The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Freestyle Lightweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 15 Medals

JAPAN - 13 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 6 Medals

Freestyle Lightweight Freestyle Flyweight Freestyle Bantamweight
Freestyle Flyweight Freestyle Welterweight Freestyle Middleweight
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
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  Women  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Otto Roehm - United States
Rudolph Tesing - United States
Albert Zirkel - United States
1908
George de Relwyskow - Great Britain
William Wood - Great Britain
Albert Gingell - Great Britain
1920
Kalle Anttila - Finland
Gottfrid Svensson - Sweden
Peter Wright - Great Britain
1924
Russell Vis - United States
Volmar Wikstrom - Finland
Arvo Haavisto - Finland
1928
Osvald Kapp - Estonia
Charles Pacome - France
Eino Augusti Leino - Finland
1932
Charles Pacome - France
Karoly Karpati - Hungary
Gustaf Klaren - Sweden
1936
Karoly Karpati - Hungary
Wolfgang Ehrl - Germany
Hermanni Pihlajamaki - Finland
1948
Celal Atik - Turkey
Gosta Frandfors - Sweden
Hermann Baumann - Switzerland
1952
Olle Anderberg - Sweden
Jay Thomas Evans - United States
Jahanbakht Towfigh - Iran
1956
Imam-Ali Habibi - Iran
Shigeru Kasahara - Japan
Alimberg Bestayev - Soviet Union
1960
Shelby Wilson - United States
Vladimir Synyavsky - Soviet Union
Enyu Valchev - Bulgaria
1964
Enyu Valchev - Bulgaria
Klaus Rost - United Team of Germany Iwao Horiuchi - Japan
1968
Abdollah Movahed - Iran
Enyu Valchev - Bulgaria
Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter - Mongolia
1972
Dan Gable - United States
Kikuo Wada - Japan
Ruslan Ashuraliyev - Soviet Union
1976
Pavel Pinigin - Soviet Union
Lloyd Keaser - United States
Yasaburo Sugawara - Japan
1980
Saypulla Absaidov - Soviet Union
Ivan Yankov - Bulgaria
Saban Sejdi - Yugoslavia
1984
You In-Tak - South Korea
Andrew Rein - United States
Jukka Rauhala - Finland
1988
Arsen Fadzayev - Soviet Union
Park Jang-Soon - South Korea
Nate Carr - United States
1992
Arsen Fadzayev - Unified Team
Valentin Getzov - Bulgaria
Kosei Akaishi - Japan
1996
Vadim Bogiyev - Russia
Townsend Saunders - United States
Zaza Zazirov - Ukraine
2000
Daniel Igali - Canada
Arsen Gitinov - Russia
Lincoln McIlray - United States
2004
Elbrus Tedeyev - Ukraine
Jamill Kelly - United States
Makhach Murtazaliev - Russia
2008
Ramazan Sahin - Turkey
Andriy Stadnik - Ukarine
Sushil Kumar - India
Otar Tushishvili - Georgia
2012
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu - Japan
Sushil Kumar - India
Akzhurek Tanatarov - Kazakhstan
Liván López - Cuba
2016
Soslan Ramonov - Russia
Toghrul Asgarov - Azerbaijan
Frank Chamizo - Italy
Ikhtiyor Navruzov - Uzbekistan
2020
Takuto Otoguro - Japan Haji Aliyev - Azerbaijan Gadzhimurad Rashidov - Russian Olympic Committee
Bajrang Punia - India
2024
Kotaro Kiyooka - Japan
Rahman Amouzad - Iran
Sebastian Rivera - Puerto Rico
Islam Dudaev - Albania

Women  Men  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2004
Saori Yoshida - Japan
Tonya Verbeek - Canada
Anna Gomis - France
2008
Saori Yoshida - Japan
Xu Li - China
Jackeline Renteria - Colombia
Tonya Verbeek - Canada
2012
Saori Yoshida - Japan
Tonya Verbeek - Canada
Jackeline Rentería - Colombia
Yuliya Ratkevich - Azerbaijan
2016
Kaori Icho - Japan
Valeria Koblova - Russia Marwa Amri - Tunisia
Sakshi Malik - India
2020
Risako Kawai - Japan Iryna Kurachkina - Belarus Helen Maroulis - United States
Evelina Nikolova - Bulgaria
2024
Tsugumi Sakurai - Japan
Anastasia Nichita - Moldova
Helen Maroulis - United States
Hong Kexin - China


Medal Total  Men  Women
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
4
6
5
15
2
Japan
9
2
3
14
3
Soviet Union
3
1
2
6
4
Bulgaria 1
3
2
6
5
Finland
1
1
4
6
6
Russia 2
2
1
5
7
Iran 2
1
1
4
8
Sweden
1
2
1
4
9
Canada
1
2
1
4
10
Great Britain
1
1
2
4
11
India 0
1
3
4
12
France
1
1
1
3
13
Ukraine
1
1
1
3
14
Azerbaijan 0
2
1
3
15
Turkey
2
0
0
2
16
Hungary
1
1
0
2
17
South Korea
1
1
0
2
18
China 0
1
1
2
19
Colombia
0
0
2
2
20
Estonia
1
0
0
1
21
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
22
Germany
0
1
0
1
23
Belarus
0
1
0
1
24
Moldova
0
1
0
1
25
United Team of Germany 0
1
0
1
26
Switzerland
0
0
1
1
27
Mongolia
0
0
1
1
28
Georgia
0
0
1
1
29
Kazakhstan
0
0
1
1
30
Cuba
0
0
1
1
31
Tunisia
0
0
1
1
32
Italy
0
0
1
1
33
Uzbekistan
0
0
1
1
34
Puerto Rico
0
0
1
1
35
Albania
0
0
1
1
36
Yugoslavia
0
0
1
1
37
Russian Olympic Committee
0
0
1
1