Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept for the Olympics.
World Level Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling by year and weight Olympic Champions and Olympic competition years in Greco-Roman wrestling are highlighted in gold.
1896 Year Team Unlimited Weight 1896 Schuhmann, Carl (1/1)
1898 Year 1898 Pons, Paul
1904 Year Team 75 kg Unlimited Weight 1904 Ahlqvist, Severin (1/1) Arnold, Rudolf (1/1)
1905 Year Team 68 kg 80 kg Unlimited Weight 1905 Schibilski, Theodor (1/1) Hein, Albert (1/1) Jensen, Søren Marinus (1/2)
1906–1907 Year Team 75 kg 85 kg Unlimited Weight 1906 Watzl, Rudolf (1/1) Weckman, Verner (1/2) Jensen, Søren Marinus (2/2) 1907 Übler, Christoph (1/1) Christensen, Harald (1/1) Egeberg, Hans (1/2)
1908–1909 Year Team 66 kg 73 kg 93 kg Unlimited Weight1908 Porro, Enrico (1/1) Martensson, Frithiof (1/1) Weckman, Verner (2/2) Weisz, Richárd (1/1)
Year Team 75 kg Unlimited Weight 1908 Diry, Robert (1/1) Egeberg, Hans (2/2) 1909 Toduschek, Alois (1/1) Schmitz, Anton (1/1)
1910 Year Team 60 kg 70 kg 85 kg Unlimited Weight 1910 Wernicke, Karl (1/1) Altroggen, Fritz (1/1) Buchholz, Hermann (1/1) Sperling, Gustav (1/1)
1911 Year Team 60 kg 67 kg 73 kg 83 kg Unlimited Weight 1911 Hyvönen, Antti (1/1) Tuominen, Nestori (1/1) Väre, Emil (1/3) Asikainen, Alfred (1/1) Saarela, Yrjö (1/2)
1912 Year Team 60 kg 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg Unlimited Weight 1912 Koskelo, Kaarlo (1/1) Väre, Emil (2/3) Johansson, Claes (1/2) None awarded Saarela, Yrjö (2/2)
1913 Year Team 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg Unlimited Weight 1913 Hegewald, Ewald (1/1) Baumann, Georg (1/1) Nilsson, Ernst (1/2) Ahlgren, Anders (1/1)
1920 Year Team 60 kg 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg Unlimited Weight 1920 Friman, Oskari (1/3) Väre, Emil (3/3) Westergren, Carl (1/4) Johansson, Claes (2/2) Lindfors, Adolf (1/1)
Year Team 60 kg 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg Unlimited Weight 1920 Reitmeier, Franz (1/1) Radvány, Ödön (1/1) Fischer, Viktor (1/1) Heinl, Michael (1/1) Bock, Heinrich (1/1)
1921–1928 Year Team 58 kg 62 kg 67.5 kg 75 kg 82.5 kg Unlimited Weight 1921 Ikonen, Väinö (1/1) Anttila, Kalle (1/3) Friman, Oskari (2/3) Tamminen, Taavi (1/1) Rosenqvist, Edil (1/2) Salila, Johan (1/1) 1922 Svensson, Fritiof (1/1) Anttila, Kalle (2/3) Westerlund, Edvard (1/2) Westergren, Carl (2/4) Rosenqvist, Edil (2/2) Nilsson, Ernst (2/2) 1924 Pütsep, Eduard (1/1) Anttila, Kalle (3/3) Friman, Oskari (3/3) Westerlund, Edvard (2/2) Westergren, Carl (3/4) Deglane, Henri (1/1) 1928 Leucht, Kurt (1/1) Väli, Voldemar (1/1) Keresztes, Lajos (1/1) Kokkinen, Väinö (1/2) Moustafa, Ibrahim (1/1) Svensson, Rudolf (1/2)
1932–1936 Year Team 56 kg 61 kg 66 kg 72 kg 79 kg 87 kg Unlimited Weight 1932 Brendel, Jakob (1/1) Gozzi, Giovanni (1/1) Malmberg, Eric (1/1) Johansson, Ivar (1/2) Kokkinen, Väinö (2/2) Svensson, Rudolf (2/2) Westergren, Carl (4/4) 1936 Lõrincz, Márton (1/1) Erkan, Yaşar (2/2) Koskela, Lauri (1/1) Svedberg, Rudolf (1/1) Johansson, Ivar (2/2) Cadier, Axel (1/1) Palusalu, Kristjan (1/1)
