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.
Olympic Champions and Olympic competition years in Greco-Roman wrestling are highlighted in gold.
Aleksandr Karelin, 1988âÂÂ1999
MijaÃÂn López, 2005âÂÂ2024
Valery Rezantsev, 1970âÂÂ1976
Hamid Sourian, 2005âÂÂ2014
Nikolai Balboshin, 1973âÂÂ1979
István Kozma, 1962âÂÂ1968
Roman Rurua, 1966âÂÂ1970
Viktor Igumenov, 1966âÂÂ1971
Petar Kirov, 1968âÂÂ1974
Aleksandar Tomov, 1971âÂÂ1979
Gogi Koguashvili, 1993âÂÂ1999
Hamza Yerlikaya, 1993âÂÂ2005
Armen Nazaryan, 1996âÂÂ2005
Roman Vlasov, 2011âÂÂ2021
Rñza Kayaalp, 2011âÂÂ2022
Artur Aleksanyan, 2014âÂÂ2022
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
/ / / / 1952âÂÂ2021
1908âÂÂ1950
/ 1904âÂÂ1920
/ 1911âÂÂ1924
/ 1896âÂÂ1928
2012âÂÂ2025
2001âÂÂ2021
2006âÂÂ2022
1984âÂÂ2007
2023âÂÂ2024
1907
1971
1996
2003
2005