# List of World Sumo Championships medalists (men)

This is a list of world championships medalists in amateur sumo.
The International Sumo Federation (ISF) is the governing body of amateur sumo in the world. First World Championships under ISF was held in 1992.

## Men Individual
### Lightweight

| Meet | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1992 Tokyo | Akihiro Kiku | Tadashi Nagamine | Mohammad Nabil |
| 1992 Tokyo | Akihiro Kiku | Tadashi Nagamine | Odvog Baljinnyam |
| 1993 Tokyo | Hitoshi Omura | Juan Manuel Matsubara | Kaneyoshi Ueno |
| 1993 Tokyo | Hitoshi Omura | Juan Manuel Matsubara | Ousmane Ndiaye |
| 1994 Tokyo | Bayanmunkh Gantogtoh | Martin Lidberg | Nobuo Tsuchiya |
| 1994 Tokyo | Bayanmunkh Gantogtoh | Martin Lidberg | Shin Ogawa |
| 1995 Tokyo | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Moussa Sall | Alexandre Takeo Sato |
| 1995 Tokyo | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Moussa Sall | Henrik Buchholtz |
| 1996 Tokyo | Hitoshi Omura | Valeri Bakatov | Agvaansamdan Suhbat |
| 1996 Tokyo | Hitoshi Omura | Valeri Bakatov | Moussa Sall |
| 1997 Tokyo | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Márcio Tadashi Takakura | Martin Dalsbotten |
| 1997 Tokyo | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Márcio Tadashi Takakura | Morgan Endicott-Davies |
| 1998 Tokyo | Svetoslav Binev | Atsuhiro Ibata | Peer Schmidt-Düwiger |
| 1998 Tokyo | Svetoslav Binev | Atsuhiro Ibata | Antenor Yuzo Sato |
| 1999 Riesa | Svetoslav Binev | Kandemir Kuular | Kevin Emslie |
| 1999 Riesa | Svetoslav Binev | Kandemir Kuular | Hitoshi Omura |
| 2000 São Paulo | Peer Schmidt-Düwiger | Tomi Rajamäki | János Kismóni |
| 2000 São Paulo | Peer Schmidt-Düwiger | Tomi Rajamäki | Kandemir Kovoular |
| 2001 Aomori | Chohei Kimura | Tomi Rajamäki | Anti Peet |
| 2001 Aomori | Chohei Kimura | Tomi Rajamäki | János Kismóni |
| 2002 Wrocław | Claudio Ikemori | János Kismóni | Igor Kurinnoy |
| 2002 Wrocław | Claudio Ikemori | János Kismóni | Stilian Georgiev |
| 2004 Riesa | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Claudio Ikemori | Artur Michalkiewicz |
| 2004 Riesa | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Claudio Ikemori | Igor Kurinnoy |
| 2005 Osaka | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Jakkarapong Choarungmetee | Stilian Georgiev |
| 2005 Osaka | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Jakkarapong Choarungmetee | Sami Ylä-Kero |
| 2006 Osaka | Takaharu Nagasawa | Niyaz Gunyashev | Igor Kurinnoy |
| 2006 Osaka | Takaharu Nagasawa | Niyaz Gunyashev | Vitaliy Tikhenko |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Sándor Bárdosi | Stilian Georgiev | Vitalii Oliinyk |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Sándor Bárdosi | Stilian Georgiev | Nachyn Mongush |
| 2008 Rakvere | Takashi Shimako | Stilian Georgiev | Trent Sabo |
| 2008 Rakvere | Takashi Shimako | Stilian Georgiev | Nachyn Mongush |
| 2010 Warsaw | Stilian Georgiev | Rashad Kazimov | Takashi Shimako |
| 2010 Warsaw | Stilian Georgiev | Rashad Kazimov | Olle Overbosch |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Gantugs Rentsendorj | Stilian Georgiev | Namig Sadigov |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Gantugs Rentsendorj | Stilian Georgiev | Aron Rozum |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Yūya Nakamura | Aron Rozum | Andrei Mongush |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Yūya Nakamura | Aron Rozum | Pencho Dochev |
| 2015 Osaka | Yūya Nakamura | Stilian Georgiev | Batyr Altyev |
| 2015 Osaka | Yūya Nakamura | Stilian Georgiev | Aron Rozum |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Batyr Altyev | Fathy Mohamed Mail Abou El Rokb | Isao Shibaoka |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Batyr Altyev | Fathy Mohamed Mail Abou El Rokb | Badral Baasandorj |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Sviatoslav Semykras | Subudai Shoidun | Abdelrahman Elsefy |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Sviatoslav Semykras | Subudai Shoidun | Pencho Dochev |
| 2019 Osaka | Georgy Abdula-Zade | Doping | Pencho Dochev |
| 2019 Osaka | Georgy Abdula-Zade | Doping | Abdelrahman Elsefy |
| 2023 Tokyo | Sviatoslav Semykras | Royal Aghamaliyev | Tomohisa Oku |
| 2023 Tokyo | Sviatoslav Semykras | Royal Aghamaliyev | Pencho Dochev |

