The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Freestyle Discontinued

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 38 Medals
JAPAN - 23 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 22 Medals

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

Medal Total
Through 2012 London Games
MEN'S LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1904
 Robert Curry - United States
 John Hein - United States
 Gustav Thienfenthaler - United States
1972
 Roman Dmitriyev - Soviet Union
 Ognyan Nikolov - Bulgaria
 Ebrahim Javadi - Iran
1976
 Hasan Isaev - Bulgaria
 Roman Dmitriyev - Soviet Union
 Akira Kudo - Japan
1980
 Claudio Pollio - Italy
 Jang Se-Hong - North Korea
 Sergei Kornilayev - Soviet Union
1984
 Bobby Weaver - United States
 Takashi Irie - Japan
 Son Gab-Do - South Korea
1988
 Takahasi Kobayashi - Japan
 Ivan Tzonov - Bulgaria
 Sergei Karamchakov - Soviet Union
1992
 Kim Il - North Korea
 Kim Jong-Shin - South Korea
 Vougar Oroudjov - Unified Team
1996
 Kim Il - North Korea
 Armen Mkrtchyan - Armenia
 Alexis Vila - Cuba

MEN'S FLYWEIGHT
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1904
 George Mehnert - United States
 Gustave Bauer - United States
 William Nelson - United States
1948
 Lennart Viitala - Finland
 Halit Balamir - Turkey
 Thure Johansson - Sweden
1952
 Hasan Gemici - Turkey
 Yushu Kitano - Japan
 Mahmoud Mollaghasemi - Iran
1956
 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze - Soviet Union
 Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour - Iran
 Huseyin Akbas - Turkey
1960
 Ahmet Bilek - Turkey
 Masayuki Mastubara - Japan
 Ebrahim Seifpour - Iran
1964
 Yoshikatsu Yoshida - Japan
 Chang Chang-Sun - South Korea
 Ali Akbar Heidari - Iran
1968
 Shigeo Nakata - Japan
 Richard Sanders  - United States
 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav - Mongolia
1972
 Kiyomi Kato - Japan
 Arsen Alakhverdiyev - Soviet Union
 Kim Gwong-Hyong - North Korea
1976
 Yuji Takada - Japan
 Alexander Ivanov - Soviet Union
 Jeon Hae-Sup - South Korea
1980
 Anatoli Beloglazov - Soviet Union
 Wladyslaw Stecyk - Poland
 Nermedin Selimov - Bulgaria
1984
 Shaban Trstena - Yugoslavia
 Kim Jong-kyu - South Korea
 Yuji Takada - Japan
1988
 Mitsuru Sato - Japan
 Shaban Trstena - Yugoslavia
 Vladimir Toguzov - Soviet Union
1992
 Li Hak-Son - North Korea
 Zeke Jones - United States
 Valentin Yordanov - Bulgaria
1996
 Valentin Yordanov - Bulgaria
 Namig Abdullayev - Azerbaijan
 Maulen Mamyrov - Kazakhstan
2000
 Namig Abdullayev - Azerbaijan
 Sammie Henson - United States
 Amiran Kardanov - Greece

MEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1904
 Benjamin Bradshaw - United States
 Theodore McLear - United States
 Charles Clapper - United States
1908
 George Dole - United States
 James Slim - Great Britain
 William McKie - Great Britain
1920
 Charles Ackerly - United States
 Samuel Gerson - United States
 Philip Bernard - Great Britain
1924
 Robin Reed - United States
 Chester Newton - United States
 Katsutoshi Naito - Japan
1928
 Allie Morrison - United States
 Kustaa Pihlajamaki - Finland
 Hans Minder - Switzerland
1932
 Hermanni Pihlajamaki - Finland
 Edgar Nemir - United States
 Einar Karlsson - Sweden
1936
 Kustaa Pihlajamaki - Finland
 Francis Millard - United States
 Gosta Frandfors - Sweden
1948
 Gazanfer Bilge - Turkey
 Ivar Sjolin - Sweden
 Adolf Muller - Switzerland
1952
 Bayram Sit - Turkey
 Nasser Givehchi - Iran
 Josiah Henson - United States
1956
 Shozo Sasahara - Japan
 Joseph Mewis - Belgium
 Erkki Penttila - Finland
1960
 Mustafa Dagistanli - Turkey
 Stancho Kolev - Bulgaria
 Vladimir Rubashvili - Soviet Union
1964
 Osamu Wantanabe - Japan
 Stancho Kolev - Bulgaria
 Nodar Khokhashvili - Soviet Union
1968
 Masaaki Kaneko - Japan
 Enyu Todorov - Bulgaria
 Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi - Iran
1972
 Zagalav Abdulbekov - Soviet Union
 Vehbi Akdag - Turkey
 Ivan Krastev - Bulgaria
1976
 Yang Jung-Mo - South Korea
 Zevegiin Oidov - Mongolia
 Gene Davis - United States
1980
 Magomedgasan Abushev - Soviet Union
 Miho Dukov - Bulgaria
 Georgios Hatziioannidis - Greece
1984
 Randall Lewis - United States
 Kosei Akaishi - Japan
 Lee Jung-Keun - South Korea
1988
 John Smith - United States
 Stepan Sarkisyan - Soviet Union
 Simeon Shterev - Bulgaria
1992
 John Smith - United States
 Askari Mohammadian - Iran
 Lazaro Reinoso - Cuba
1996
 Tom Brands - United States
 Jang Jae-Sung - South Korea
 Elbrus Tedeyev - Ukraine
2000
 Murad Umakhanov - Russia
 Serafim Barzakov - Bulgaria
 Jang Jae-Sung - South Korea
2004
 Yandro Quintana - Cuba
 Masoud Mostafa-Jokar - Iran
 Kenji Inoue - Japan
2008
 Mavlet Batirov - Russia
 Vasyl Fedoryshyn - Ukraine
 Morad Mohammadi - Iran
Kenichi Yumoto - Japan
2012
 Toghrul Asgaroz - Azerbaijan
 Besik Kudukhov - Russia
 Coleman Scott - United States
Yogeshwar Dutt - India

WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT
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
 Jackelines Renteria - Colombia
Yuliya Ratkevich - Azerbaijan

Medal Total
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 12
 10
 6
 28
2
 Japan
 12
 4
 5
 21
3
 Soviet Union
 5
 4
 5
 14
4
 Bulgaria
 2
 7
 4
 13
5
 Turkey
 5
 4
 1
 10
6
 Iran
 0
 4
 6
 10
7
 South Korea
 1
 4
 4
 9
8
 Finland
 3
 1
 1
 5
9
 North Korea
 3
 1
 1
 5
10
 Azerbaijan 2
 1
 1
 4
11
 Sweden 0
 1
 3
 4
12
 Russia
 2
 1
 0
 3
13
 Cuba
 1
 0
 2
 3
14
 Canada
 0
 2
 1
 3
15
 Great Britain 0
 1
 2
 3
16
 Yugoslavia
 1
 1
 0
 2
17
 Mongolia 0
 1
 1
 2
18
 Ukraine 0
 1
 1
 2
19
 Switzerland 0
 0
 2
 2
20
 Greece 0
 0
 2
 2
21
 Colombia 0
 0
 2
 2
22
 Italy 1
 0
 0
 1
23
 Poland
 0
 1
 0
 1
24
 Armenia
 0
 1
 0
 1
25
 Belgium
 0
 1
 0
 1
26
 China
 0
 1
 0
 1
27
 France 0
 0
 1
 1
28
 Kazakhstan
 0
 0
 1
 1
29
 India
 0
 0
 1
 1
30
 Unified Team 0
 0
 1
 1