List of Cadet, Junior, Espoir and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling

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.

List of 15 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Cadet Worlds, 1980 (15 and under) Year 28 kg 30 kg 32 kg 35 kg 38 kg 41 kg 45 kg 49 kg 53 kg 57 kg 62 kg 67 kg 67+ kg 1980 Alberto García Arturo Martinez Pasi Tuomilehto Danny Mankowitz Jukka Loikas Lars Lagerborg Vinod Kumar Joakim Franzen Artemio Hernandez-Vasquez Peter Jansson Torbjoern Juliusson Paul Kasprzyk Jonas Toresaeter

Cadet Worlds, 1983 (15 and under) Year 28 kg 30 kg 32 kg 35 kg 38 kg 41 kg 45 kg 49 kg 53 kg 57 kg 62 kg 67 kg 67+ kg 1983 Scott Davis Javier E. Rincon Brian Benbenek Tony Kitchen Haig Brown Luis Koo Todd Layton Massimiliano Urbinati Jay Simon Brian Benjamin Marco Cimatti Gavin Green Eric Smith

List of 16 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Cadet Worlds, 1987-1996 (16 and under) Year 40 kg 43 kg 47 kg 51 kg 55 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 76 kg 83 kg 95 kg 1987 Dusty Mauldin Youor Mohamed Hasan Çakıroğlu Muharrem Güvercin Necdet Kıroğlu Rafet Ünver Tomas Anesi Igal Kroyter Steve King Adam Mariano Geoffrey Cohen 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 No competition held 1989 Kim Eung-Joo Şuayip Ünsal Chris MacAurele Sinan Ahmet Hanlı Yavuz Yılmaz Son Sang-pil Muttalip Yerlikaya Stian Pedersen Elvan Mert Nándor Gelénesi Kevin Brinkworth 1990 Şeref Eroğlu István Majoros Matyas Megyes Yadav Pappu Gheorghe Bica Liubal Colás Soeren Hoemcue Kazım Aktaş János Tóth Ali Midiliç Mirko Klein 1991 Michal Koza Gabor Sudi Piotr Jabłoński Szulcsanyi Terje Fornebo Adem Sarı Tamás Berzicza Árpád Ritter Jeremy Becker Zsolt Simita Jason Gleasman 1992 Cristion Rubeigon Bayram Özdemir Ünal Örel Vladimir Bolshakov Ümmet Kaya Nazmi Avluca Tarieli Melelashvili Besarion Zurabiani Hamza Yerlikaya Andreas Dudek Mirian Giorgadze 1993 Sergey Kuntarev Pedro-Pablo Gonzalez Özgür Uygun Ünal Örel Peter Ronai Karen Mnatsakanyan Serkan Özden Levon Geghamyan Besarion Zurabiani Vladimir Tkachenko Michael Caso 1994 Yusuf Yeşilyurt Erkan Dündar Tahir Zahidov Bünyamin Emik Hüseyin Akburu Yusuf Düzer Shorat Khodayev Tamas Feher Olexi Dozogau Valeriy Matviyenko Sergej Iljunin 1995 Hamid Reza Nasiri Alexander Pitchougine Tahir Zahidov Hossein Sarbazi Roman Gromov Max Schwindt Yusuf Düzer Péter Szabó Marian Bradea Yury Patrikeyev Andrei Chekhauskoi 1996 Nikita Pankratov Hasson Heidarianari Muhamed Balakov Uran Kalilov Morteza Gharagozlou Parviz Zeidvand Alexander Parfilkin Mehdi Alijani Miandehi Shota Narmanya Hüseyin Uzuner Michael Shvidkiy

List of 17 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Cadet Worlds, 1997-1998 (17 and under) Year 42 kg 45 kg 48 kg 52 kg 57 kg 63 kg 69 kg 76 kg 83 kg 95 kg 1997 Boris Jurkin Ezendei Ulankin Aydin Sarsekeev Arif Mechtiev Alexander Rutschko Majid Ramazani Ionut Alboaie Levan Ketsevadse Gotcha Minadze Joshua Etu 1998 Julian Kwit Ezende Ovlankin Boris Jurkin Alexej Frolowski Alexej Ivanov Ivan Chubinidze Selçuk Çebi George Rurua Balázs Kiss Ilia Lejava

Cadet Worlds, 1999 (17 and under) Year 42 kg 46 kg 50 kg 54 kg 58 kg 63 kg 69 kg 76 kg 85 kg 100 kg 1999 Rustam Sindikov Dauren Bayakhmetov Emin Bashirov Paata Bitsadze Maksym Podolcky Elizbar Machutadze Selçuk Çebi Nikolai Kurakov Adem Taşçı Alexander Tchernischenko

