The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation that participated in the 2023 continental championships was eligible to participate in the World Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]
2023 World Championships | |
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Host city | Belgrade, Serbia |
Dates | 16–24 September 2023 |
Stadium | Štark Arena |
Champions | |
Freestyle | United States |
Greco-Roman | Azerbaijan |
Women | Japan |
Competition schedule
All times are (UTC+2:00)
Date | Time | Event |
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16 September | 10.30–15.00 | Qualification rounds: FS 61–70–86–125 kg |
17:00–18.15 | Semi-finals: FS 61–70–86–125 kg | |
17 September | 10.30–14.30 | Qualification rounds: FS 79–92–57–74 kg; Repechage: FS 61–70–86–125 kg |
16.45–17.45 | Semi-finals: FS 79–92–57–74 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: FS 61–70–86–125 kg | |
21.00–21.30 | Olympic wrestle-offs: FS 86–125 kg | |
18 September | 10.30–15.00 | Qualification rounds: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg; Repechage: FS 79–92–57–74 kg |
17.00–18.00 | Semi-finals: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: FS 79–92–57–74 kg | |
21.00–21.30 | Olympic wrestle-offs: FS 57–74 kg | |
19 September | 10.30–14.30 | Qualification rounds: WW 65–50–57–76 kg; Repechage: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg |
16.45–17.45 | Semi-finals: WW 65–50–57–76 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg | |
21.00–21.30 | Olympic wrestle-offs: FS 65–79 kg | |
20 September | 10.30–14.00 | Qualification rounds: WW 72–53–62–68 kg; Repechage: WW 65–50–57–76 kg |
16.45–17.45 | Semi-finals: WW 72–53–62–68 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: WW 65–50–57–76 kg | |
21.00–22.00 | Olympic wrestle-offs: WW 50–57–76 kg | |
21 September | 10.30–14.00 | Qualification rounds: GR 55–82–77–130 kg; Repechage: WW 72–53–62–68 kg |
16.45–17.45 | Semi-finals: GR 55–82–77–130 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: WW 72–53–62–68 kg | |
21.00–22.00 | Olympic wrestle-offs: WW 53–62–68 kg | |
22 September | 10.30–14.00 | Qualification rounds: GR 72–60–97 kg; Repechage: GR 55–82–77–130 kg |
17.00–17.45 | Semi-finals: GR 72–60–97 kg | |
18.00–21.00 | Finals: GR 55–82–77–130 kg | |
21.00–21.30 | Olympic wrestle-offs: GR 77–130 kg | |
23 September | 10.30–14.00 | Qualification rounds: GR 63–67–87 kg; Repechage: GR 72–60–97 kg |
17.00–17.45 | Semi-finals: GR 63–67–87 kg | |
18.00–20.30 | Finals: GR 72–60–97 kg | |
20.30–21.00 | Olympic wrestle-offs: GR 60–97 kg | |
24 September | 16.30–17.30 | Repechage: GR 63–67–87 kg |
18:00–20.30 | Finals: GR 63–67–87 kg | |
20.30–21.00 | Olympic wrestle-offs: GR 67–87 kg |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
5 | Iran | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
– | Individual Neutral Athletes [a] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
7 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
10 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
11 | China | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
13 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Mongolia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
18 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
19 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
21 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
23 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United World Wrestling [b] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (31 entries) | 31 | 29 | 60 | 120 |
Team ranking
Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||
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Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points | |
1 | United States | 148 | Azerbaijan | 120 | Japan | 195 |
2 | Iran | 110 | Iran | 102 | United States | 135 |
3 | Georgia | 80 | Turkey | 93 | Mongolia | 80 |
4 | Kazakhstan | 74 | Cuba | 73 | China | 65 |
5 | Azerbaijan | 66 | Armenia | 65 | Ukraine | 59 |
6 | Japan | 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 60 | Moldova | 58 |
7 | Armenia | 49 | Georgia | 59 | Turkey | 55 |
8 | Turkey | 42 | Hungary | 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 47 |
9 | Serbia | 40 | Uzbekistan | 52 | United World Wrestling [b] | 39 |
10 | Hungary | 37 | Serbia | 49 | Germany | 35 |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Paris 2024 qualification
NOC | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Total | |||||||||||||||
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57 | 65 | 74 | 86 | 97 | 125 | 60 | 67 | 77 | 87 | 97 | 130 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 76 | ||
Albania | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Armenia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
China | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colombia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ecuador | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Egypt | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
France | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
India | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Individual Neutral Athletes | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Iran | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Moldova | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mongolia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
San Marino | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Serbia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total: 35 NOCs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 90 |
Controversies
United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the World Championships though they had participated in the pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war.[6] The athletes in question included Abdulrashid Sadulaev, Zaurbek Sidakov, and Zaur Uguev.[7] This decision contradicted the IOC's recommendations.[8] UWW explained its decision to clear them for the World Championships by stating that their participation in certain events was not of their own will and their support for the war and the policy of their government could not be certainly concluded.[9] In general, Individual Neutral Athletes won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals: athletes from Russia (Aues Gonibov, Abasgadzhi Magomedov, Shamil Mamedov, Zaurbek Sidakov and Akhmed Usmanov) won 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals while athletes from Belarus (Vanesa Kaladzinskaya) – 1 silver medal.
Participating nations
941 wrestlers from 87 countries:
- Albania (6)
- Algeria (8)
- Angola (2)
- Argentina (2)
- Armenia (17)
- Australia (3)
- Austria (7)
- Azerbaijan (26)
- Barbados (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Brazil (9)
- Bahrain (4)
- Bulgaria (22)
- Cambodia (1)
- Canada (19)
- Chile (2)
- China (29)
- Ivory Coast (2)
- Colombia (12)
- Comoros (2)
- Cape Verde (3)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Croatia (6)
- Cuba (11)
- Czech Republic (4)
- Denmark (2)
- Ecuador (7)
- Egypt (11)
- El Salvador (1)
- Spain (9)
- Estonia (7)
- Finland (?)
- France (14)
- Federated States of Micronesia (1)
- Guinea-Bissau (1)
- Georgia (20)
- Germany (22)
- Greece (5)
- Guam (5)
- Honduras (1)
- Hungary (22)
- Individual Neutral Athletes (56) [a]
- Iran (20)
- Israel (8)
- Italy (17)
- Jamaica (1)
- Jordan (2)
- Japan (30)
- Kazakhstan (29)
- Kenya (13)
- Kyrgyzstan (19)
- South Korea (26)
- Latvia (4)
- Lithuania (13)
- Morocco (2)
- Moldova (20)
- Mexico (19)
- Mongolia (20)
- North Macedonia (8)
- Netherlands (2)
- Nigeria (6)
- Norway (8)
- Pakistan (3)
- Peru (2)
- Palestine (1)
- Poland (22)
- Puerto Rico (7)
- Romania (16)
- South Africa (1)
- Sierra Leone (1)
- San Marino (2)
- Serbia (17) (Host)
- Sri Lanka (2)
- Sudan (1)
- Switzerland (9)
- Sweden (10)
- Slovakia (5)
- Tonga (1)
- Tajikistan (6)
- Turkmenistan (12)
- Tunisia (3)
- Turkey (30)
- Uganda (2)
- Ukraine (30)
- United States (30)
- United World Wrestling (30+2) [b][c]
- Uzbekistan (26)
- Venezuela (10)
- Vietnam (3)
- Yemen (1)