The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Freestyle Heavyweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 16 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals

BULGARIA - 7 Medals

Freestyle Heavyweight Freestyle Bantamweight Freestyle Flyweight
Freestyle Featherweight Freestyle Lightweight Freestyle Welterweight
Freestyle Middleweight Freestyle Light 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 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Bernhoff Hansen - United States
Frank Kugler - United States
Fred Warmbold - United States
1908
Con O'Kelly - Great Britain
Jacob Gundersen - Norway
Edward Barrett - Great Britain
1920
Robert Roth - Switzerland
Nat Pendleton - United States
Fred Meyer - United States
Ernst Nilsson - Sweden
1924
Harry Steel - United States
Henri Wernli - Switzerland
Andrew McDonald - Great Britain
1928
Johan Richtoff - Sweden
Aukusti Sihvola - Finland
Edmond Dame - France
1932
Johan Richtoff - Sweden
John Riley - United States
Nickolaus Hirschl - Austria
1936
Kristjan Palusalu - Estonia
Josef Klapuch - Czechoslovakia
Hjalmar Nystrom - Finland
1948
Gyula Bobis - Hungary
Bertil Antonsson - Sweden
Jim Armstrong - Australia
1952
Arsen Mekokishvili - Soviet Union
Bertil Antonsson - Sweden
Kenneth Richmond - Great Britain
1956
Hamit Kaplan - Turkey
Hussein Mehmedov - Bulgaria
Taisto Kangasniemi - Finland
1960
Wilfried Dietrich - United Team of Germany
Hamit Kaplan - Turkey
Savkuds Dzarasov - Soviet Union
1964
Aleksandr Ivanitsky - Soviet Union
Lyutvi Ahmedov - Bulgaria
Hamit Kaplan - Turkey
1968
Aleksandr Ivanitsky - Soviet Union
Osman Duraliev - Bulgaria
Wilfried Dietrich - West Germany
1972
Ivan Yarygin - Soviet Union
Khorloogiin Bayanmonkh - Mongolia
Jozef Csatari - Hungary
1976
Ivan Yarygin - Soviet Union
Russell Hellickson - United States
Dimo Kostov - Bulgaria
1980
Illya Mate - Soviet Union
Slavcho Chervenkov - Bulgaria
Julius Strnisko - Czechoslovakia
1984
Lou Banach - United States
Joseph Atiyeh - Syria
Vasile Puscasu - Romania
1988
Vasile Puscasu - Romania
Leri Khabelov - Soviet Union
William Scherr - United States
1992
Leri Khabelov - United Team
Heiko Blaz - Germany
Ali Kayali - Turkey
1996
Kurt Angle - United States
Abbas Jadidi - Iran
Arawat Sabejew - Germany
2000
Sagid Murtazaliev - Russia
Islam Bairamukov - Kazakhstan
Eldar Kurtanidze - Georgia
2004
Khadjimourat Gatsalov - Russia
Magomed Ibragimov - Uzbekistan
Alireza Heidari - Iran
2008
Shirvani Muradov - Russia
Giorgi Gogshelidze - Georgia Michel Batista - Cuba
Khetag Gazyumov - Azerbaijan
2012
Jake Varner - United States
Valeriy Andriitsev - Ukraine
Giorgi Gogshelidze - Georgia
Khetag Gazyumov - Azerbaijan
2016
Kyle Snyder - United States
Khetag Gazyumov - Azerbaijan
Albert Saritov - Romania
Magomed Ibragimov - Uzbekistan
2020
Abdulrashid Sadulaev - Russian Olympic Committee Kyle Snyder - United States Reineris Salas - Cuba
Abraham Conyedo - Italy
2024
Akhmed Tazhudinov - Bahrain
Givi Matcharashvili - Georgia
Magomedkhan Magomedov - Azerbaijan
Amirali Azarpira - Iran

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2004
Wang Xu - China
Guzel Manyurova - Russia
Kyoko Hamaguchi - Japan
2008
Wang Jiao - China
Stanka Zlateva - Bulgaria
Kyoko Hamuguchi - Japan
Agnieszka Wieszczek - Poland
2012
Natalia Vorobieva - Russia
Stanka Zlateva - Bulgaria
Guzel Manyurova - Kazakhstan
Maider Unda - Spain
2016
Erica Wiebe - Canada
Guzel Manyurova - Kazakhstan Zhang Fengliu - China
Ekaterina Bukina - Russia
2020
Aline Rotter-Focken - Germany Adeline Gray - United States Yasemin Adar - Turkey
Zhou Qian - China
2024
Yuka Kagami - Japan
Kennedy Blades - United States
Milaimys Marín - Cuba
Tatiana Rentería - Colombia

Medal Total
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
6
7
3
16
2
Soviet Union
6
1
1
8
3
Bulgaria
0
6
1
7
4
Russia
4
1
1
6
5
Sweden
2
2
1
5
6
Turkey
1
1
3
5
7
China 2
0
2
4
8
Great Britain
1
0
3
4
9
Georgia 0
2
2
4
10
Azerbaijan 0
1
3
4
11
Germany 1
1
1
3
12
Romania 1
0
2
3
13
Japan 1
0
2
3
14
Kazakhstan 0
2
1
3
15
Finland
0
1
2
3
16
Iran
0
1
2
3
17
Cuba 0
1
2
3
18
Switzerland
1
1
0
2
19
Hungary
1
0
1
2
20
Uzbekistan 0
1
1
2
21
Czechoslovakia
0
1
1
2
22
Estonia
1
0
0
1
23
Ukraine
1
0
0
1
24
Canada
1
0
0
1
25
Bahrain
1
0
0
1
26
United Team of Germany
1
0
0
1
27
Unified Team
1
0
0
1
28
Russian Olympic Committee
1
0
0
1
29
Norway
0
1
0
1
30
Mongolia
0
1
0
1
31
Syria
0
1
0
1
32
Poland
0
0
1
1
33
Spain
0
0
1
1
34
France
0
0
1
1
35
Austria
0
0
1
1
36
Australia
0
0
1
1
37
Italy
0
0
1
1
38
Colombia
0
0
1
1
39
West Germany
0
0
1
1