2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships

2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Pontevedra, Spain
Dates	2–8 September
Stadium	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra
Champions
Freestyle	United States
Greco-Roman	Iran
Women	Japan
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The 2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships was the 46th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships, which was held in Pontevedra, Spain between 2 and 8 September 2024. ^[1] Turkmenistan won its first-ever world title in freestyle. ^[2] Sri Lanka won its first ever medal at a World Wrestling Championships event. ^{[3] [4]}

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Event
2 September	10.00	Qualification rounds GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	18:00	Semi Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
3 September	10.00	Qualification rounds GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechages GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	16:45	Semi Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18:00	Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
4 September	10.00	Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg; Repechages GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	16:45	Semi Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	18:00	Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
5 September	10.00	Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg; Repechages WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	16:45	Semi Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	18:00	Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
6 September	10.00	Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg; Repechages WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	16:45	Semi Finals FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	18:00	Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
7 September	10.00	Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechages FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	16:45	Semi Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	18:00	Finals FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
8 September	16.00	Repechages FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	18:00	Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	7	2	4	13
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	5	3	7	15
2	Japan	5	2	5	12
3	United States	3	7	6	16
4	Kazakhstan	2	1	4	7
5	China	2	1	2	5
6	Ukraine	2	1	1	4
7	India	1	1	5	7
8	Hungary	1	0	2	3
9	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	2
10	Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
11	Turkey	0	4	6	10
12	Azerbaijan	0	2	4	6
13	Armenia	0	1	1	2
	Mexico	0	1	1	2
	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
16	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
19	Georgia	0	0	3	3
20	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		30	30	60	120

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	United States	175	Iran	147	Japan	149
2	Iran	160	Kazakhstan	100	India	130
3	Japan	95	Turkey	98	United States	101
4	Kazakhstan	86	Armenia	75	China	99
5	Azerbaijan	72	Georgia	66	Ukraine	94
6	India	64	United States	65	Turkey	94
7	Turkey	62	Azerbaijan	63	Mongolia	46
8	Georgia	53	Kyrgyzstan	58	Azerbaijan	43
9	Mongolia	31	Japan	50	Hungary	41
10	Armenia	30	Ukraine	45	Poland	37

Medalists

Men's freestyle

Further information: 2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Luke Lilledahl   United States	Lev Pavlov   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Luka Gvinjilia   Georgia
			Ankush   India
61 kg details	Masanosuke Ono   Japan	Ebrahim Khari   Iran	Bhuvanesh   India
			Marcus Blaze   United States
65 kg details	Ali Khorramdel   Iran	Makoto Hosokawa   Japan	Bowen Bassett   United States
			Adam Arkhiev   Authorised Neutral Athletes
70 kg details	Ryoya Yamashita   Japan	Magomed Baituakev   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Ali Karampour   Iran
			PJ Duke   United States
74 kg details	Ali Rezaei   Iran	Ladarion Lockett   United States	Aghanazar Novruzov   Azerbaijan
			Shingo Ando   Japan
79 kg details	Alp Arslan Begenjow   Turkmenistan	Zackary Ryder   United States	Leandro Araújo   Brazil
			Mehdi Yousefi   Iran
86 kg details	Ibragim Kadiev   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Joshua Barr   United States	Ahmet Yağan   Turkey
			Abolfazl Rahmani   Iran
92 kg details	Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Sali Saliev   Bulgaria	Kamil Kurugliyev   Kazakhstan
			Anar Jafarli   Azerbaijan
97 kg details	Rizabek Aitmukhan   Kazakhstan	Khetag Karsanov   Azerbaijan	Justin Rademacher   United States
			Adam Jaksik   Slovakia
125 kg details	Amir Reza Masoumi   Iran	Ben Kueter   United States	Nambardagva Batbayar   Mongolia
			Hakan Büyükçıngıl   Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman

Further information: 2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Ali Ahmadi Vafa   Iran	Isaiah Cortez   United States	Aibek Aitbekov   Kazakhstan
			Alibek Amirov   Authorised Neutral Athletes
60 kg details	Mohammad Mehdi Gholampour   Iran	Servet Angı   Turkey	Papik Dzhavadian   Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Ongdassyn Khamitov   Kazakhstan
63 kg details	Erzu Zakriev   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Otto Elliot Black   United States	Erfan Jarkani   Iran
			Yurik Hoveyan   Armenia
67 kg details	Ahmad Reza Mohsennejad   Iran	Yussuf Ashrapov   Kazakhstan	Grair Oganesian   Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Kojiro Hasegawa   Japan
72 kg details	Zaur Beslekoev   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Ashot Khachatryan   Armenia	Ruslan Nurullayev   Azerbaijan
			Muhammed Ali Göçmen   Turkey
77 kg details	Alireza Abdevali   Iran	Magomed Iarbilov   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Levente Lévai   Hungary
			Tornike Mikeladze   Georgia
82 kg details	Islam Yevloyev   Kazakhstan	Alperen Berber   Turkey	Taizo Yoshida   Japan
			Shichang Zheng   China
87 kg details	Asan Zhanyshov   Kyrgyzstan	Joju Samadov   Azerbaijan	Achiko Bolkvadze   Georgia
			Temirlan Turdakyn   Kazakhstan
97 kg details	Yehor Yakushenko   Ukraine	Darius Kiefer   Germany	Ahmet Eremekter   Turkey
			Anatolii Averin   Authorised Neutral Athletes
130 kg details	László Darabos   Hungary	Abolfazl Fathi   Iran	Aden Attao   United States
			Samagan Ormonov   Kyrgyzstan

