The age limitations for many of the Cadet and Junior World Championships are no longer easily ascertainable, and in many cases the ages listed below are unverified estimates. There were two Junior World Championships held in 1979 and 1980.
In the lists below, champions whose names are colored in gold, silver, or bronze, represent the highest placing medal they would win later on at the corresponding senior level World Championships or Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling. Champions colored in blue, are those who did not medal but would later represent their country at the senior level in the World Championships or Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling.
| Year | 42 kg | 50 kg | 58 kg | 69 kg | 85 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Murad Bazarov | Elman Mukhtarov |  Urmatbek Amatov |  Zhanlbek Kandybayev |  Ruslan Adzhigov |
| Year | 42 kg | 50 kg | 58 kg | 69 kg | 85 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Ri Se-Ung |  Ilkhom Bakhromov | Arslan Zubairov | Islambek Dadov | Mark Bemalian |
| Year | 45 kg | 51 kg | 61 kg | 71 kg | 92 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Amir Reza Dehbozorgi |  Wataru Sasaki |  Giorgi Tokhadze |  Alexandrin Guţu | Mohammad Nosrati |
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |  Freddy Scherer | Klaus Holz |  Frans Jansen |  Bigelback | Norcia | Mead | Delaney | Franz Esser | J. Richter |  Mascharin |
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Constantin Alexandru | Nicu Ginga | Ion Dulica |  Nelson Davidyan | Anatoly Bykov | Lejawa |  Frank Andersson |  Vassil Petkov Koichov | Michail Saladze | Nikolov |
| 1975 | Kamil Fatkulin | Asionyan | Juri Kortschergin | Ivan Saikov | Suren Nalbandyan | Taimuraz Apkhasava | Frank Andersson | Loss | Valentinas Mizgaitis | Avtandil Maisuradze |
| 1977 | Benur Pashayan | Mladen Mladenov | Piwowapow | Anatoli Kravchenko | Lyubomir Tzekov | Tzekov Baranov | Boev | Petrov |  Roman Bierla | Beloglasov |
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Ilie Muti | Sergej Sabejvorota | Izie Surtukov | Rosen Vasilev | Mariusz Przygoda | Mikhail Mamiashvili | Tzeko Popov | Todor Kanev | Ioan Grigoraş | Michail Tkatschuk |
| 1984 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1985 | Gevorg Merzorhanyan | Hristo Dimov | Arutik Rubenian | Hristo Angelov | Rumen Gentschev | Dyemal Bakuridze | Moudy Amaev | Zauri Ivanoshvili | Ivaylo Yordanov | Aleksandr Karelin |
| 1986 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1987 | Oleg Kucherenko | Vassil Botev | Aghasi Manukyan | Zachrab Abbasov | Mnatsakan Iskandaryan | Nikolai Palashnik | Nail Alyamshaev |  Reynaldo Peña | Tengiz Tedoradze | Aleksandr Karelin |
| 1988 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1989 | Krzysztof Czyzewski | Nazir Shamshutdinov | Guenther Kissner | Savko Savov | Nestor Almanza |  Yvon Riemer | Oleg Balamutov | Naibi Dwalidze | Heiko Balz | Sergei Mureiko |
| 1990 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1991 | Il Kim | Samvel Danielyan | Alexander Ivashkin | Yuriy Melnichenko | Stepan Sardarjan | Anatoli Moskvitin | Murat Kardanov | Sergey Matviyenko | Georgi Saladze | Yuri Evseitchik |
| 1992 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1993 | Vitali Cheban |  Armen Nazaryan |  Matyas Megyes |  Juri Solomatin | Biser Georgiev | Khvicha Bichinashvili | Martin Lidberg | Aleksey Cheglakov |  Bakur Gogitidze | Jason Gleasman |
| 1994 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 1995 | Mohsen Sourian | Behnam Tayyebi | Aleksei Ogorodnikov |  Şeref Eroğlu | Tarieli Melelashvili | Tamás Berzicza |  Viachaslau Makaranka |  Alexander Krimets | Fahri Guzel | Dmitry Debelka |
| Year | 59 kg | 66 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 80 kg | 85 kg | 98 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Masuto Kawana | Shmagi Bolkvadze | Daniel Cataraga | Fatih Cengiz | Burhan Akbudak | Erik Szilvássy | Aleksandr Golovin | Sergey Semenov |
| Year | 55 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg | 77 kg | 82 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nugzari Tsurtsumia | Kenichiro Fumita | Katsuaki Endo |  Mohamed Ibrahim | Cengiz Arslan | Daniel Cataraga | Gela Bolkvadze | Semen Novikov | Aleksandr Golovin | Zviadi Pataridze |
| 2019 | Shota Ogawa | Armen Melikyan | Meisam Dalkhani | Mohamed Ibrahim | Mohammad Reza Geraei | Islam Opiev | Milad Alirzaev | Semen Novikov |  Arvi Savolainen | Ali Akbar Yousefi |
| 2020 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2021 | Mavlud Rizmanov | Anvar Allakhiarov | Leri Abuladze | Hasrat Jafarov | Idris Ibaev | Tamás Lévai | Aivengo Rikadze | Aleksandr Komarov | Artur Sargsian | Amin Mirzazadeh |
| 2022 | Pouya Dadmarz | Kerem Kamal | Iman Mohammadi | Seyed Danial Sohrabi | Gurban Gurbanov | Malkhas Amoyan |  Exauce Mukubu | István Takács | Alex Szőke | Fatih Bozkurt |
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