### Middleweight

| Meet | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1993 Tokyo | Akihiro Kiku | Fabio Shigenobu Kosaihara | Odvog Baljinnyam |
| 1993 Tokyo | Akihiro Kiku | Fabio Shigenobu Kosaihara | Milton Reedy |
| 1994 Tokyo | Ryōji Kumagai | Eduard Grams | Moussa Sall |
| 1994 Tokyo | Ryōji Kumagai | Eduard Grams | Jorge Charello |
| 1995 Tokyo | Ryoji Kumagai | Evgueni Sleptsov | Ahmet Taşçı |
| 1995 Tokyo | Ryoji Kumagai | Evgueni Sleptsov | Arnulfo Hernandez |
| 1996 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Odvog Baljinnyam | Steve Pateman |
| 1996 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Odvog Baljinnyam | Fabio Kazuo Ikemori |
| 1997 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Roberval Yuji Hayashi | Aap Uspenski |
| 1997 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Roberval Yuji Hayashi | Nacanieli Qerewaqa |
| 1998 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Eduard Grams | Petri Särkijärvi |
| 1998 Tokyo | Tatsurō Takahama | Eduard Grams | Bayanmunkh Gantogtoh |
| 1999 Riesa | Hideto Tsushima | Aap Uspenski | Marek Paczków |
| 1999 Riesa | Hideto Tsushima | Aap Uspenski | Borislav Beltchev |
| 2000 São Paulo | Aias Mongouch | Altangadas Khuchitbaatar | Hideto Tsushima |
| 2000 São Paulo | Aias Mongouch | Altangadas Khuchitbaatar | Aap Uspenski |
| 2001 Aomori | Aias Mongouch | Aap Uspenski | Agvaansamdan Suhbat |
| 2001 Aomori | Aias Mongouch | Aap Uspenski | Luis Felipe Rodriguez Valera |
| 2002 Wrocław | David Tsallagov | Marek Paczków | Ryo Ikeura |
| 2002 Wrocław | David Tsallagov | Marek Paczków | Todor Djurov |
| 2004 Riesa | Katsuo Yoshida | Sergiy Pryadun | David Tsallagov |
| 2004 Riesa | Katsuo Yoshida | Sergiy Pryadun | Marek Paczków |
| 2005 Osaka | Katsuo Yoshida | Marek Paczków | Agvaansamdan Suhbat |
| 2005 Osaka | Katsuo Yoshida | Marek Paczków | Saber Hussein |
| 2006 Osaka | Katsuo Yoshida | Gantugs Rentsendorj | Kostyantyn Yermakov |
| 2006 Osaka | Katsuo Yoshida | Gantugs Rentsendorj | Alan de Souza Galvão |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Katsuo Yoshida | Todor Dzurov | Alan Bibilov |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Katsuo Yoshida | Todor Dzurov | Kostyantyn Yermakov |
| 2008 Rakvere | Katsuo Yoshida | Kostyantyn Yermakov | Atsamaz Kaziev |
| 2008 Rakvere | Katsuo Yoshida | Kostyantyn Yermakov | Victor Zaragueta de Jesus Pastrello |
| 2010 Warsaw | Ryō Itō | Atsamaz Kaziev | Wojciech Poczta |
| 2010 Warsaw | Ryō Itō | Atsamaz Kaziev | Bat-Orshikh Ulziitogtokh |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Kostyantyn Yermakov | Atsamaz Kaziev | Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Kostyantyn Yermakov | Atsamaz Kaziev | Ryō Itō |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Kiyoyuki Noguchi | Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu | Eres Kara-Sal |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Kiyoyuki Noguchi | Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu | Kostyantyn Yermakov |
| 2015 Osaka | Atsamaz Kaziev | Michał Luto | Giorgi Meshvildishvili |
| 2015 Osaka | Atsamaz Kaziev | Michał Luto | Kiyoyuki Noguchi |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Hayato Miwa | Michał Luto | Giorgi Meshvildishvili |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Hayato Miwa | Michał Luto | Atsamaz Kaziev |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Badral Baasandorj | Aron Rozum | Oskari Riihioja |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Badral Baasandorj | Aron Rozum | Saiyn-Belek Tiuliush |
| 2019 Osaka | Badral Baasandorj | Ryota Fukano | Oskari Riihioja |
| 2019 Osaka | Badral Baasandorj | Ryota Fukano | Michał Luto |
| 2023 Tokyo | Yehor Krupskyi | Kazuhiko Ryuyama | Sulde Dongak |
| 2023 Tokyo | Yehor Krupskyi | Kazuhiko Ryuyama | Hannu Kulmala |

