2026 U20 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships concluded: full results

The 2026 U20 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships concluded in Bratislava on August 19. On the final day of competition, medals were decided in the 60 kg and 82 kg weight categories, completing the list of all world champions and medalists.

The Russian team won the overall team standings with 142 points. Russian wrestlers claimed three gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

Armenia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Japan each produced one world champion.

Russia wins team standings, Armenia finishes fourth

Russia comfortably took first place in the team standings with 142 points. Iran finished second with 109 points, while Uzbekistan was third with 95.

Armenia scored 91 points and finished fourth, just four points behind Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan, with 90 points, took fifth place.

Armenian wrestlers completed the championships with four medals — one gold, one silver and two bronze.

In terms of the number of medals, Armenia matched last year's result. However, in 2025 the team scored 98 points compared with 91 at this year's tournament. Armenia officially finished second in the team standings that year, although when taking into account Russia's result, which was not included in the official standings, it corresponded to the third-best total of the tournament.

Armenia's Greco-Roman wrestlers also delivered a strong performance in Bratislava and remained in contention for a top-three finish until the very end. The biggest success for the Armenian team came from Samvel Terteryan, who won the gold medal in the 77 kg category. Samvel thus repeated the achievement of his brother Gaspar Terteryan, who won the U20 world title a year earlier.

Yurik Petrosyan earned Armenia a silver medal in the 87 kg category. Armenia's other two medals were bronze. Yurik Mkhitaryan took bronze at 67 kg, while Erik Ter-Matevosyan finished third at 97 kg.

Armenia's final medal tally:

• gold — Samvel Terteryan, 77 kg;
• silver — Yurik Petrosyan, 87 kg;
• bronze — Yurik Mkhitaryan, 67 kg;
• bronze — Erik Ter-Matevosyan, 97 kg.

Results of the medal bouts on August 19

On the final day of the championships, the medalists were decided in the 60 kg and 82 kg categories.

60 kg

Bronze-medal bouts

Pedro De Souza Rodrigues (Brazil) — Amirali Heydari (Iran) — 0:9

Ilya Panyutin (Russia) — Marlen Abdysamatov (Kyrgyzstan) — 8:0

Final: Ayhan Javadov (Azerbaijan) — Dostonbek Oripov (Uzbekistan) — 4:1

82 kg

Bronze-medal bouts

Ismail Bereket (Turkey) — Elmin Aliyev (Azerbaijan) — 1:7

Zhabolchs Zhinay (Hungary) — Alireza Mohammad Hosseini (Iran) — 9:4

Final: Kiril Valevsky (Belarus) — Ramazan Nekhay (Russia) — 1:3

Results from the previous day

2026 U20 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships: full results

55 kg

1. Armin Shamsupurnazhi (Iran)
2. Koba Karumidze (Georgia)
3. Emin Javadli (Azerbaijan) and Khojiakbar Kuchkarov (Uzbekistan)

14th place: Edgar Petrosyan (Armenia).

60 kg

1. Ayhan Javadov (Azerbaijan)
2. Dostonbek Oripov (Uzbekistan)
3. Ilya Panyutin (Russia) and Amirali Heydari (Iran)

26th place: Marat Atchemyan (Armenia).

63 kg

1. Kuvonchbek Ismoilov (Uzbekistan)
2. Salim Kazmakhov (Russia)
3. Tural Ahmadov (Azerbaijan) and Ali Gharibi (Iran)

8th place: Alex Margaryan (Armenia).

67 kg

1. Kazybek Kalmagambetov (Kazakhstan)
2. Mikhail Markovsky (Belarus)
3. Petro Zhitovoz (Hungary) and Yurik Mkhitaryan (Armenia)

Yurik Mkhitaryan earned one of Armenia's two bronze medals at the championships.

72 kg

1. Mingiyan Goryaev (Russia)
2. Salih Yatsichi (Turkey)
3. Behruzbek Valiev (Uzbekistan) and Mohamed Ibrahim (Egypt)

5th place: Gor Khachatryan (Armenia).

77 kg

1. Samvel Terteryan (Armenia)
2. Javidan Nakhmatov (Azerbaijan)
3. Amir Saeidi Nava (Iran) and Zalan Toplak (Hungary)

Samvel Terteryan was the only member of the Armenian team to win a gold medal at the tournament.

82 kg

1. Ramazan Nekhay (Russia)
2. Kiril Valevsky (Belarus)
3. Elmin Aliyev (Azerbaijan) and Zhabolchs Zhinay (Hungary)

13th place: Vahe Hovhannisyan (Armenia).

87 kg

1. Taizo Yoshida (Japan)
2. Yurik Petrosyan (Armenia)
3. Amirhossein Nematzadeh (Iran) and Aidan Squier (USA)

8th place: Manvel Harutyunyan (Russia).

21st place: Tigran Manukyan (Lithuania).

97 kg

1. Egor Yakushenko (Ukraine)
2. Ilya Komarov (Russia)
3. Pauli Perkioe (Finland) and Erik Ter-Matevosyan (Armenia)

5th place: Arman Mkrtchyan (Georgia).

130 kg

1. Ali Ilyasov (Russia)
2. Koppani Laszlo (Hungary)
3. Saba Purtseladze (Georgia) and Ivan Yankovsky (Ukraine)

12th place: Seyran Kirakosyan (Armenia).

Team standings at the U20 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships

The final top five teams of the tournament:

1. Russia — 142 points
2. Iran — 109
3. Uzbekistan — 95
4. Armenia — 91
5. Azerbaijan — 90

Russia won the team standings by a clear margin, while the battle for third place was much closer. Uzbekistan finished just four points ahead of Armenia, while Armenia, in turn, edged Azerbaijan by only one point.

Armenia completed the championships with four medals and a place among the top four U20 Greco-Roman wrestling teams in the world.

U20 world champions in each weight category

The gold medals were won by:

55 kg — Armin Shamsupurnazhi (Iran)
60 kg — Ayhan Javadov (Azerbaijan)
63 kg — Kuvonchbek Ismoilov (Uzbekistan)
67 kg — Kazybek Kalmagambetov (Kazakhstan)
72 kg — Mingiyan Goryaev (Russia)
77 kg — Samvel Terteryan (Armenia)
82 kg — Ramazan Nekhay (Russia)
87 kg — Taizo Yoshida (Japan)
97 kg — Egor Yakushenko (Ukraine)
130 kg — Ali Ilyasov (Russia)

Thus, Russia was the only country to win more than one gold medal, with the Russian team claiming three titles. Seven other countries won one world title each.

Freestyle wrestling tournament starts on August 20

Following the conclusion of the Greco-Roman competition, the U20 World Championships program will continue.

The U20 freestyle wrestling competition will begin in Bratislava on August 20, with athletes competing for another ten sets of medals.