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Facts

Disciplines	Wrestling
Participants	5144
NOCs	134
Competitions held	428
Distinct events	60
IF	United World Wrestling, Amateur-Athleten-Weltunion, Internationaler Kraftsportverband

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	URS	62	31	23	116
United States	USA	57	45	40	142
Japan	JPN	37	22	17	76
Russian Federation	RUS	31	14	14	59
Türkiye	TUR	29	18	19	66
Sweden	SWE	28	27	31	86
Finland	FIN	26	28	29	83
Hungary	HUN	20	17	19	56
Bulgaria	BUL	16	32	23	71
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	11	15	21	47
Republic of Korea	KOR	11	11	14	36
Cuba	CUB	11	6	10	27
Romania	ROU	7	8	19	34
Italy	ITA	7	4	11	22
Germany	GER	6	17	14	37
Unified Team	EUN	6	5	5	16
Poland	POL	5	9	13	27
Estonia	EST	5	2	4	11
Azerbaijan	AZE	4	8	13	25
Ukraine	UKR	4	6	8	18
Yugoslavia	YUG	4	6	6	16
France	FRA	4	4	10	18
Switzerland	SUI	4	4	6	14
ROC	ROC	4	0	4	8
Canada	CAN	3	7	7	17
Georgia	GEO	3	6	10	19
Great Britain	GBR	3	4	10	17
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	3	2	5	10
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	5	8	15
Armenia	ARM	2	4	3	9
East Germany	GDR	2	3	2	7
Uzbekistan	UZB	2	2	4	8
Egypt	EGY	2	2	3	7
Norway	NOR	2	2	2	6
Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	7	7	15
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	5	11	17
West Germany	FRG	1	4	4	9
Greece	GRE	1	3	7	11
Serbia	SRB	1	0	1	2
Belarus	BLR	0	7	7	14
Mongolia	MGL	0	4	6	10
Denmark	DEN	0	3	6	9
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	3	3	6
Belgium	BEL	0	3	0	3
India	IND	0	2	5	7
Australia	AUS	0	1	2	3
Lebanon	LBN	0	1	2	3
Lithuania	LTU	0	1	1	2
Latvia	LAT	0	1	0	1
Mexico	MEX	0	1	0	1
Nigeria	NGR	0	1	0	1
Puerto Rico	PUR	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	0	1	0	1
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0	1	0	1
Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	0	1
United Arab Republic	UAR	0	1	0	1
Austria	AUT	0	0	2	2
Colombia	COL	0	0	2	2
Czechia	CZE	0	0	1	1
North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
Pakistan	PAK	0	0	1	1
Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	0	1	1
San Marino	SMR	0	0	1	1
Spain	ESP	0	0	1	1
Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Kaori Icho	JPN	4	0	0	4
Mijaín López	CUB	4	0	0	4
Aleksandr Karelin	RUS URS EUN	3	1	0	4
Saori Yoshida	JPN	3	1	0	4
Buvaysar Saytiyev	RUS	3	0	0	3
Ivar Johansson	SWE	3	0	0	3
Carl Westergren	SWE	3	0	0	3
Aliaksandr Miadved	BLR URS	3	0	0	3
Rudolf Svensson	SWE	2	2	0	4
Bruce Baumgartner	USA	2	1	1	4

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Wrestling	Featherweight, Greco-Roman	Men		25
Wrestling	Welterweight, Greco-Roman	Men		21
Wrestling	Middleweight, Greco-Roman	Men		26
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		25
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		27
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		13
Wrestling	Featherweight, Freestyle	Men		26
Wrestling	Welterweight, Freestyle	Men		24
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Men		25
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		24
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		26
Wrestling	Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Men		13
Wrestling	Flyweight, Freestyle	Women		5
Wrestling	Featherweight, Freestyle	Women		2
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Women		5
Wrestling	Middleweight, Freestyle	Women		5
Wrestling	Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle	Women		2
Wrestling	Heavyweight, Freestyle	Women		5
Wrestling	≤42 kilograms, Greco Roman	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤45 kilograms, Greco-Roman	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤50 kilograms, Greco Roman	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤58 kilograms, Greco Roman	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤69 kilograms, Greco Roman	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤85 kilograms, Greco Roman	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤46 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤54 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤63 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤76 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤100 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		2
Wrestling	≤51 kilograms, Greco-Roman	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤60 kilograms, Greco-Roman	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤71 kilograms, Greco-Roman	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤92 kilograms, Greco-Roman	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤48 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤55 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤65 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤80 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤110 kilograms, Freestyle	Boys		1
Wrestling	≤43 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		1
Wrestling	≤46 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		2
Wrestling	≤52 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		2
Wrestling	≤60 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		2
Wrestling	≤49 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		1
Wrestling	≤70 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		2
Wrestling	≤57 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		1
Wrestling	≤65 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		1
Wrestling	≤73 kilograms, Freestyle	Girls		1
Wrestling	Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		7
Wrestling	Flyweight, Greco-Roman	Men		13
Wrestling	Bantamweight, Greco-Roman	Men		18
Wrestling	Lightweight, Greco-Roman	Men		25
Wrestling	Middleweight A, Greco-Roman	Men		1
Wrestling	Middleweight B, Greco-Roman	Men		1
Wrestling	Unlimited Class, Greco-Roman	Men		1
Wrestling	All-Around, Greco-Roman	Men		1
Wrestling	Wrestling and Somersault	Men		1
Wrestling	Light-Flyweight, Freestyle	Men		8
Wrestling	Flyweight, Freestyle	Men		14
Wrestling	Bantamweight, Freestyle	Men		20
Wrestling	Lightweight, Freestyle	Men		24