Youth Olympic Games, 2010 (17 and Under) Year 42 kg 50 kg 58 kg 69 kg 85 kg 2010 Murad Bazarov Elman Mukhtarov Urmatbek Amatov Zhanlbek Kandybayev Ruslan Adzhigov

Cadet Worlds, 2011–2013 (17 and under) Year 42 kg 46 kg 50 kg 54 kg 58 kg 63 kg 69 kg 76 kg 85 kg 100 kg 2011 Ramaz Zoidze Reza Khedri Mirambek Ainagulov Ramin Taheri Elman Mukhtarov Payam Bouyeri Bislan Assakalov Denis Kudla Elias Kuosmanen Soslan Tuskaev 2012 Artur Politaev Mikhail Rakhmanov Elnur Hasanov Karim Jafarov Murad Mammadov Ruhin Mikhailov Mansur Gubaev Islam Abbasov Hasan Berk Kılınç Emre Muyan 2013 Emin Safershaev Mohammad Soltani Monfared Mikhail Rahmanov Kazuya Koyanagi Etienne Kinsinger Azamat Takhoev Asen Sasaki Islam Abbasov Soslan Fanziev Zviadi Pataridze

Youth Olympic Games, 2014 (17 and Under) Year 42 kg 50 kg 58 kg 69 kg 85 kg 2014 Ri Se-Ung Ilkhom Bakhromov Arslan Zubairov Islambek Dadov Mark Bemalian

Cadet Worlds, 2014–2017 (17 and Under) Year 42 kg 46 kg 50 kg 54 kg 58 kg 63 kg 69 kg 76 kg 85 kg 100 kg 2014 Atmir Kotchev Viktor Vedernikov Joni Khetsuriani Yernar Fidakhmetov Arslan Zubairov Matias Lipasti Jacob Folsom Arman Alizadeh Abdevali Vladlen Kozliuk Zviadi Pataridze 2015 Pouya Dadmarz Turabek Tirkashev Giovanni Freni Oleksandr Hrushyn Amin Kavianinejad Aivengo Rikadze Aleksandr Komarov Dmitri Kiashok Artur Sargsian Amin Mirzazadeh 2016 Omid Hossein Arami Elbek Ergashev Giorgi Shotadze Leri Abuladze Valentin Petic Yousef Hajiali Hosseinvand Akzhol Makhmudov Aleksandr Komarov Alex Szőke Gerard Kurniczak 2017 Gurban Gurbanov Vladislav Kuzko Ken Matsui German Doev Mohsen Madhani Dmitri Miroshnik Vladislav Kravchenko Mehran Saadatifard Muhammed Furkan Dursun Cohlton Schultz

Youth Olympic Games, 2018 (17 and Under) Year 45 kg 51 kg 61 kg 71 kg 92 kg 2018 Amir Reza Dehbozorgi Wataru Sasaki Giorgi Tokhadze Alexandrin Guţu Mohammad Nosrati

Cadet Worlds, 2018- (17 and Under) Year 45 kg 48 kg 51 kg 55 kg 60 kg 65 kg 71 kg 80 kg 92 kg 110 kg 2018 Ilias Yandarov Abror Atabaev Lazizkhon Uzbekov Amirhossein Khounsari Serhat Kırık Muslim Imadaev Alexandrin Guţu Karen Khachataryan Mohammad Nosrati Hamza Bakır 2019 Samatbek Izimgali Amir Reza Dehbozorgi Saeid Esmaeili Nihat Zahid Mammadli Maksim Skuratov Dzmitry Bonka Reza Rajab Ali Saki Mykyta Aleksieiev Lachin Valiev Shahrokh Abouzar Mikaeili 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 Nikita Dementiev Luka Javakhadze Nuristan Suiorkulov Valeri Mangutov Razzak Beishekeev Imed Khudzhadze Alexandru Solovei Achiko Bolkvadze Abubakar Khaslakhanau Danil Chasovnikov 2022 Yevhen Pokovba Ali Abdollah Ahmadi Vafa Aytjan Khalmakhanov Suraj Suraj Gaspar Terteryan Joel Richard Adams Anri Putkaradze Alperen Berber Gor Ayvazyan Cemal Yusuf Bakır 2023 Turan Dashdamirov Payam Ahmadi Ilia Kandalin Jordyn Raney Roman Karimov Zaur Beslekoev Arionas Kolitsopoulos Taizo Yoshida Saba Purtseladze Cemal Yusuf Bakır 2024 Aslanbek Kostoev Armin Shamsipour Turan Dashdamirov Jayden Raney Aykhan Javadov Amir Mahdi Saeidi Nava Kiril Valevski Mikahil Shkarin Danial Izadi Ivan Yankovskyi 2025 Kuanyshbek Zhangazhol Bunyod Hasanov Otabek Tursunov Alkham Abdirasulov Ali Nazarov Janes Nazaryan Behruzbek Valiev Abdulaziz Kholmirzaev Amirsam Mohammadi Hardeep

