This is a List of World Championships medalists in women's freestyle wrestling.
- 47 kg: 1987–1996
- 46 kg: 1997–2001
- 48 kg: 2002–2017
- 50 kg: 2018–
- 50 kg: 1987–1996
- 51 kg: 1997–2013
- 53 kg: 2014–
- 53 kg: 1987–1996
- 55 kg: 2014–
- 57 kg: 1987–1996
- 56 kg: 1997–2001
- 55 kg: 2002–2013
- 58 kg: 2004–2017
- 57 kg: 2018–
- 59 kg: 2002–2013
- 60 kg: 2014–2017
- 59 kg: 2018–
- 61 kg: 1987–1996
- 62 kg: 1997–2001
- 63 kg: 2002–2017
- 62 kg: 2018–
- 70 kg: 1987–1996
- 68 kg: 1997–2001
- 67 kg: 2002–2013
- 69 kg: 2014–2017
- 68 kg: 2018–
- 75 kg: 1987–2001
- 72 kg: 2002–2013
- 75 kg: 2014–2017
- 76 kg: 2018–
- Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
- ^ At the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.
- ^ At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), wrestlers from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under the name and the modified flag of the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF).
- ^ At the 2023 World Championships, as a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).