### Light Heavyweight

| Meet | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2019 Osaka | Konstantin Abdula-Zade | Koju Osanai | Vazha Daiauri |
| 2019 Osaka | Konstantin Abdula-Zade | Koju Osanai | Aibek Kasmanbetov |
| 2023 Tokyo | Vazha Daiauri | Hayato Miwa | Badral Baasandorj |
| 2023 Tokyo | Vazha Daiauri | Hayato Miwa | Aron Rozum |

### Heavyweight

| Meet | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1992 Tokyo | Takeharu Dejima | Hideo Su'a | Martin Vogt |
| 1992 Tokyo | Takeharu Dejima | Hideo Su'a | Tsedendamba Bayarsaihan |
| 1993 Tokyo | Fumihito Tsuruga | Tsedendamba Bayarsaihan | Andrew Borodow |
| 1993 Tokyo | Fumihito Tsuruga | Tsedendamba Bayarsaihan | Khabil Biktachev |
| 1994 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Paul Kingi | Bill Etherington |
| 1994 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Paul Kingi | Rene Da Silva Crespo |
| 1995 Tokyo | Naohito Saitō | Jörg Brümmer | Fabio Shigenobu Kozahira |
| 1995 Tokyo | Naohito Saitō | Jörg Brümmer | Andrew Borodow |
| 1996 Tokyo | Koichi Katō | Andrew Borodow | Emeka Baba Mutum Okeke |
| 1996 Tokyo | Koichi Katō | Andrew Borodow | Yeh Kum-fang |
| 1997 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Yeh Kum-fang | Samat Romazanov |
| 1997 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Yeh Kum-fang | Wayne Vierra |
| 1998 Tokyo | Jörg Brümmer | Nacanieli Qerewaqa | Marcos Santana |
| 1998 Tokyo | Jörg Brümmer | Nacanieli Qerewaqa | Seiken Katō |
| 1999 Riesa | Takahisa Osanai | Tsedendamba Bayarsaikhan | Jörg Brümmer |
| 1999 Riesa | Takahisa Osanai | Tsedendamba Bayarsaikhan | Robert Paczków |
| 2000 São Paulo | Takahisa Osanai | Jörg Brümmer | Hans Borg |
| 2000 São Paulo | Takahisa Osanai | Jörg Brümmer | Marcos Santana |
| 2001 Aomori | Robert Paczków | Iouri Mildzikhov | Petar Stoyanov |
| 2001 Aomori | Robert Paczków | Iouri Mildzikhov | Julio Cesar Diez Ochoa |
| 2002 Wrocław | Robert Paczków | Iouri Mildzikhov | Hans Borg |
| 2002 Wrocław | Robert Paczków | Iouri Mildzikhov | Tsedev Myagmarsuren |
| 2004 Riesa | Takayuki Ichihara | Robert Paczków | Petar Stoyanov |
