List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
The age limitations for many of the Cadet and Junior World Championships are no longer easily ascertainable. 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 went on to win the corresponding senior-level medal at the World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling. Champions colored blue went on to represent their country at the senior level in the World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling.
List of 14 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Cadet Worlds, 1975 (14 and under)
| Year | 23 kg | 26 kg | 29 kg | 32 kg | 35 kg | 38 kg | 42 kg | 46 kg | 50 kg | 55 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 65+ kg |
| 1975 |  Angel Cespedes |  Saul Leslie |  John Trujilano |  Mark Sprague | Stanley Kline | Dane Tussel | Don St. James |  Daniel Barrientos |  Sergio Rojas |  Jose Ventura | John McNolty | Lance Anzivine |  Carlos Rossi |
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Cadet Worlds, 1980 (14 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 |  Rajender Singh | Arturo Martinez | Bobby Malatesta | Virender Singh | Cory Baze | Joe Melchiore | Vinod Kumar |  Muhtar Kassim | Raid Aiyal | Johnny Scott | Hatham Challoob | Mohammed Hussain Nadhum | Hussain Kadhum |
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Cadet Worlds, 1983 (14 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 | Erin Millsap | Scott Bates |  David Ogden | Travis West |  Giovanni Schillaci | Sambhagi Pail | Jaspal Singh | Jai Prakash | Mahabir Singh | Derek Fix |  Luis Fernando Palomino | Todd Elrod | Kelly Lamb |
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List of 16 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Junior Worlds, 1980 (16 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 | Hans Houser |  Majid Torkan | Esmail Agha Haddi | Marco Antonio Martinez | R. Rowshan | Jabbar Parsi | Morteza Hosseinzadeh | Mark Sprague | Mahmoud Kadhkodaee | Nasser Ahmaddi |  Anders Eriksson | Mike Davies | Dean Hall |
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Cadet Worlds, 1982 (16 and under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1982 |  Kyung-Sun No |  Serik Alnimbaev | Evgeni Kuralenok | Joe Ghezzi | Tony Cook | Magomednebi Badatov | Kazbek Demurov | Makharbek Khadartsev | Leri Khabelov | Alexander Mutoshvili |
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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 |  Fazli Yeter | Fatih Senguel | Inderji Singh | Darren Wood | Mark Ferguson | Ranbir Singh | Mike Klinglesmith | Mustafa Sarioglu |  Justin Abdou | Randhir Singh | Erik Wisch |
| 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 | Chan-Yul Jeon | Ibrahim Uengoer | Muekrem Kizilkaya | Sun-Hak Kim | Cary Kolat | Sang-Pil Son |  Imre Baranyi | Osman Albayrak | Tamas Gal | Nick Hall | David Rogers |
| 1990 | Satyawan | Harun Dogan | Saeid Yaghmori | Ali Bekler | David Pogoschin | Igor Kupeev |  Luis Tonge Laolao |  Viliam Danis | Shamsher Singh | Lucka Kochija | Mohammed Reza Kaveh Tabar |
| 1991 |  Sadik Ferati | Arif Kama | Harun Dogan | Hayri Yuecel | Zaudin Boev | Adem Kaya | Daniel Gonzalez Aguilllera | Osman Dshurtubaev | Guenay Koesaoglu | Murad Osmanev | Tolga Ipek |
| 1992 |  Gheorghe Corduneanu | Rajesh Kumar | Recep Zencirci | Azizi Klarijini |  Rafael Kurbanov |  Alexander Melnik | Kadir Kirdoglu |  Iosif Mekrishvili | Vedat Kartal | Alexey Kaziev | Alireza Rezaie |
| 1993 | Adam Saitiev | Murad Umakhanov | Rakesh Kumar | Luis Blanco | Eric Guerrero |  Buyantogt Tsogtbaatar | Roman Dzhusoev |  Dzhambulat Aliev | Recayi Gol | Nikolos Begashvili | Jamal Abolghasem |
| 1994 | Zaur Botaev | Her Jung | Umar Gugaev | Cemil Kaskaya | Magomedali Magomedaliev | Umar Raurbiev | Ramzan Murtazaliev |  Giticha Ibragimov | Gennadi Laliev | Andras Balla | Vitali Martushov |
| 1995 | Gampios Ibragimov | Murad Umarov | Souchrab Khiziev |  Ernis Bazrkulov | Ilya Stoyanov | Soslan Tomaev | Vadim Gigolayev | Shamil Aliev | Sazhid Sazhidov | Gennadi Laliev |  Magomedov Garaev |
| 1996 | Reza Chalilov | Abil Abrahimov | Morteza Khoskbahkt | Magomed Nabiev | Symenkul Tabaldiev | Mashallah Hosseini Sarangkeh | Murad Gaidarov | Magomed Magomedov | Ziad Raja | Alan Makiev | David Otiasvili |
