2018 World Wrestling Championships | |
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Host city | Budapest, Hungary |
Dates | 20–28 October 2018 |
Stadium | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena |
Champions | |
Freestyle | Russia |
Greco-Roman | Russia |
Women | Japan |
The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary. [1]
Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ever overall result in the post-Soviet era. [2] In Greco-Roman Wrestling Russian athletes showed the best ever result since 1990. [3]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
2 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
3 | United States | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
4 | Turkey | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
5 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Hungary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | China | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
9 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
10 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
13 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
16 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
19 | India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
21 | Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
26 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
28 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (32 entries) | 30 | 30 | 60 | 120 |
Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||
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Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points | |
1 | Russia | 178 | Russia | 178 | Japan | 156 |
2 | United States | 150 | Hungary | 83 | China | 119 |
3 | Georgia | 105 | Turkey | 75 | United States | 103 |
4 | Cuba | 67 | Azerbaijan | 60 | Canada | 89 |
5 | Japan | 67 | Serbia | 60 | Mongolia | 71 |
6 | Iran | 65 | Armenia | 56 | Ukraine | 59 |
7 | Mongolia | 57 | Germany | 49 | Turkey | 55 |
8 | Turkey | 53 | China | 49 | India | 51 |
9 | Azerbaijan | 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 42 | Bulgaria | 47 |
10 | Belarus | 41 | Ukraine | 39 | Azerbaijan | 41 |
785 competitors from 88 nations participated.
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