Wrestling — Welterweight, Freestyle, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 420
Total countries 80

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤158 lbs [72 kg]), Men Olympic 10 1
1924 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤72 kg), Men Olympic 13 7
1928 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤72 kg), Men Olympic 11 11
1932 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤72 kg), Men Olympic 9 9
1936 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤72 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1948 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1952 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
1956 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1960 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤73 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1964 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤78 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1968 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤78 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1972 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 25 25
1976 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1980 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1984 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1988 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 30 30
1992 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1996 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
2000 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤69 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2008 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2012 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
2016 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤65 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2020 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤65 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
2024 Welterweight, Freestyle (≤65 kg), Men Olympic 16 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Charles EricksenUSA Bill BeckmanUSA Jerry WinholtzUSA
1924 Hermann GehriSUI Eino LeinoFIN Otto MüllerSUI
1928 Arvo HaavistoFIN Lloyd AppletonUSA Maurice LetchfordCAN
1932 Jack VanBebberUSA Danny McDonaldCAN Eino LeinoFIN
1936 Frank LewisUSA Thure AnderssonSWE Joe SchleimerCAN
1948 Yaşar DoğuTUR Dick GarrardAUS Lee MerrillUSA
1952 Bill SmithUSA Per BerlinSWE Abdollah MojtabaviIRI
1956 Mitsuo IkedaJPN İbrahim ZenginTUR Vakht'ang BalavadzeURS
1960 Doug BlubaughUSA İsmail OğanTUR Muhammad BashirPAK
1964 İsmail OğanTUR Guram SagharadzeURS Mohammad Ali SanatkaranIRI
1968 Mahmut AtalayTUR Daniel RobinFRA Tömöriin ArtagMGL
1972 Wayne WellsUSA Jan KarlssonSWE Adolf SegerFRG
1976 Jiichiro DateJPN Mansour BarzegarIRI Stan DziedzicUSA
1980 Valentin RaychevBUL Jamtsyn DavaajavMGL Dan KarabinTCH
1984 Dave SchultzUSA Martin KnospFRG Šaban SejdiYUG
1988 Kenny MondayUSA Adlan VarayevURS Rahmat SofiadiBUL
1992 Park Jang-SunKOR Kenny MondayUSA Amir Reza Khadem AzgadhiIRI
1996 Buvaysar SaytiyevRUS Park Jang-SunKOR Takuya OtaJPN
2000 Daniel IgaliCAN Arsen GitinovRUS Lincoln McIlravyUSA
2004 Elbrus TedieievUKR Jamill KellyUSA Makhach MurtazaliyevRUS
2008 Ramazan ŞahinTUR Andriy StadnikUKR Otar Tushishvili
Sushil Kumar
GEO
IND
2012 Tatsuhiro YonemitsuJPN Sushil KumarIND Liván López
Akzhurek Tanatarov
CUB
KAZ
2016 Soslan RamonovRUS Toğrul ƏsgərovAZE Frank Chamizo
Ikhtiyor Navruzov
ITA
UZB
2020 Takuto OtoguroJPN Hacı ƏliyevAZE Bajrang Punia
Gadzhimurad Rashidov
IND
ROC
2024 Kotaro KiyookaJPN Rahman AmouzadIRI Islam Dudaev
Sebastián Rivera
ALB
PUR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 8 4 4 16
Japan JPN 5 0 1 6
Türkiye TUR 4 2 0 6
Russian Federation RUS 2 1 1 4
Canada CAN 1 1 2 4
Finland FIN 1 1 1 3
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 0 2
Ukraine UKR 1 1 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
Switzerland SUI 1 0 1 2
Sweden SWE 0 3 0 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 2 3 5
Soviet Union URS 0 2 1 3
Azerbaijan AZE 0 2 0 2
India IND 0 1 2 3
Mongolia MGL 0 1 1 2
West Germany FRG 0 1 1 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Albania ALB 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Georgia GEO 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Pakistan PAK 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Park Jang-Sun KOR 1 1 0 2
İsmail Oğan TUR 1 1 0 2
Kenny Monday USA 1 1 0 2
Valentin Raychev BUL 1 0 0 1
Arvo Haavisto FIN 1 0 0 1
Jiichiro Date JPN 1 0 0 1
Mitsuo Ikeda JPN 1 0 0 1
Buvaysar Saytiyev RUS 1 0 0 1
Hermann Gehri SUI 1 0 0 1
Mahmut Atalay TUR 1 0 0 1
Yaşar Doğu TUR 1 0 0 1
Elbrus Tedieiev UKR 1 0 0 1
Doug Blubaugh USA 1 0 0 1
Charles Ericksen NOR
USA
1 0 0 1
Frank Lewis USA 1 0 0 1
Dave Schultz USA 1 0 0 1
Bill Smith USA 1 0 0 1
Jack VanBebber USA 1 0 0 1
Wayne Wells USA 1 0 0 1
Daniel Igali CAN 1 0 0 1
Ramazan Şahin TUR 1 0 0 1
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu JPN 1 0 0 1
Soslan Ramonov RUS 1 0 0 1
Takuto Otoguro JPN 1 0 0 1
Kotaro Kiyooka JPN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Sultan Mohammad Dost =17 See all
Albania ALB 2024 Summer Olympics Islam Dudaev =3 Bronze See all
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics Alberto Longarella 4 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Arayik Gevorgyan 7 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Vazgen Tevanyan 7
Australia AUS 1948 Summer Olympics Dick Garrard 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1960 Summer Olympics Franz Berger =19 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Toğrul Əsgərov 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Hacı Əliyev 2 Silver
Bahrain BRN 2016 Summer Olympics Adam Batirov 14 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Siarhei Dzemchanka 4 See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Frits Janssens =7 See all
1924 Summer Olympics Hyacinthe Roosen =7
1928 Summer Olympics Hyacinthe Roosen =7
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Valentin Raychev 1 Gold See all
Cameroon CMR 1996 Summer Olympics Anthony Avom =20 See all
Canada CAN 2000 Summer Olympics Daniel Igali 1 Gold See all
Colombia COL 2000 Summer Olympics Édison Hurtado 14 See all
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Liván López =3 Bronze See all