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List of 17 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Cadet Worlds, 1997-1998 (17 and under)
Cadet Worlds, 1999 (17 and under)
Youth Olympic Games, 2010 (17 and Under)
| Year | 46 kg | 54 kg | 63 kg | 76 kg | 100 kg |
| 2010 | Aldar Balshinmaev |  Takahashi Yuki | Azamatbi Pshnatlov | Rasul Kalayci | Ali Magomedibirov |
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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 | Zavur Uguev | Vladimir Kudrin | Gadshimurad Rashidov | Sultan Nasrullaev | Ashih Prahlad Singh | Mehran Babaei | Magomedgadzhi Imanshapiev | Elkhan Assadov | Hatem Aliakbarzadeh | Adam Coon |
| 2012 | Cosgun Mammadov | Zavur Uguev | Ali Mohammadzadehnagharchi | Gadshimurad Rashidov | Jahid Hasanzade | Zain Retherford | Omari Gurjidze | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | Inal Tasoev | Georgi Gogaev |
| 2013 | Matsui Ryo | Darkhan Kalkenov | Abdulgav Shakhbanov | Andrey Yatsenko | Selim Kozan | Aaron Pico | Abdulmuslim Mukhuddinov | Batyrbek Tchakulov | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | Zaur Kotchiev |
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Youth Olympic Games, 2014 (17 and Under)
| Year | 46 kg | 54 kg | 63 kg | 76 kg | 100 kg |
| 2014 | Ismail Gadzhiev | Mukhamed Kuatbek | Teymur Mammadov | Yamasaki Yajyuro | Hajizada Igbal |
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Cadet Worlds, 2014–2016 (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 | Alireza Goodarzi | Erfan Aeini | Spencer Lee | Andrey Yatsenko | David Baev | Teymur Mammadov | Mason Manville | Mark Hall | Shamil Abdullaev | Guivi Matcharachvili |
| 2015 | Ivan Okonechnikov | Aleksey Kopylov | Anil Anil | Otoguro Takuto | Yianni Diakomihalis | Jarod Verkleeren | Slavik Naniev | Aslanbek Gvaramia | Soslanbek Laveov | Gable Steveson |
| 2016 | Kurt McHenry | Zagyr Shakiev | Petr Kopylov | Andrey Dzhelep | Amirhossein Maghsoudi | Yianni Diakomihalis | Abubakr Abakarov | Miriani Maisuradze | Deepak Punia | Gable Steveson |
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List of 18 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle 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 | Ilarion Fedoseev | Bill Martin | Larry Morgan | Saito Katsuhiko | Kikuo Wada | Akako Chochashvili | Richard Binek | Bill Bragg | Mike Brundage | Soslan Andiev |
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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 | Matsuhashi Yoshiyuki | Salim Bak | Onishi Toshinobu | V. Sokolov | David Kvalelashvili | S. Jabbar Mehdioun | A. Esamaili | A. Pramadian | Salman Khasimikov | Mark Bittick |
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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 | ? Kistler | ? Riley | ? El Yasi | .svg.png) Sesers | ? Ashkenaz | Mahmoud Mamuran |  ? Iraklis | ? Tufto | Amir Ghanji | ? Sherlock |
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Junior Worlds, 1980-1984 (18 and Under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | 87 kg | 87+ kg |
| 1980 | Bernardo Olvera Gonzalez | Kina Kiyokuni | Kevin Darkus | Tim Timok | Duane Goldman | John Johnson | Bairan Coroli | Dan Chaid | Kahlan O'Hara | Randy Taylor |
| 1981 | 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 |
| 1982 | Noh Kyung-Sun | Serik Alchimbaev | Evgeni Kuralenok | Joe Ghezzi | Tony Cook | Magomednebi Babator | Kazbek Demurov | Makharbek Khadartsev | Leri Khabelov | Aleksander Motuchvili |
| 1983 | Young-Jin | Evgeni Musoyan | Joe Melchiore | Nikolai Garkin | Magomed Magomedov | Aleksander Siniagin | Vakhtang Dolidze | Yuri Orcharenko | Makharbek Khadartsev | Panagiotis Poikilidis |
| 1984 | Chris Bollin | Kanahama Ryo | Ken Chertow | John Fisher | Len Bernstein | Chang Jae-Myung | Chris Geneser | John Ginther |  Stefan Krische | Jeff Ellis |
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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 |  Nikolai Kasabov |  Kim Yong-Sik | Danut-Dumitru Prefit | Kim Song-U | Eskender Tonsupov | Saguid Katinovasov | Sizajondin Kamidov | Ranezan Umarov | Wasil Todorov | Oleg Naniev |
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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 | Jose David Panuela | Kim Jong-Shin | Ramil Ataulin | Vadim Bogiev | Kim Song-U |  Andre Backhaus | Georgi Peyschev | Sergey Gubrinyuk | Oleg Ladik | Andrej Shumilin |