List of 18 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Junior Worlds, 1969 (18 and Under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 57 kg 62 kg 68 kg 74 kg 82 kg 90 kg 100 kg 100+ kg 1969 Liben Chosupov Aleksander Kustov Krasimir Stefanov Mansour Bairamov Stefan Laudenov Ruben Karapetyan Aleksey Stativka Petar Tichtchenko Akaki Meladze Shota Morshiladse

Junior Worlds, 1971 (18 and Under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 75 kg 81 kg 87 kg 100+ kg 1971 Kilas Akhmedov Oleg Davidyan Viktor Bekhtemirov Berney Gonzales Konstantin Trajkov Anatoly Bykov Alexander Onistchenko Tamas Kiknadse Nikolai Lysenko Stefan Ognafov

Junior Worlds, 1978 (18 and Under) 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

Junior Worlds, 1980 (18 and Under) Year 38 kg 40 kg 42 kg 45 kg 48 kg 51 kg 55 kg 59 kg 63 kg 68 kg 73 kg 78 kg 78+ kg 1980 Sean Smith Svein H. Skogland Lars Roenningen Arne Leppaenen Ignazio Digregorio Mikael Andersson Markku Kitterfeldt Abel Franco Seppo Salomaeki Stefan Edvardsson Goran Jaksic Zoran Vucevic Magnus Freij

Junior Worlds, 1980(18 and Under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 75 kg 81 kg 87 kg 87+ kg 1980 Daniel Aceves Dieter Schwind Damir Brozovic Elio Inojosa Raimund Feser Morten Hageboe Stefan Holmquist R. Reiner Csaba Majoros Heinz-Ullrich Marnette

Cadet Worlds, 1982 (18 and under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 75 kg 81 kg 87 kg 87+ kg 1982 Segey Buranov Vladimir Morsikhini Valeri Perimov Ilham Gamidov Umberto DiBiase Alexander Kondratzki Valerio Korodev Georg Marchl Zauri Ivanashvili Aleksander Baskatov

Junior Worlds, 1983-1984 (18 and Under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 75 kg 81 kg 87 kg 87+ kg 1983 Huh Byung-ho Eduard Avakian Korun Martirosyan David Olmsted Claudio Passarelli Umberto DiBiase Hüseyin İldem Igor Naumenko Zauri Ivanashvili Panagiotis Poikilidis 1984 Huang Wenghui Huh Byung-ho Xuewen Deng Markus Pittner Kim Seung-Young Lee Sam-Sung Bernd Froehlich Cho Byung-Hak Rolf Beck Fabio Valguarnera

Junior Worlds, 1986 (18 and Under) Year 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 65 kg 70 kg 75 kg 81 kg 87 kg 130 kg 1986 An Han-bong Pedro Roque Iss Iliasov Salavat Sakhautpinov Attila Repka Alfredo Vicet Anton Arghira Anatoli Boltenkov Roman Michitshenko Héctor Milián

Junior Worlds, 1988–1995 (18 and Under) Year 46 kg 50 kg 54 kg 58 kg 63 kg 68 kg 74 kg 81 kg 88 kg 115 kg 1988 Samvel Danielyan Vardan Agadyanian Boris Ambartsoumov Juan Marén Wasko Stanimirow Arkadi Krajni Park Myung-suk Andrej Juriw Wjatscheslaw Kosatschenko Sergei Mureiko 1989 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 1990 Sarqis Elgan Mkhitar Manukyan Marian Sandu Yuriy Melnichenko Andrei Lisitsa Veselin Tchelengirov Andrei Karavaev Attila Nagy Sergey Matushenko Sergej Elagin 1991 Ibad Akhmedov Witali Tscheban Navruz Ushmanov Mkhitar Manukyan Konstantinos Arkoudeas Rodolfo Fuentes Rodriguez Martin Lidberg Elvan Mert Nándor Gelénesi Giuseppe Giunta 1992 Yong Jung-Chung Pappu Yadav Şeref Eroğlu Augusto Apolonio Paz Morales Luis Felipe Sarria Guirola Liubal Colás Cantero Jackson Vaillant Humberto Torres Trujillo Aleksey Cheglakov Fidel Emilio Castro Moldes 1993 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 1994 Roberto Monzón Bayram Özdemir Leonhard Ionel Frincu Choi Duk-hoon Vugar Aslanov Alexander Krutchinkin Tuomas Ojala Levon Geghamyan Hamza Yerlikaya Dmitry Debelka 1995 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 1996 Alexander Pitchougine Sergej Sobokar Roberto Monzón Anton Ishitski Nazib Nizami Aliev Max Schwindt Yusuf Düzer Oleksandr Daragan Davyd Saldadze Alexej Tarabarin

List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under)