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Wrestling — Flyweight, Freestyle, Men (discontinued)

Times held 14
Total participants 220
Total countries 68

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤115 lbs [52 kg]), Men Olympic 3 1
1948 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 11 11
1952 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1956 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 11 11
1960 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1964 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1968 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1972 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 24 24
1976 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1980 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1984 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1988 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 30 30
1992 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1996 Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men Olympic 19 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 George MehnertUSA Gustav BauerUSA William NelsonUSA
1948 Lenni ViitalaFIN Halit BalamirTUR Thure JohanssonSWE
1952 Hasan GemiciTUR Yushu KitanoJPN Mahmoud MollaghasemiIRI
1956 Mirian TsalkalamanidzeURS Mohamed Ali KhojastehpourIRI Hüseyin AkbaşTUR
1960 Ahmet BilekTUR Masayuki MatsubaraJPN Ibrahim SeifpourIRI
1964 Yoshikatsu YoshidaJPN Jang Chang-SeonKOR Sayed Ali Akbar HaydariIRI
1968 Shigeo NakataJPN Rich SandersUSA Chimedbazaryn DamdinsharavMGL
1972 Kiyomi KatoJPN Arsen AlakhverdiyevURS Kim Gwong-HyongPRK
1976 Yuji TakadaJPN Aleksandr IvanovURS Jeon Hae-SeopKOR
1980 Anatoly BeloglazovURS Władysław StecykPOL Nermedin SelimovBUL
1984 Šaban TrstenaYUG Kim Jong-GyuKOR Yuji TakadaJPN
1988 Mitsuru SatoJPN Šaban TrstenaYUG Volodymyr TohuzovURS
1992 Li Hak-SonPRK Zeke JonesUSA Valentin YordanovBUL
1996 Valentin YordanovBUL Namiq AbdullayevAZE Maulen MamyrovKAZ

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 5 2 1 8
Soviet Union URS 2 2 1 5
Türkiye TUR 2 1 1 4
United States USA 1 3 1 5
Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 2 3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1 0 1 2
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 2 1 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 1 3 4
Azerbaijan AZE 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Šaban Trstena MKD
YUG		 1 1 0 2
Valentin Yordanov BUL 1 0 1 2
Yuji Takada JPN 1 0 1 2
Lenni Viitala FIN 1 0 0 1
Kiyomi Kato JPN 1 0 0 1
Shigeo Nakata JPN 1 0 0 1
Mitsuru Sato JPN 1 0 0 1
Yoshikatsu Yoshida JPN 1 0 0 1
Li Hak-Son PRK 1 0 0 1
Ahmet Bilek TUR 1 0 0 1
Hasan Gemici TUR 1 0 0 1
Anatoly Beloglazov RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze GEO
URS		 1 0 0 1
George Mehnert USA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Faiz Mohammad Khakshar =13 See all
Algeria ALG 1996 Summer Olympics Omar Kedjaouer 14 See all
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Dieter Gröning =13 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 1996 Summer Olympics Namiq Abdullayev 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1948 Summer Olympics Adolphe Lamot AC See all
1952 Summer Olympics Maurice Mewis AC
1976 Summer Olympics Julien Mewis AC
Bulgaria BUL 1996 Summer Olympics Valentin Yordanov 1 Gold See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Ray Takahashi 4 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Lou Wie-Ki AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Lo Chao-Cheng AC
Colombia COL 1988 Summer Olympics Óscar Muñoz AC See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics Eloy Abreu 8 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Li Hak-Son 1 Gold See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1968 Summer Olympics José Defran AC See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Hartmut Reich 8 See all
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics César Solari AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Iván Garcés AC
Egypt EGY 1948 Summer Olympics Mohamed Abdel Hamid AC See all
1952 Summer Olympics Mohamed Abdel Hamid AC
1968 Summer Olympics Mohamed Salem AC
1984 Summer Olympics Farag Abdulmun'im AC
Finland FIN 1948 Summer Olympics Lenni Viitala 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1964 Summer Olympics André Zoéte =4 See all
Germany GER 1960 Summer Olympics Paul Neff 4 See all
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Harry Parker AC See all
1952 Summer Olympics Leslie Cheetham AC
1980 Summer Olympics Mark Dunbar AC
1984 Summer Olympics Gary Moores AC
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Amiran Kardanov 16 See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Gustavo Ramírez AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Pedro Piñeda AC
1988 Summer Olympics Edvin Eduardo Vázquez AC
Guinea GUI 1988 Summer Olympics Ousmane Diallo AC See all
Hungary HUN 1976 Summer Olympics Henrik Gál 4 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Lajos Szabó 4
1988 Summer Olympics László Bíró 4
India IND 1972 Summer Olympics Sudesh Kumar 4 See all
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Surya Saputra AC See all
Iraq IRQ 1988 Summer Olympics Fayadh Minati AC See all
Ireland IRL 1960 Summer Olympics Seán O'Connor =13 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1956 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour 2 Silver See all
Italy ITA 1968 Summer Olympics Vincenzo Grassi 5 See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Yoshikatsu Yoshida 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Shigeo Nakata 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Kiyomi Kato 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Yuji Takada 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Mitsuru Sato 1 Gold
Jordan JOR 1988 Summer Olympics Jihad Sharif AC See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Maulen Mamyrov 3 Bronze See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Lamachi Elimu AC See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Liang Soon Hin AC See all
Malta MLT 1984 Summer Olympics Jesmond Giordimaina AC See all
Mexico MEX 1960 Summer Olympics Jorge Rosado 12 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Shane Stannett AC See all
Nigeria NGR 1988 Summer Olympics Garba Lame AC See all
1992 Summer Olympics Joe Oziti AC
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Din Nawab 9 See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Eduardo Campbell AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Wanelge Castillo AC
1972 Summer Olympics Wanelge Castillo AC
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Liang Dejin 8 See all
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics Javier León AC See all
Philippines PHI 1988 Summer Olympics Florentino Tirante AC See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Władysław Stecyk 2 Silver See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1988 Summer Olympics Carlos Negrón AC See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1964 Summer Olympics Jang Chang-Seon 2 Silver See all
1984 Summer Olympics Kim Jong-Gyu 2 Silver
Romania ROU 1972 Summer Olympics Petre Ciarnău 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Chechen-Ool Mongush 4 See all
Senegal SEN 1984 Summer Olympics Talla Diaw AC See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Roman Kollar 13 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Louis Baise 6 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Mirian Tsalkalamanidze 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Anatoly Beloglazov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Laureano Atanes AC See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1964 Summer Olympics Ernest Fernando AC See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Thure Johansson 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Arthur Schürch DNS See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Ahmad Dahrouj AC See all
Tunisia TUN 1992 Summer Olympics Chokri Boudchiche AC See all
Türkiye TUR 1952 Summer Olympics Hasan Gemici 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Ahmet Bilek 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Volodymyr Tohuzov 10 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Volodymyr Tohuzov AC See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics George Mehnert 1 Gold See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Emille Kitnurse AC See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Adkhamdzhon Akhilov 7 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Kim Thiềng AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Kim Hương AC
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Fritz Niebler 7 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Šaban Trstena 1 Gold See all