This is a List of World Championships medalists in women's freestyle wrestling.
Light flyweight edit
- 44 kg: 1987–1996
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Lørenskog |  Brigitte Weigert (BEL)
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 Anne Johnsen (NOR)
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 Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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| 1989 Martigny | Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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 Huang Yu-hsin (TPE)
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Trine Strand (NOR)
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| 1990 Luleå | Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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 Marie Ziegler (USA)
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Chen Huei-hsiang (TPE)
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| 1991 Tokyo |  Zhong Xiue (CHN)
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Marie Ziegler (USA)
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Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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| 1992 Villeurbanne | Pan Yanping (CHN)
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Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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 Tatiana Karamchakova (RUS)
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| 1993 Stavern | Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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Trine Strand (NOR)
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Tatiana Karamchakova (RUS)
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| 1994 Sofia | Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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 Tatiana Karamchakova (RUS)
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 Dana Durecová (CZE)
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| 1995 Moscow | Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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Mette Barlie (NOR)
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Vickie Zummo (USA)
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| 1996 Sofia | Zhong Xiue (CHN)
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 Almuth Leitgeb (AUT)
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Shoko Yoshimura (JPN)
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Flyweight edit
- 47 kg: 1987–1996
- 46 kg: 1997–2001
- 48 kg: 2002–2017
- 50 kg: 2018–
Bantamweight edit
- 50 kg: 1987–1996
- 51 kg: 1997–2013
- 53 kg: 2014–
Featherweight edit
- 53 kg: 1987–1996
- 55 kg: 2014–
Lightweight edit
- 57 kg: 1987–1996
- 56 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2002–2013
- 58 kg: 2004–2017
- 57 kg: 2018–
Welterweight edit
- 59 kg: 2002–2013
- 60 kg: 2014–2017
- 59 kg: 2018–
Middleweight edit
- 61 kg: 1987–1996
- 62 kg: 1997–2001
- 63 kg: 2002–2017
- 62 kg: 2018–
Super middleweight edit
- 65 kg: 1987–
Light heavyweight edit
- 70 kg: 1987–1996
- 68 kg: 1997–2001
- 67 kg: 2002–2013
- 69 kg: 2014–2017
- 68 kg: 2018–
First heavyweight edit
- 72 kg: 2018–
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Budapest |  Justina Di Stasio (CAN)
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 Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa (MGL)
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Martina Kuenz (AUT)
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 Buse Tosun (TUR)
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| 2019 Nur-Sultan | Natalia Vorobieva (RUS)
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 Alina Berezhna (UKR)
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Paliha (CHN)
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 Masako Furuichi (JPN)
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| 2021 Oslo | Masako Furuichi (JPN)
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 Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)
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 Anna Schell (GER)
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| Buse Tosun (TUR)
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| 2022 Belgrade | Amit Elor (USA)
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Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)
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Masako Furuichi (JPN)
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 Alexandra Anghel (ROU)
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| 2023 Belgrade | Amit Elor (USA)
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Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL)
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Miwa Morikawa (JPN)
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| Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)
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Heavyweight edit
- 75 kg: 1987–2001
- 72 kg: 2002–2013
- 75 kg: 2014–2017
- 76 kg: 2018–
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 102 | 43 | 42 | 187 |
| 2 | China | 27 | 19 | 33 | 79 |
| 3 | United States | 25 | 38 | 35 | 98 |
| 4 |  France | 22 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 5 | Canada | 12 | 13 | 26 | 51 |
| 6 | Norway | 11 | 13 | 22 | 46 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 10 | 9 | 22 | 41 |
| 8 | Russia | 7 | 27 | 35 | 69 |
| 9 |  Bulgaria | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 |  Sweden | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 |
| 11 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Mongolia | 4 | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 13 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 |  Azerbaijan | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 |  Venezuela | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 16 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | Germany | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| 18 |  Belarus | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 19 |  Poland | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 20 |  Moldova | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 22 |  Hungary | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 |  North Korea | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 24 |  Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Greece | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 28 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 |  India | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 30 |  Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 31 |  Estonia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| – |  Individual Neutral Athletes[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 |  Latvia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 40 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Russian Wrestling Federation[b] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 43 |  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United World Wrestling[c] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (51 entries) | 264 | 264 | 401 | 929 | |
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Notes edit
- ^ At the 2023 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).
- ^ At the 2023 World Championships, as a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).