1) |
 Sidakov, Zaurbek (4/4) |
Usmanov, Akhmed (1/1) |
Taylor, David (4/4) |
 Aitmukhan, Rizabek (1/1) |
 Tazhudinov, Akhmed (1/1) |
Zare, Amir Hossein (2/2)
|
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions edit
10 World Level Championships edit
Aleksandr Medved, 1962–1972
9 World Level Championships edit
Buvaisar Saitiev, 1995–2008
8 World Level Championships edit
Sergei Beloglazov, 1980–1988
Arsen Fadzaev, 1983–1992
Valentin Yordanov, 1983–1996
7 World Level Championships edit
Makharbek Khadartsev, 1986–1992
Abdulrashid Sadulaev, 2014–2021
Jordan Burroughs, 2011–2022
6 World Level Championships edit
Abdollah Movahed, 1965–1970
Levan Tediashvili, 1971–1976
Soslan Andiyev, 1973–1980
John Smith, 1987–1992
Leri Khabelov, 1985–1993
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, 2004–2013
5 World Level Championships edit
Mustafa Dağıstanlı, 1954–1960
Aleksandr Ivanitsky, 1962–1966
Ali Aliev, 1959–1967
Yuji Takada, 1974–1979
Vladimir Yumin, 1974–1979
Bruce Baumgartner, 1984–1995
Team Championships edit
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
47 World Level Championships edit
/ / / / / 1959–2021
10 World Level Championships edit
1904–2023
7 World Level Championships edit
1948–1994
6 World Level Championships edit
/ / 1956–2013
2 World Level Championships edit
1920–1928
1964–1968
1 World Level Championship edit
1908
1936
1952
2003
See also edit
- List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
- Soviet and Russian results in men's freestyle wrestling
- Iranian results in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
References edit
- FILA Wrestling Database