| 2004 Riesa | Takayuki Ichihara | Robert Paczków | Konstantyn Stryzhak |
| 2005 Osaka | Takayuki Ichihara | Dezső Libor | Hrist Hristov |
| 2005 Osaka | Takayuki Ichihara | Dezső Libor | Alan Karaev |
| 2006 Osaka | Byambajav Ulambayar | Alan Karaev | Tomoki Mori |
| 2006 Osaka | Byambajav Ulambayar | Alan Karaev | Robert Paczków |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Byambajav Ulambayar | Hiroaki Tanaka | Petar Stoyanov |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Byambajav Ulambayar | Hiroaki Tanaka | Artur Bagaev |
| 2008 Rakvere | Takashi Himeno | Petar Stoyanov | Byambajav Ulambayar |
| 2008 Rakvere | Takashi Himeno | Petar Stoyanov | Doping |
| 2010 Warsaw | Dezső Libor | Alan Karaev | Byambajav Ulambayar |
| 2010 Warsaw | Dezső Libor | Alan Karaev | Hidemasa Meigetsuin |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Alan Karaev | Dmytro Slepchenko | Endō Shōta |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Alan Karaev | Dmytro Slepchenko | Byambajav Ulambayar |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Alan Karaev | Yevhenii Orlov | Byambajav Ulambayar |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Alan Karaev | Yevhenii Orlov | Ivan Kachakov |
| 2015 Osaka | Ryōta Oyanagi | Byambajav Ulambayar | Rui Aparecido de Sá Junior |
| 2015 Osaka | Ryōta Oyanagi | Byambajav Ulambayar | Avtandil Tsertsvadze |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Vasily Margiev | Kojiro Kurokawa | Serhii Sokolovskyi |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Vasily Margiev | Kojiro Kurokawa | Byambajav Ulambayar |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Vasily Margiev | Davaajamts Nanjidsuren | Mateusz Linka |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Vasily Margiev | Davaajamts Nanjidsuren | Seira Shiroyama |
| 2019 Osaka | Atsushi Igarashi | Rui Aparecido de Sá Junior | Ruslan Bagaev |
| 2019 Osaka | Atsushi Igarashi | Rui Aparecido de Sá Junior | Oleksandr Veresiuk |
| 2023 Tokyo | Naoya Kusano | Naranbayar Khangai | Lasha Jeladze |
| 2023 Tokyo | Naoya Kusano | Naranbayar Khangai | Jacek Piersiak |

