Know more about the 2022 World Wrestling Championships including India performances, medals, the winner list, schedule and medal tally, results
Bajrang Punia, a legendary wrestler from India, won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia. With Punia’s victory, India now has two medals in the current World Championships, joining Vinesh Phogat, who also won a bronze in the 53Kg division.
World Wrestling Championships 2022 Final Day Results, Winner List, Team Rankings, Medal Table Tally, India Medals, Awards Winners And Updates
Indian Wrestlers’ Performance in 2022 World Wrestling Championships
Bajrang Punia became the only Indian wrestler to win four medals at the World Wrestling Championships history on Sunday in Belgrade, after winning bronze in 2022 edition. In one of the bouts for men’s freestyle 65 kg bronze medal, Bajrang, who won a bronze in the Olympics in Tokyo last year, narrowly defeated Sebastian C. Rivera of Puerto Rico 11-9 on points. Bajrang, who fell to American John Michael Diakomihalis in the quarterfinals, advanced to the bronze medal match by defeating Armenian Vazgen Tevanyan in the repechage round, winning 7-6 on points.
India sent a 30-person team to the current World Championships, but they performed poorly, winning only two medals. Ravi Kumar Dahiya, who won the silver medal at the Olympics in Tokyo, crashed out early and was unable to place on the podium. Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat was the other medal winner as she earned a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in women’s freestyle 53kg division.
2022 World Wrestling Championships Medal Table
With a total of 15 medals, including seven gold and six silver, the United States took first place in the medal count. Japan came in second with a total of 13 medals, including seven gold and five bronze. India’s campaign came to an end with two bronze medals following a dismal showing, while the hosts Serbia and Turkey both finished with four gold medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Serbia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Armenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Moldova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Georgia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | China | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | India | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | 30 | 30 | 60 | 120 | |
2022 World Wrestling Championships Team Rankings
In the men’s freestyle division of the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, Indian wrestlers came in 10th, while in the women’s freestyle competition, they came in ninth. USA scored 198 points to win the men’s freestyle competition, while Japan scored 190 points to win the women’s freestyle tournament.
| Rank | Men’s freestyle Team | Men’s freestyle Points | Men’s Greco-Roman Team | Men’s Greco-Roman Points | Women’s freestyle Team | Women’s freestyle Points |
| 1 | United States | 198 | Turkey | 125 | Japan | 190 |
| 2 | Iran | 150 | Azerbaijan | 118 | United States | 157 |
| 3 | Japan | 70 | Serbia | 110 | China | 84 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 68 | Iran | 81 | Mongolia | 72 |
| 5 | Georgia | 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 77 | Ukraine | 68 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 55 | Georgia | 76 | Canada | 58 |
| 7 | Turkey | 47 | Hungary | 70 | Moldova | 50 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 42 | Uzbekistan | 61 | Poland | 49 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 40 | Armenia | 58 | India | 41 |
| 10 | India | 37 | Kazakhstan | 51 | Turkey | 39 |
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