1982 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Edmonton |
| Country |
 CAN |
| Held |
11 – 14 August 1982 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
11 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
7 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
| 2 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 3 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| 4 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
| 5 |
Canada |
CAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Cuba |
 CUB |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Czechoslovakia |
 TCH |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Japan |
 JPN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Poland |
 POL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 10 |
Hungary |
 HUN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
Yugoslavia |
 YUG |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Sergey Kornilayev
|
URS
|
Ali Mehmedov
|
BUL
|
Šaban Trstena
|
YUG
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Hartmut Reich
|
GDR
|
Osman Efendiyev
|
URS
|
Joe Gonzales
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Anatoly Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Hideaki Tomiyama
|
JPN
|
Stefan Ivanov
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Sergey Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Simeon Shterev
|
BUL
|
József Orbán
|
HUN
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Mikhail Charachura
|
URS
|
Raúl Cascaret
|
CUB
|
Eberhard Probst
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Leroy Kemp
|
USA
|
Dan Karabin
|
TCH
|
Yury Vorobyov
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Taymuraz Dzgoyev
|
URS
|
Efraim Kamberov
|
BUL
|
Dave Schultz
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Uwe Neupert
|
GDR
|
Clark Davis
|
CAN
|
Viktor Batnia
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -+100 kg, Men |
Salman Khasimikov
|
URS
|
Adam Sandurski
|
POL
|
Andreas Schröder
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Ilya Mate
|
URS
|
Slavcho Chervenkov
|
BUL
|
Greg Gibson
|
USA
|