The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Freestyle Light Heavyweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 12 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals

SWEDEN - 7 Medals

Freestyle Light Heavyweight Freestyle Bantamweight Freestyle Flyweight
Freestyle Featherweight Freestyle Lightweight Freestyle Welterweight
Freestyle Middleweight Freestyle Heavyweight Freestyle SuperHeavyweight
Freestyle Discontinued Greco-Roman Bantamweight Greco-Roman Featherweight
Greco-Roman Lightweight Greco-Roman Welterweight Greco-Roman Middleweight
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Greco-Roman SuperHeavyweight Greco-Roman Discontinued




Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 1996 Atlanta Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1920
Anders Larsson  - Sweden
Charles Courant - Switzerland
Walter Maurer - United States
1924
John Spellman - United States
Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
Charles Courant - Switzerland
1928
Thure Sjostedt - Sweden
Arnold Bogli - Switzerland
Henri Lefebre - France
1932
Peter Mehringer - United States
Thure Sjostedt - Sweden
Eddir Scarf - Australia
1936
Knut Fridell - Sweden
Agust Neo - Estonia
Erich Siebert - Germany
1948
Henru Wittenberg - United States
Fritz Stockli - Switzerland
Bengt Fahlqvist - Sweden
1952
Viking Palm - Sweden
Henry Wittenberg - United States
Adil Atan - Turkey
1956
Gholamreza Takhti - Iran
Boris Kulayev - Soviet Union
Peter Blair - United States
1960
Ismet Atli - Turkey
Gholamreza Takhti - Iran
Anatoly Albul  - Soviet Union
1964
Aleksandr Medved - Soviet Union
Ahmet Ayik - Turkey
Said Mustafov - Bulgaria
1968
Ahmet Ayik - Turkey
Shota Lomidze - Soviet Union
Jozsef Csatari - Hungary
1972
Ben Peterson - United States
Gennadi Strakhov - Soviet Union
Karoly Bajko - Hungary
1976
Levan Tediashvili - Soviet Union
Ben Peterson - United States
Stelica Morcov - Romania
1980
Sanasar Oganisyan - Soviet Union
Uwe Neupert - East Germany
Aleksander Cichon - Poland
1984
Ed Banach - United States
Akira Ota - Japan
Noel Loban - Great Britain
1988
Makharbek Khadartsev - Soviet Union
Akira Ota - Japan
Kim Tae-woo - South Korea
1992
Makharbek Khadartsev - Unified Team
Kenan Simsek - Turkey
Christopher Campbell - United States
1996
Rasoul Khadem - Iran
Makharbek Khadartsev - Russia Eldar Kurtanidze - Georgia

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2016
Sara Dosho - Japan
Natalia Vorobieva - Russia
Elmira Syzdykova - Kazakhstan
Jenny Fransson - Sweden
2020
Tamyra Mensah - United States Blessing Oborududu - Nigeria Alla Cherkasova - Ukraine
Meerim Zhumanazarova - Kyrgyzstan
2024
Amit Elor - United States
Meerim Zhumanazarova - Kyrgyzstan
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu - Turkey
Nonoka Ozaki - Japan

Medal Total
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States 7
2
3
12
2
Soviet Union 4
3
1
8
3
Sweden
4
2
1
7
4
Turkey 2
2
2
6
5
Japan 1
2
1
4
6
Switzerland 0
3
1
4
7
Iran
2
1
0
3
8
Russia 0
2
0
2
9
Hungary 0
2
0
2
10
Kyrgyrzstan
0
1
1
2
11
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
12
Nigeria
0
1
0
1
13
Estonia
0
1
0
1
14
East Germany
0
1
0
1
15
France
0
0
1
1
16
Australia
0
0
1
1
17
Germany
0
0
1
1
18
Bulgaria
0
0
1
1
19
Romania
0
0
1
1
20
Poland
0
0
1
1
21
Great Britain
0
0
1
1
22
South Korea
0
0
1
1
23
Georgia
0
0
1
1
24
Ukraine
0
0
1
1