World Junior Wrestling Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Sporting event |
Date(s) | Mid-year |
Frequency | Annual |
Country | Varying |
Inaugurated | 1969 |
Organised by | UWW |
The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW). [1] This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980. [2] [3]
Past name for the competition was the Junior World Championships. [4] In November 2021, the UWW renamed the Junior Worlds to U20 and Cadet Worlds to U17.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 126 | 73 | 102 | 301 |
2 | ![]() | 77 | 16 | 50 | 143 |
3 | ![]() | 68 | 50 | 60 | 178 |
4 | ![]() | 39 | 31 | 64 | 134 |
5 | ![]() | 35 | 40 | 76 | 151 |
6 | ![]() | 33 | 34 | 74 | 141 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 33 | 42 | 99 |
8 | ![]() | 18 | 27 | 66 | 111 |
9 | ![]() | 10 | 26 | 35 | 71 |
10 | ![]() | 10 | 19 | 25 | 54 |
11 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 25 | 49 |
12 | ![]() | 8 | 21 | 47 | 76 |
13 | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 21 | 41 |
14 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 25 | 43 |
15 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 21 | 31 |
16 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
17 | ![]() | 5 | 17 | 23 | 45 |
18 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 23 | 37 |
19 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
20 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 20 | 33 |
21 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 31 | 42 |
22 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
23 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
– | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
24 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
25 | ![]() | 1 | 7 | 19 | 27 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
27 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
28 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
30 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
31 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
32 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
35 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
37 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
38 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
39 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
41 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
42 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
45 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
48 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
49 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
51 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
53 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (58 entries) | 538 | 538 | 1,000 | 2,076 |
Year | Men's Freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's Freestyle | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
1969 | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1971 | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1973 | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1975 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1977 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1978 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1979-1 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1979-2 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1980 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1981 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1982 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1983 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1984 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1984 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1986 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1988 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | ||
1990 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1991 | No Competition | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||||
1992-3 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | ||
1994 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1996 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1997 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition | ||||
1998 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | ||
1999 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | ||
2000 | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ![]() | {{}} | {{}} | ||
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2021 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
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# | Year | Host city | Host country | Events |
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Unit and Various Host | ||||
1 | 1983 | Anaheim / Kristiansund | ![]() ![]() | 20 |
2 | 1985 | Colorado Springs | ![]() | 20 |
3 | 1987 | Burnaby | ![]() | 20 |
4 | 1989 | Ulaanbaatar / Budapest | ![]() ![]() | 20 |
5 | 1991 | Unknown / Unknown | Unknown / Unknown | 20 |
6 | 1993 | Athens | ![]() | 20 |
7 | 1995 | Tehran | ![]() | 20 |
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