# 2009 World Wrestling Championships

The 2009 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Messecenter Herning in Herning, Denmark. The event took place from September 21 to September 27, 2009.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Spain | 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 | 63 | Turkey | 44 | Azerbaijan | 42 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 48 | Iran | 39 | Japan | 37 |
| 3 | Iran | 40 | Azerbaijan | 38 | Canada | 37 |
| 4 | Turkey | 27 | Russia | 31 | Ukraine | 35 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 23 | Cuba | 26 | Russia | 27 |
| 6 | Belarus | 21 | Hungary | 19 | United States | 24 |
| 7 | United States | 19 | Georgia | 19 | Mongolia | 19 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 18 | Denmark Sweden | 17 | North Korea | 17 |
| 9 | Georgia India Japan | 14 | Denmark Sweden | 17 | Kazakhstan | 17 |
| 10 | Georgia India Japan | 14 | Uzbekistan | 17 | China | 16 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Yang Kyong-il North Korea | Sezar Akgül Turkey | Rizvan Gadzhiev Belarus |
| 55 kg details | Yang Kyong-il North Korea | Sezar Akgül Turkey | Viktor Lebedev Russia |
| 60 kg details | Besik Kudukhov Russia | Zelimkhan Huseynov Azerbaijan | Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan |
| 60 kg details | Besik Kudukhov Russia | Zelimkhan Huseynov Azerbaijan | Vasyl Fedoryshyn Ukraine |
| 66 kg details | Mehdi Taghavi Iran | Rasul Dzhukaev Russia | Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu Japan |
| 66 kg details | Mehdi Taghavi Iran | Rasul Dzhukaev Russia | Leonid Spiridonov Kazakhstan |
| 74 kg details | Denis Tsargush Russia | Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev Azerbaijan | Ramesh Kumar India |
| 74 kg details | Denis Tsargush Russia | Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev Azerbaijan | Sadegh Goudarzi Iran |
| 84 kg details | Zaurbek Sokhiev Uzbekistan | Jake Herbert United States | Ibragim Aldatov Ukraine |
| 84 kg details | Zaurbek Sokhiev Uzbekistan | Jake Herbert United States | Sharif Sharifov Azerbaijan |
| 96 kg details | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia | Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan | Serhat Balcı Turkey |
| 96 kg details | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia | Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan | Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia |
| 120 kg details | Bilyal Makhov Russia | Fardin Masoumi Iran | Ioannis Arzoumanidis Greece |
| 120 kg details | Bilyal Makhov Russia | Fardin Masoumi Iran | Tervel Dlagnev United States |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Hamid Sourian Iran | Roman Amoyan Armenia | Håkan Nyblom Denmark |
| 55 kg details | Hamid Sourian Iran | Roman Amoyan Armenia | Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan |
| 60 kg details | Islambek Albiev Russia | Dilshod Aripov Uzbekistan | Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan |
| 60 kg details | Islambek Albiev Russia | Dilshod Aripov Uzbekistan | Vitaliy Rahimov Azerbaijan |
| 66 kg details | Farid Mansurov Azerbaijan | Manuchar Tskhadaia Georgia | Ambako Vachadze Russia |
| 66 kg details | Farid Mansurov Azerbaijan | Manuchar Tskhadaia Georgia | Pedro Mulens Cuba |
| 74 kg details | Selçuk Çebi Turkey | Mark Madsen Denmark | Aliaksandr Kikiniou Belarus |
| 74 kg details | Selçuk Çebi Turkey | Mark Madsen Denmark | Farshad Alizadeh Iran |
| 84 kg details | Nazmi Avluca Turkey | Mélonin Noumonvi France | Habibollah Akhlaghi Iran |
| 84 kg details | Nazmi Avluca Turkey | Mélonin Noumonvi France | Pablo Shorey Cuba |
| 96 kg details | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Jimmy Lidberg Sweden | Amir Aliakbari Iran |
| 96 kg details | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Jimmy Lidberg Sweden | Aslanbek Khushtov Russia |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Dremiel Byers United States | Jalmar Sjöberg Sweden |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Dremiel Byers United States | Rıza Kayaalp Turkey |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan | Lorisa Oorzhak Russia | So Sim-hyang North Korea |
| 48 kg details | Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan | Lorisa Oorzhak Russia | Lyudmyla Balushka Ukraine |
| 51 kg details | Sofia Mattsson Sweden | Han Kum-ok North Korea | Oleksandra Kohut Ukraine |
| 51 kg details | Sofia Mattsson Sweden | Han Kum-ok North Korea | Yuri Kai Japan |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Sona Ahmadli Azerbaijan | Alena Filipava Belarus |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Sona Ahmadli Azerbaijan | Tonya Verbeek Canada |
| 59 kg details | Yuliya Ratkevich Azerbaijan | Agata Pietrzyk Poland | Marianna Sastin Hungary |
| 59 kg details | Yuliya Ratkevich Azerbaijan | Agata Pietrzyk Poland | Hanna Vasylenko Ukraine |
| 63 kg details | Mio Nishimaki Japan | Lubov Volosova Russia | Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan |
| 63 kg details | Mio Nishimaki Japan | Lubov Volosova Russia | Justine Bouchard Canada |
| 67 kg details | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Yulia Bartnovskaya Russia | Ifeoma Iheanacho Nigeria |
| 67 kg details | Martine Dugrenier Canada | Yulia Bartnovskaya Russia | Badrakhyn Odonchimeg Mongolia |
| 72 kg details | Qin Xiaoqing China | Ochirbatyn Burmaa Mongolia | Maider Unda Spain |
| 72 kg details | Qin Xiaoqing China | Ochirbatyn Burmaa Mongolia | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria |

## Participating nations

639 competitors from 70 nations participated.
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (15)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (6)
* Azerbaijan (19)
* Belarus (20)
* Brazil (9)
* Bulgaria (17)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (14)
* China (20)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Cuba (14)
* Czech Republic (9)
* Denmark (7)
* Dominican Republic (5)
* Egypt (6)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (7)
* France (10)
* Georgia (14)
* Germany (15)
* Great Britain (5)
* Greece (8)
* Hungary (14)
* India (17)
* Iran (14)
* Iraq (4)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (21)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (21)
* Kyrgyzstan (13)
* Latvia (6)
* Lithuania (9)
* Madagascar (2)
* Mexico (4)
* Moldova (10)
* Mongolia (13)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (3)
* North Korea (8)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (18)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Romania (14)
* Russia (21)
* Senegal (3)
* Serbia (4)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (4)
* South Africa (4)
* South Korea (17)
* Spain (14)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (4)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (19)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Ukraine (21)
* United States (21)
* Uzbekistan (14)
* Venezuela (19)
* Vietnam (6)