# 2005 World Wrestling Championships

The 2005 World Wrestling Championships were held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The event took place from September 26 to October 2, 2005.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Cuba | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | United States | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 21 | 21 | 42 | 84 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 54 | Hungary | 41 | Japan | 61 |
| 2 | Cuba | 39 | Russia | 27 | China | 52 |
| 3 | Georgia | 33 | Turkey | 26 | United States | 42 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 27 | Cuba | 25 | Canada | 41 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 26 | Bulgaria | 24 | Russia | 30 |
| 6 | Iran | 22 | South Korea | 23 | Ukraine | 25 |
| 7 | Hungary | 20 | Ukraine | 23 | Mongolia | 17 |
| 8 | United States | 20 | Belarus | 20 | Hungary | 14 |
| 9 | Mongolia | 18 | Kazakhstan | 20 | Germany | 13 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 16 | Iran | 19 | Belarus | 12 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan | Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria | Jon Hyon-guk North Korea |
| 55 kg details | Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan | Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria | Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar Mongolia |
| 60 kg details | Alan Dudaev Russia | Yandro Quintana Cuba | Martin Berberyan Armenia |
| 60 kg details | Alan Dudaev Russia | Yandro Quintana Cuba | Morad Mohammadi Iran |
| 66 kg details | Makhach Murtazaliev Russia | Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria | Otar Tushishvili Georgia |
| 66 kg details | Makhach Murtazaliev Russia | Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria | Geandry Garzón Cuba |
| 74 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Árpád Ritter Hungary | Joe Williams United States |
| 74 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Árpád Ritter Hungary | Nikolay Paslar Bulgaria |
| 84 kg details | Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia | Yoel Romero Cuba | Magomed Kurugliyev Kazakhstan |
| 84 kg details | Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia | Yoel Romero Cuba | Taras Danko Ukraine |
| 96 kg details | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia | Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia | Aleksey Krupnyakov Kyrgyzstan |
| 96 kg details | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia | Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi Ukraine |
| 120 kg details | Aydın Polatçı Turkey | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba | Ottó Aubéli Hungary |
| 120 kg details | Aydın Polatçı Turkey | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba | Tolly Thompson United States |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Hamid Sourian Iran | Park Eun-chul South Korea | István Majoros Hungary |
| 55 kg details | Hamid Sourian Iran | Park Eun-chul South Korea | Yermek Kuketov Kazakhstan |
| 60 kg details | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria | Ali Ashkani Iran | Eusebiu Diaconu Romania |
| 60 kg details | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria | Ali Ashkani Iran | Petr Švehla Czech Republic |
| 66 kg details | Nikolay Gergov Bulgaria | Kim Min-chul South Korea | Alain Milián Cuba |
| 66 kg details | Nikolay Gergov Bulgaria | Kim Min-chul South Korea | Kim Kum-chol North Korea |
| 74 kg details | Varteres Samurgashev Russia | Mark Madsen Denmark | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland |
| 74 kg details | Varteres Samurgashev Russia | Mark Madsen Denmark | Konstantin Schneider Germany |
| 84 kg details | Alim Selimau Belarus | Aleksey Mishin Russia | Sándor Bárdosi Hungary |
| 84 kg details | Alim Selimau Belarus | Aleksey Mishin Russia | Nazmi Avluca Turkey |
| 96 kg details | Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey | Lajos Virág Hungary | Vasily Teploukhov Russia |
| 96 kg details | Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey | Lajos Virág Hungary | Justin Ruiz United States |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary | Siarhei Artsiukhin Belarus |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary | Yekta Yılmaz Gül Turkey |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Ren Xuecheng China | Iryna Merleni Ukraine | Carol Huynh Canada |
| 48 kg details | Ren Xuecheng China | Iryna Merleni Ukraine | Makiko Sakamoto Japan |
| 51 kg details | Hitomi Sakamoto Japan | Vanessa Boubryemm France | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal Mongolia |
| 51 kg details | Hitomi Sakamoto Japan | Vanessa Boubryemm France | Wen Juling China |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Su Lihui China | Natalia Golts Russia |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Su Lihui China | Tonya Verbeek Canada |
| 59 kg details | Ayako Shoda Japan | Marianna Sastin Hungary | Sally Roberts United States |
| 59 kg details | Ayako Shoda Japan | Marianna Sastin Hungary | Lene Aanes Norway |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Jing Ruixue China | Sara McMann United States |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Jing Ruixue China | Volha Khilko Belarus |
| 67 kg details | Meng Lili China | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Elena Perepelkina Russia |
| 67 kg details | Meng Lili China | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Katie Downing United States |
| 72 kg details | Iris Smith United States | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Anita Schätzle Germany |
| 72 kg details | Iris Smith United States | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Svetlana Saenko Ukraine |

## Participating nations

621 competitors from 81 nations participated.
* American Samoa (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (11)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (5)
* Azerbaijan (10)
* Belarus (20)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Brazil (4)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Canada (14)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (20)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (13)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Denmark (2)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Egypt (5)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (8)
* France (12)
* Georgia (15)
* Germany (20)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (16)
* Guatemala (3)
* Hungary (21)
* India (18)
* Iran (14)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (14)
* Japan (21)
* Kazakhstan (16)
* Kyrgyzstan (15)
* Latvia (3)
* Lebanon (6)
* Lithuania (9)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (6)
* Mongolia (14)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (4)
* New Zealand (1)
* North Korea (4)
* Norway (6)
* Palau (1)
* Panama (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (2)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Qatar (5)
* Romania (17)
* Russia (21)
* Serbia and Montenegro (3)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (14)
* Spain (9)
* Suriname (3)
* Sweden (7)
* Switzerland (6)
* Syria (3)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (18)
* U. S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Ukraine (21)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (21)
* Uzbekistan (13)
* Venezuela (9)