1948–1968 Year Team 52 kg 57 kg 62 kg (−1961), 63 kg (1962–1968) 67 kg (−1961), 70 kg (1962–1968) 73 kg (−1961), 78 kg (1962–1968) 79 kg (−1961), 87 kg (1962–1968) 87 kg (−1961), 97 kg (1962–1968) Unlimited Weight 1948 Lombardi, Pietro (1/1) Pettersen, Kurt (1/1) Oktav, Mehmet (1/1) Freij, Gustav (1/2) Andersson, Gösta (1/1) Grönberg, Axel (1/3) Nilsson, Karl-Erik (1/1) Kireççi, Ahmet (1/1) 1949 N/A No Championships Held 1950 Johansson, Bengt (1/1) Hassan, Ali Mahmoud (1/1) Anderberg, Olle (1/2) Gal, Jozsef (1/1) Siimanainen, Matti (1/1) Grönberg, Axel (2/3) Candas, Muharrem (1/1) Antonsson, Bertil (1/2) 1951 N/A No Championships Held 1952 Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (1/3) Hódos, Imre (1/1) Punkin, Yakov (1/1) Safin, Shazam (1/1) Szilvásy, Miklós (1/1) Grönberg, Axel (3/3) Gröndahl, Kelpo (1/1) Kotkas, Johannes (1/1) 1953 Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (2/3) Teryan, Artem (1/1) Anderberg, Olle (2/2) Freij, Gustav (2/2) Shatvoryan, Gurgen (1/1) Kartozia, Givi (1/4) Englas, August (1/1) Antonsson, Bertil (2/2) 1954 N/A No Championships Held 1955 Fabra, Ignazio (1/1) Stashkevich, Vladimir (1/1) Polyák, Imre (1/4) Garmanik, Grigori (1/1) Maneyev, Vladimir (1/1) Kartozia, Givi (2/4) Nikolayev, Valentin (1/2) Masur, Aleksandr (1/1) 1956 Solovyov, Nikolai (1/1) Vyrupayev, Konstantin (1/1) Mäkinen, Rauno (1/1) Lehtonen, Kyösti (1/1) Bayrak, Mithat (1/2) Kartozia, Givi (3/4) Nikolayev, Valentin (2/2) Parfenov, Anatoli (1/1) 1957 N/A No Championships Held 1958 Gurevich, Boris Maksovich (3/3) Karavayev, Oleg (1/3) Polyák, Imre (2/4) Doğan, Rıza (1/1) Ayvaz, Kazim (1/3) Kartozia, Givi (4/4) Abashidze, Rostom (1/3) Bogdan, Ivan (1/3) 1959 N/A No Championships Held 1960 Pârvulescu, Dumitru (1/1) Karavayev, Oleg (2/3) Sille, Müzahir (1/1) Koridze, Avtandil (1/2) Bayrak, Mithat (2/2) Dobrev, Dimitar (1/1) Kis, Tevfik (1/3) Bogdan, Ivan (2/3) 1961 Sayadov, Armais (1/1) Karavayev, Oleg (3/3) Mansour, Moustafa Hamid (1/1) Koridze, Avtandil (2/2) Bularca, Valeriu (1/1) Zenin, Vasili (1/1) Gurics, György (1/1) Bogdan, Ivan (3/3) 1962 Rybalko, Sergey (1/2) Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (1/2) Polyák, Imre (3/4) Ayvaz, Kazim (2/3) Kolesov, Anatoly (1/4) Kis, Tevfik (2/3) Abashidze, Rostom (2/3) Kozma, István (1/5) 1963 Vukov, Borivoje (1/1) Varga, Janos (1/3) Sapunov, Gennady (1/2) Horvat, Stevan (1/2) Kolesov, Anatoly (2/4) Kis, Tevfik (3/3) Abashidze, Rostom (3/3) Roshchin, Anatoly (1/4) 1964 Hanahara, Tsotumu (1/1) Ichiguchi, Masamitsu (2/2) Polyák, Imre (4/4) Ayvaz, Kazim (3/3) Kolesov, Anatoly (3/4) Simić, Branislav (1/1) Radev, Boyan (1/3) Kozma, István (2/5) 1965 Rybalko, Sergey (2/2) Cernea, Ion (1/1) Grigoriev, Yury (1/1) Sapunov, Gennady (2/2) Kolesov, Anatoly (4/4) Bagdonas, Rimantes (1/1) Anisimov, Valery (1/1) Shumakov, Nikolay (1/1) 1966 Kerezov, Angel (1/1) Stange, Fritz (1/1) Rurua, Roman (1/5) Horvat, Stevan (2/2) Igumenov, Viktor (1/5) Oleynik, Valentin (1/1) Radev, Boyan (2/3) Kozma, István (3/5) 1967 Bakulin, Vladimir (1/1) Baciu, Ion (1/1) Rurua, Roman (2/5) Tapio, Eero (1/1) Igumenov, Viktor (2/5) Sillai, Laszlo (1/1) Yakovenko, Nikolai (1/2) Kozma, István (4/5) 1968 Kirov, Petar (1/5) Varga, János (2/3) Rurua, Roman (3/5) Munemura, Muneji (1/1) Vesper, Rudolf (1/1) Metz, Lothar (1/1) Radev, Boyan (3/3) Kozma, István (5/5)
1969–1996