| 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 | Armen Mkrtchyan | Gholam Reza Mohammadi | Anuchavan Sahakyan | M. Hassan Duon | Zaza Zazirov | Shabdan Agrimbaev | Roman Grigorian | Kalojan Baev | Igors Samusonoks | Zekeriya Gueclue |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1992 | Roberto Romero Monzon | Chon Chan Yul | Emil Tonev | Jeff McGinness | Jang Jae-Sung | Kim Jang-Soo |  Stanislav Albegov | Osman Albayrak | Kerry McCoy | Miho Boev |
| 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 | Wilfredo Garcia Quintana | Alireza Dabir | Amiran Kartanov |  Ruslan Bodisteanu | Muhammed Nartokov | Alseit Toroguldiev | Rouslan Yadyinov | Murat Geroturk | Sean Hage | Oleg Khorpiakov |
| 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 |
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Junior Worlds, 1996 (18 and Under)
List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1973 | Nermedin Selimov | Funatsu Kaoru | Jimmy Carr | Ganiko Kazunori | Musa ? | Magomed ? | ? Mustafov | ? Ortusuev | Salman Khasimikov | ? Strastev |
| 1974 | 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 |
| 1975 | Anatoly Beloglazov | Murayama Suekichi | Micho Dukov | Alexander Michurov | ? Hamdiev | Anatoli Markovich | Tiberiu Seregeli | ? Marinov | Aslanbek Bisultanov | Jozsef Balla |
| 1976 | 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 |
| 1977 | ? Kasabiev | Magomedgasan Abushev | Randy Lewis | Saipulla Absaidov | ? Kordev | Mark Churella | Hassan ? | Dan Severn | Magomed Magomedov | Petar Ivanov |
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Junior Worlds, 1979 (20 and Under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1979 | Ali Nean Gulakhmedov | Iragi Shugaev | Andrey Jarzev | Magomedgasan Abushev | Boris Budaev | Youri Vorobiev | Aduutsjin Baatarkhu | Sanasar Oganisyan | G. Kurashvili | M. Blagoev |
| 1979 | Dave Flores | Bruce Malinowski | Tim Timok | ? Moser | ? Grasinger | ? Coffing | ? Grisson | ? Kalski | ? Glasder | ? Vavrosky |
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Junior Worlds, 1981 (20 and Under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg |
| 1981 | Ishikawa Shinichi | ? Effendiev | Arsen Fadzayev | Stepan Sarkisyan | ? Arunov | Taymuraz Dzgoev | Youri Vorobiev | Angel Draganov | Aslan Khadartsev | ? Zangiev |
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Espoir Worlds, 1983-1995 (20 and Under)
| Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | 100+ kg (1983-1985), 130 kg (1987-1995) |
| 1983 | Igor Pervochuk | Aman Japparov | Jozef Schwendtner | Sa-Yong Chang | Yueksel Mustafov | Vladimir Dyugutov | Dumitru Chiru | Robert Tibilov | Leri Khabelov | John Tenta |
| 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 | Marian Nedkov | Ivan Tzonov | Evgeni Musoyan | Arsen Fadzaev | Artur Mutabilov | Rahmat Sukra | Abusamad Gamisov | Stoyan Nentchev | Nikolai Ivanov | Nikolai Latushkin |
| 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 | Gnel Medshlumyan | Hideo Sasayama | Lazaro Reinoso Martinez | Pashrutdin Salibekov | Chris Wilson | Joe Pantaleo | Aleksander Savko | Magomed Gatagadshev | Aravat Sabejev | Alexi Medved |
| 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 | Nasser Zeinal Nia | Bagavdin Umakhanov | Suren Erdenebayar | Taghi Akbar Nejad | Georgi Khinchegashvili | Alexander Leipold | Sabahattin Oeztuerk | Alf Wurr | Heiko Balz | Andrei Shumilin |
| 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 | Gwang-Chol Li | Gassa Gassanov | Alan Fried | Ramil Ataulin | No champion | Rasul Khadem Azghadi | Vitali Gizoev | Oemer Aslantas | Shorik Kashinov |
| 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 | Armen Mkrtchyan | Mevlana Kulac |  Ramil Islamov | Ismail Boziev | Araik Gevorgyan | Taimuras Urusov | Eldar Assanov | Ahmet Dogli | Jeffrey Walter |  Vyasheslav Pirsky |
| 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 | Wilfredo Garcia Quintana | Behnam Tayebi-Kermani | Nikolai Savin | Bahman Shahbazi | Yosmany Sanchez Larrudet | Buvaisar Saitiev | Alireza Heydari | Abdul Reza Karegar | Vadim Tasoev | Timur Piliev |
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Junior Worlds, 1997–1998 (20 and Under)
Junior Worlds, 1999–2001 (20 and Under)
Junior Worlds, 2002–2016 (20 and Under)
See also
References
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