The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Freestyle SuperHeavyweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 7 Medals
TURKEY - 6 Medals
IRAN - 5 Medals

Freestyle SuperHeavyweight Freestyle Flyweight Freestyle Featherweight
Freestyle Lightweight Freestyle Welterweight Freestyle Middleweight
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Freestyle Heavyweight Freestyle Bantamweight
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

Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1972
 Aleksandr Medved - Soviet Union
 Osman Duraliev - Bulgaria
 Chris Taylor - United States
1976
 Soslan Andiyev - Soviet Union
 Jozsef Balla - Hungary
 Ladislau Simon - Romania
1980
 Soslan Andiyev - Soviet Union
 Jozsef Balla - Hungary
 Adam Sandurski - Poland
1984
 Bruce Baumgartner - United States
 Robert Molle - Canada
 Ayhan Taskin - Turkey
1988
 David Gobejishvili - Soviet Union
 Bruce Baumgartner - United States
 Andreas Schroder - East Germany
1992
 Bruce Baumgartner - United States
 Jeffrey Thue - Canada
 David Gobejishvili - Unified Team
1996
 Mahmut Demir - Turkey
 Aleksey Medvedev - Belarus
 Bruce Baumgartner - United States
2000
 David Musul'bes - Russia
 Artur Taymazov - Uzbekistan
 Alexis Rodriguez - Cuba
2004
 Artur Taymazov - Uzbekistan Alireza Rezaei - Iran
 Aydın Polatçi - Turkey
2008
 Bakhtiyar Akhmedov - Russia David Musul'bes - Slovakia Disney Rodríguez - Cuba
Marid Mutalimov - Kazakhstan
2012
 Komeil Ghasemi - Iran
Bilyal Makhov - Russia		 Vacant
 Tervel Dlagnev - United States
Daulet Shabanbay - Kazakhstan
2016
 Taha Akgül - Turkey
 Komeil Ghasemi - Iran
 Ibrahim Saidau - Belarus
Geno Petriashvili - Georgia
2020
 Gable Steveson - United States Geno Petriashvili - Georgia Amir Hossein Zare - Iran
Taha Akgül - Turkey
2024
 Geno Petriashvili - Georgia Amir Hossein Zare - Iran Taha Akgül - Turkey
Giorgi Meshvildishvili - Azerbaijan


Medal Total
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 3
 1
 3
 7
2
 Turkey 2
 0
 4
 6
3
 Iran 1
 3
 1
 5
4
 Soviet Union
 4
 0
 0
 4
5
 Russia
 3
 0
 0
 3
6
 Georgia 1
 1
 1
 3
7
 Uzbekistan 1
 1
 0
 2
8
 Hungary
 0
 2
 0
 2
9
 Canada
 0
 2
 0
 2
10
 Belarus
 0
 1
 1
 2
11
 Cuba 0
 0
 2
 2
12
 Kazakhstan 0
 0
 2
 2
13
 Bulgaria
 0
 1
 0
 1
14
 Slovakia 0
 1
 0
 1
15
 Romania
 0
 0
 1
 1
16
 Poland
 0
 0
 1
 1
17
 Azerbaijan
 0
 0
 1
 1
18
 East Germany
 0
 0
 1
 1
19
 Unified Team
 0
 0
 1
 1