The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Wrestling - Greco-Roman Heavyweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

SOVIET UNION - 7 Medals

SWEDEN - 7 Medals

FINLAND - 7 Medals

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

Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Yrjo Saarela - Finland
Johan Olin - Finland
Soren Marinus Jensen - Denmark
1920
Adolf Lindfors - Finland
Poul Hansen - Denmark
Martti Nieminen - Finland
1924
Henri Deglane - France
Edil Rosenqvist - Finland
Rajmund Bado - Hungary
1928
Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
Hjalmar Nystrom - Finland
Georg Gehring - Germany
1932
Carl Westergren - Sweden
Josef Urban - Czechoslovakia
Nickolaus Hirschl - Austria
1936
Kristjan Palusalu - Estonia
John Nyman - Sweden
Kurt Hornfischer - Germany
1948
Ahmet Kirecci - Turkey
Tor Nilsson - Sweden
Guido Fantoni - Italy
1952
Johannes Kotkas - Soviet Union
Josef Ruzicka - Czechoslovakia
Tauno Kovanen - Finland
1956
Anatoli Parfenov - Soviet Union
Wilfried Dietrich - United Team of Germany
Adelmo Bulgarelli - Italy
1960
Ivan Bogdan - Soviet Union
Wilfried Dietrich - United Team of Germany
Bohumil Kubat - Czechoslovakia
1964
Istvan Kozma - Hungary
Anatoly Roshchin - Soviet Union
Wilfried Dietrich - United Team of Germany
1968
Istvan Kozma - Hungary
Anatoly Roshchin - Soviet Union
Petr Kment - Czechoslovakia
1972
Nicolae Martinescu - Romania
Nikolai Yakovenko - Soviet Union
Ferenc Kiss - Hungary
1976
Nikolai Balboshin - Soviet Union
Kamen Goranov - Bulgaria
Andrzej Skrzydlewski - Poland
1980
Georgi Raikov - Bulgaria
Roman Bierla - Poland
Vasile Andrei - Romania
1984
Vasile Andrei - Romania
Greg Gibson - United States
Jozef Tertei - Yugoslavia
1988
Andrzej Wronski - Poland
Gerhard Himmel - West Germany
Dennis Koslowski - United States
1992
Hector Milian - Cuba
Dennis Koslowski - United States
Sergey Demyashkevich - Unified Team
1996
Andrzej Wronski - Poland
Sergey Lishtvan - Belarus
Mikael Ljungberg - Sweden
2000
Mikael Ljungberg - Sweden
Davyd Saldadze - Ukraine
Garrett Lowney - United States
2004
Karam Gaber - Egypt
Ramaz Nozadze - Georgia
Mehmet Özal - Turkey
2008
Aslanbek Khushtov - Russia
Mirko Englich - Germany
Adam Wheeler - United States
Marek Ṥvec - Czech Republic
2012
Ghasem Rezaei - Iran
Rustam Totrov - Russia
Artur Aleksanyan - Armenia
Jimmy Lidberg - Sweden
2016
Artur Aleksanyan - Armenia Yasmany Lugo - Cuba
Cenk İldem - Turkey
Ghasem Rezaei - Iran
2020
Musa Evloev - Russian Olympic Committee
Artur Aleksanyan - Armenia Tadeusz Michalik - Poland
Mohammad Hadi Saravi - Iran
2024
Mohammad Hadi Saravi - Iran Artur Aleksanyan - Armenia Gabriel Rosillo - Cuba
Uzur Dzhuzupbekov - Kyrgyzstan


Medal Total
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Soviet Union
4
3
0
7
2
Sweden
3
2
2
7
3
Finland
2
3
2
7
4
Poland 2
1
2
5
5
United States
0
2
3
5
6
Hungary
2
0
2
4
7
Iran 2
0
2
4
8
Armenia 1
2
1
4
9
Czechoslovakia
0
2
2
4
10
Romania
2
0
1
3
11
Cuba 1
1
1
3
12
Turkey
1
0
2
3
13
United Team of Germany 0
2
1
3
14
Germany
0
1
2
3
15
Bulgaria
1
1
0
2
16
Russia
1
1
0
2
17
Denmark
0
1
1
2
18
Italy
0
0
2
2
19
Estonia
1
0
0
1
20
France
1
0
0
1
21
Egypt
1
0
0
1
22
Russian Olympic Committee 1
0
0
1
23
Belarus
0
1
0
1
24
Ukraine
0
1
0
1
25
Georgia
0
1
0
1
26
West Germany
0
1
0
1
27
Austria
0
0
1
1
28
Czech Republic
0
0
1
1
29
Kyrgyzstan
0
0
1
1
30
Yugoslavia
0
0
1
1
31
Unified Team
0
0
1
1