The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Greco-Roman Discontinued Weight Classes

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

SOVIET UNION - 15 Medals

BULGARIA - 13 Medals

FINLAND - 12 Medals

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

Medal Total
Through 2012 London Games

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1972
Gheorghe Berceanu - Romania
Rahim Ali-Abadi - Iran
Stefan Angelov - Bulgaria
1976
Alexei Shumakov - Soviet Union
Gheorghe Berceanu - Romania
Stefan Angelov - Bulgaria
1980
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov - Soviet Union
Constantin Alexandru - Romania
Ferenc Seres - Hungary
1984
Vincenzo Maenza - Italy
Markus Scherer - West Germany
Ikuzo Saito - Japan
1988
Vincenzo Maenza - Italy
Andrzj Glab - Poland
Bratan Tzenov - Bulgaria
1992
Oleg Kucherenko - Unified Team
Vincenzo Maenza - Italy
Wilber Sanchez - Cuba
1996
Sim Kwon-Ho - South Korea
Aleksandr Pavlov - Belarus
Zafar Guliyev - Russia

FLYWEIGHT
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1948
Pietro Lombardi - Italy
Kenan Olcay - Turkey
Reino Kangasmaki - Finland
1952
Boris Maksovich - Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra - Italy
Leo Honkala - Finland
1956
Nikolai Solovyov - Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra - Italy
Dursun Ali Egribas - Turkey
1960
Dumitru Pirvulescu - Romania
Osman Sayed - Egypt
Mohammed Paziraei - Iran
1964
Tsutomu Hanahara - Japan
Angel Kerezov - Bulgaria
Dumitru Pirvulescu - Romania
1968
Petar Kirov - Bulgaria
Vladimir Bakulin - Soviet Union
Miroslav Zeman - Czechoslovakia
1972
Petar Kirov - Bulgaria
Koichiro Hirayama - Japan
Guiseppe Bognanni - Italy
1976
Vitali Konstantinov - Soviet Union
Nicu Ginga - Romania
Koichiro Hirayama - Japan
1980
Vakhtang Blagidze - Soviet Union
Lajos Racz - Hungary
Mladen Mladenov - Bulgaria
1984
Atsuji Miyahara - Japan
Daniel Aceves - Mexico
Bang Dae-Du - South Korea
1988
Jon Ronningen - Norway
Atsuji Miyahara - Japan
Lee Jae-Suk - South Korea
1992
Jon Ronningen - Norway
Alfred Mkrtychyan - Unified Team
Min Kyung-Gab - South Korea
1996
Armen Nazaryan - Armenia
Brandon Paulson - United States
Andriy Kalashnikov - Ukraine
2000
Sim Kwon-Ho - South Korea
Lazaro Rivas - Cuba
Kang Yong-Gyun - North Korea

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Verner Weckman - Finland
Yrjo Saarela - Finland
Carl Jensen - Denmark
1912
NONE
Anders Ahlgren - Sweden
Ivar Bohling - Finland
Bela Varga - Hungary
1920
Claes Johansson - Sweden
Edil Rosenqvist - Finland
Johannes Eriksen - Denmark
1924
Carl Westergren - Sweden
Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
Onni Pellinen - Finland
1928
Ibrahim Moustafa - Egypt
Adolf Rieger - Germany
Onni Pellinen - Finland
1932
Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
Onni Pellinen - Finland
Mario Gruppioni - Italy
1936
Axel Cadier - Sweden
Edwins Bietags - Latvia
August Neo - Estonia
1948
Karl-Erik Nilsson - Sweden
Kelpo Grandahl - Finland
Ibrahim Orabi - Egypt
1952
Kelpo Grandahl - Finland
Shalva Chikhladze - Soviet Union
Karl-Erik Nilsson - Sweden
1956
Valentin Nikolayev - Soviet Union
Petko Sirakov - Bulgaria
karl-Erik Nilsson - Sweden
1960
Tevfik Kis - Turkey
Krali Bimbalov - Bulgaria
Givi Kartoziya - Soviet Union
1964
Boyan Radev - Bulgaria
Per Svensson - Sweden
Heinz Kiehl - United Team of Germany
1968
Boyan Redev - Bulgaria
Nikolai Yakovenko - Soviet Union
Nicolae Martinescu - Romania
1972
Valery Rezantsev - Soviet Union
Josip Corak - Yugoslavia
Czeslaw Kwiecinski - Poland
1976
Valery Rezantsev - Soviet Union
Stoyan Ivanov - Bulgaria
Czeslaw Kwiecinski - Poland
1980
Norbert Novenyl - Hungary
Igor Kanygin - Soviet Union
Petre Dicu - Romania
1984
Steve Fraser - United States
Ilie Matei - Romania
Frank Andersson - Sweden
1988
Atanas Komchev - Bulgaria
Harri Koskela - Finland
Vladimir Popov - Soviet Union
1992
Maik Bullmann - Germany
Hakki Basar - Turkey
Gogi Koguashvili - Unified Team
1996
Vyacheslav Oliynyk - Ukraine
Jacek Fafinski - Poland
Maik Bullmann - Germany

OPEN
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1896
Carl Schuhmann - Germany
Georgios Tsitas - Greece
Stephanos Christopoulos - Greece

Medal Total
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Soviet Union
9
4
2
15
2
Bulgaria
5
4
4
13
3
Finland
2
6
4
12
4
Sweden
5
3
3
11
5
Romania
2
4
3
9
6
Italy
3
3
2
8
7
Japan
2
2
2
6
8
South Korea
2
0
3
5
9
Germany
2
1
1
4
10
Turkey
1
2
1
4
11
Hungary
1
1
2
4
12
Poland
0
2
2
4
13
Egypt
1
1
1
3
14
Unified Team
1
1
1
3
15
Norway
2
0
0
2
16
United States
1
1
0
2
17
Ukriane
1
0
1
2
18
Iran
0
1
1
2
19
Cuba
0
1
1
2
20
Greece
0
1
1
2
21
Denmark
0
0
2
2
22
Armenia
1
0
0
1
23
Belarus
0
1
0
1
24
Mexico
0
1
0
1
25
Latvia
0
1
0
1
26
Yugoslavia
0
1
0
1
27
West Germany
0
1
0
1
28
Russia
0
0
1
1
29
North Korea
0
0
1
1
30
Estonia
0
0
1
1
31
Czechoslovakia
0
0
1
1
32
United Team of Germany 0
0
1
1