Cyprus CYP 1992 Summer Olympics Kostas Iliadis AC See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Dan Karabin 3 Bronze See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2008 Summer Olympics Yang Chun-Song 15 See all
Denmark DEN 1928 Summer Olympics Johannes Jacobsen =10 See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Nitschke =5 See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Mohamed Moussa =5 See all
Estonia EST 1928 Summer Olympics Alfred Praks =7 See all
Finland FIN 1928 Summer Olympics Arvo Haavisto 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Robin 2 Silver See all
Georgia GEO 2008 Summer Olympics Otar Tushishvili =3 Bronze See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Alexander Leipold 5 See all
Great Britain GBR 1924 Summer Olympics John Davis =5 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Bob Cook =5
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Apostolos Taskoudis 6 See all
Guinea GUI 1988 Summer Olympics Mamadou Diaw Diallo AC See all
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics Kálmán Sóvári 5 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Iszmail Muszukajev =5
2024 Summer Olympics Iszmail Muszukajev =5
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Sushil Kumar 2 Silver See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Khalil Juma AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Ali Hussain Faris AC
1988 Summer Olympics Haitham Jibara AC
Ireland IRL 1960 Summer Olympics Joe Feeney =17 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Mansour Barzegar 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Rahman Amouzad 2 Silver
Italy ITA 2016 Summer Olympics Frank Chamizo =3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 1956 Summer Olympics Mitsuo Ikeda 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Jiichiro Date 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Takuto Otoguro 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Kotaro Kiyooka 1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Akzhurek Tanatarov =3 Bronze See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Almaz Askarov 8 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Bachir Hani Abou Assi AC See all
Malta MLT 1984 Summer Olympics Carmel Camilleri DNS See all
Mauritania MTN 1988 Summer Olympics Salem Ould Habib AC See all
Mexico MEX 2024 Summer Olympics Austin Klee Gómez 12 See all
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Jamtsyn Davaajav 2 Silver See all
Morocco MAR 1984 Summer Olympics Abdel Aziz Tahir DNS See all
Netherlands NED 1960 Summer Olympics Ab Rosbag DNS See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Zane Coleman AC See all
Nigeria NGR 2016 Summer Olympics Amas Daniel 17 See all
North Macedonia MKD 1996 Summer Olympics Valerij Verhušin 10 See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Abdullah Al-Ghrbi AC See all
Norway NOR 1964 Summer Olympics Harald Barlie AC See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Bashir 3 Bronze See all
Panama PAN 1976 Summer Olympics Segundo Olmedo DNS See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Katai Yeerlanbieke 12 See all
Philippines PHI 1964 Summer Olympics Job Mayo AC See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Ryszard Ścigalski 5 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Krzysztof Walencik 5
Puerto Rico PUR 2024 Summer Olympics Sebastián Rivera =3 Bronze See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Gadzhimurad Rashidov =3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1992 Summer Olympics Park Jang-Sun 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Ion Diaconu 6 See all
Romania ROU 1976 Summer Olympics Marin Pîrcălabu 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Buvaysar Saytiyev 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Soslan Ramonov 1 Gold
Samoa SAM 2024 Summer Olympics Gaku Akazawa 14 See all
Senegal SEN 2020 Summer Olympics Adama Diatta 16 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Radion Kertanti 15 See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Coenraad de Villiers =4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1964 Summer Olympics Guram Sagharadze 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics Adlan Varayev 2 Silver
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Ignacio Ordóñez AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Eusebio Serna AC
Sweden SWE 1936 Summer Olympics Thure Andersson 2 Silver See all
1952 Summer Olympics Per Berlin 2 Silver
1972 Summer Olympics Jan Karlsson 2 Silver
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Hermann Gehri 1 Gold See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Bani Merje Fawaz AC See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Zayar AC
Tajikistan TJK 2012 Summer Olympics Zelimkhon Yusufov 11 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1976 Summer Olympics Steven Thompson DNS See all
The Gambia GAM 1988 Summer Olympics Adama Damballey AC See all
Tunisia TUN 2020 Summer Olympics Haithem Dakhlaoui 13 See all
Türkiye TUR 1948 Summer Olympics Yaşar Doğu 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics İsmail Oğan 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Mahmut Atalay 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Ramazan Şahin 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Elbrus Tedieiev 1 Gold See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Məmmədsalam Haciyev 4 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Charles Ericksen 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Jack VanBebber 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Frank Lewis 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Bill Smith 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Doug Blubaugh 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Wayne Wells 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Dave Schultz 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Kenny Monday 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1976 Summer Olympics Ivan David AC See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Ikhtiyor Navruzov =3 Bronze See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Dung DNS See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Martin Knosp 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Šaban Sejdi 3 Bronze See all