Women's freestyle

Further information: 2024 U20 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Yu Zhang   China	Haruna Morikawa   Japan	Svenja Jungo   Switzerland
			Aida Kerymova   Ukraine
53 kg details	Zhang Jin   China	Carla Jaume Soler   Spain	Nethmi Poruthotage   Sri Lanka
			Saki Yumiya   Japan
55 kg details	Cristelle Rodriguez   United States	Khaliun Byambasuren   Mongolia	Tuba Demir   Turkey
			Nargiz Samadova   Azerbaijan
57 kg details	Sowaka Uchida   Japan	Bertha Chávez   Mexico	Marta Hetmanava   Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Neha Sangwan   India
59 kg details	Sakura Onishi   Japan	Alexis Janiak   United States	Anna Tieliegina   Lithuania
			Komal   India
62 kg details	Iryna Bondar   Ukraine	Nitika   India	Melani Villalba   Mexico
			Nagisa Ito   Japan
65 kg details	Nana Ikehata   Japan	Beyza Nur Akkuş   Turkey	Margarita Salnazarian   Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Zaixue Rui   China
68 kg details	Alina Shevchenko   Authorised Neutral Athletes	Ayşe Erkan   Turkey	Karolina Domaszuk   Poland
			Srishti   India
72 kg details	Jasmine Robinson   United States	Yuqi Liu   China	Elvira Ersson   Sweden
			Noémi Osváth-Nagy   Hungary
76 kg details	Jyoti Berwal   India	Mariia Orlevych   Ukraine	Naomi Simon   United States
			Elmira Yasin   Turkey

Participating nations

650 wrestlers from 56 countries:

1.   Algeria (2)
2.   Angola (2)
3.   Armenia (17)
4.   Australia (4)
5.   Austria (2)
6.   Azerbaijan (25)
7.   Belgium (2)
8.   Brazil (5)
9.   Bulgaria (8)
10.   Canada (13)
11.   China (28)
12.   Cape Verde (1)
13.   Croatia (5)
14.   Czech Republic (6)
15.   Egypt (10)
16.   Spain (23) (Host)
17.   Estonia (5)
18.   Finland (4)
19.   France (7)
20.   Georgia (20)
21.   Germany (9)
22.   Greece (12)
23.   Hungary (17)
24. Individual Neutral Athletes (48)
25.   India (30)
26.   Iran (20)
27.   Israel (2)
28.   Italy (6)
29.   Japan (30)
30.   Kazakhstan (29)
31.   Kyrgyzstan (23)
32.   South Korea (10)
33.   Kosovo (1)
34.   Saudi Arabia (3)
35.   Latvia (1)
36.   Lithuania (4)
37.   Moldova (18)
38.   Mexico (9)
39.   Mongolia (11)
40.   New Zealand (1)
41.   Panama (2)
42.   Poland (19)
43.   Puerto Rico (8)
44.   Romania (5)
45.   South Africa (1)
46.   Serbia (11)
47.   Sri Lanka (2)
48.   Switzerland (5)
49.   Slovakia (6)
50.   Sweden (8)
51.   Tajikistan (1)
52.   Turkmenistan (5)
53.   Chinese Taipei (6)
54.   Turkey (30)
55.   Ukraine (30)
56.   United States (30)
57.   Venezuela (1)

References

1. "World Championships".
2. "Begenjov wins Turkmenistan's historic world title in Freestyle".
3. Siwach, Vinay (7 September 2024). "Zhang twins continue growth with U20 Worlds golds". www.uww.org/. United World Wrestling (UWW). Retrieved 8 September 2024. Sri Lanka won its first-ever wrestling medal on the world stage after Nethmi AHINSA (SRI) won the bronze medal at 53kg against Valeryia MIKITSICH (AIN), 6-1. The win makes Ahinsa the first Sri Lanka wrestler to win a medal at any World Championships
4. "U20 World Championships 2024 Entries" . Retrieved 23 March 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Results Book