### Openweight

| Meet | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1992 Tokyo | Kazuo Saitō | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Rene Da Silva Crespo |
| 1992 Tokyo | Kazuo Saitō | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Jochen Plate |
| 1993 Tokyo | Sunao Yasu | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | Emmanuel Yarbrough |
| 1993 Tokyo | Sunao Yasu | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | Rene Da Silva Crespo |
| 1994 Tokyo | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Fabrice Guenet |
| 1994 Tokyo | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Khabil Biktachev |
| 1995 Tokyo | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Taishi Goto | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene |
| 1995 Tokyo | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Taishi Goto | Fabrice Guenet |
| 1996 Tokyo | Mark Robinson | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Tevita Vaiola Falevai |
| 1996 Tokyo | Mark Robinson | Emmanuel Yarbrough | Fabrice Guenet |
| 1997 Tokyo | Naohito Saitō | Ahmed Bally | Mark Robinson |
| 1997 Tokyo | Naohito Saitō | Ahmed Bally | Flavio Tooru Kosaihara |
| 1998 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Mark Robinson | Thorsten Scheibler |
| 1998 Tokyo | Keiji Tamiya | Mark Robinson | Jacek Jaracz |
| 1999 Riesa | Levan Ebanoidze | Tōru Kakizoe | Dezső Libor |
| 1999 Riesa | Levan Ebanoidze | Tōru Kakizoe | Iouri Goloubovski |
| 2000 São Paulo | Tōru Kakizoe | Thorsten Scheibler | Levan Ebanoidze |
| 2000 São Paulo | Tōru Kakizoe | Thorsten Scheibler | Jorma Korhonen |
| 2001 Aomori | Thorsten Scheibler | Tsedendamba Bayarsaikhan | Iouri Goloubovski |
| 2001 Aomori | Thorsten Scheibler | Tsedendamba Bayarsaikhan | Ronny Almann |
| 2002 Wrocław | Alan Karaev | Batjargal Ganbat | Thorsten Scheibler |
| 2002 Wrocław | Alan Karaev | Batjargal Ganbat | Levan Ebanoidze |
| 2004 Riesa | Keisyo Shimoda | Thorsten Scheibler | Jacek Jaracz |
| 2004 Riesa | Keisyo Shimoda | Thorsten Scheibler | Geraldo Katsushi Fujishiro |
| 2005 Osaka | Thorsten Scheibler | Keisyo Shimoda | Batzorig Chogsom |
| 2005 Osaka | Thorsten Scheibler | Keisyo Shimoda | Petar Stoyanov |
| 2006 Osaka | Alan Gabaraev | Jaroslav Poříz | Myagmarsuren Tsedev |
| 2006 Osaka | Alan Gabaraev | Jaroslav Poříz | Takayuki Ichihara |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Alan Karaev | Yasunari Miyamoto | Hany Hassanin |
| 2007 Chiang Mai | Alan Karaev | Yasunari Miyamoto | Myagmarsuren Tsedev |
| 2008 Rakvere | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Doping | Robert Paczków |
| 2008 Rakvere | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Doping | Alan Karaev |
| 2010 Warsaw | Vasily Margiev | Hristo Hristov | Ganbat Batjargal |
| 2010 Warsaw | Vasily Margiev | Hristo Hristov | Masahiro Yamaguchi |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Mutoshi Matsunaga | Haitham Alsadi |
| 2012 Hong Kong | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Mutoshi Matsunaga | Oleksandr Veresiuk |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Turbold Baasansuren | Oleksandr Veresiuk | Daiki Nakamura |
| 2014 Taoyuan | Turbold Baasansuren | Oleksandr Veresiuk | Hossam Fathi Omar Misbah |
| 2015 Osaka | Sōichirō Kurokawa | Hossam Fathi Omar Misbah | Jacek Piersiak |
| 2015 Osaka | Sōichirō Kurokawa | Hossam Fathi Omar Misbah | Turbold Baasansuren |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Turbold Baasansuren | Eduard Kudzoev | Roy Sims |
| 2016 Ulaanbaatar | Turbold Baasansuren | Eduard Kudzoev | Sōichirō Kurokawa |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Eduard Kudzoev | Jacek Piersiak | Oleksandr Veresiuk |
| 2018 Taoyuan | Eduard Kudzoev | Jacek Piersiak | Tomohiro Saigo |
| 2019 Osaka | Batsuuri Namsraijav | Kojiro Kurokawa | Robert Kerstner |
| 2019 Osaka | Batsuuri Namsraijav | Kojiro Kurokawa | Eduard Kudzoev |
| 2023 Tokyo | Oleksandr Veresiuk | Batsuuri Namsraijav | Alonso Gonzalez Margalef |
| 2023 Tokyo | Oleksandr Veresiuk | Batsuuri Namsraijav | Taisei Matsuzono |