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Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
Wrestling pictogram.svg
Governing body UWW
Events 18 (men: 12; women: 6)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
  • Medalists
    • freestyle
    • Greco-Roman

Wrestling at the Olympic Games first appeared at the first modern Olympics, in the form of Greco-Roman wrestling, held in Athens in 1896. Wrestling would appear at every Summer Olympics held since then, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not appear on the program. Freestyle wrestling and weight classes both made their first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle wrestling competition was first held at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program. The president of the sport's governing body, FILA (now United World Wrestling), resigned after a subsequent motion of no confidence, and several of the FILA leadership followed suit. Following these and revisions to the program for 2016 (including rule changes and additional women's competitions), wrestling successfully campaigned to be readmitted back onto the Summer Olympic program.

Summary

Summary of overall best wrestling nation at each Olympics, which includes combining all styles that were contested. Greco-Roman has been contested since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with men's freestyle being contested since 1904 and women's freestyle since 2004.

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1896 1  Germany
2
3 1904 7  United States
4 1908 9  Great Britain
5 1912 5  Finland
6
7 1920 10  Finland
8 1924 13  Finland
9 1928 13  Finland
10 1932 14  Sweden
11 1936 14  Sweden
12
13
14 1948 16  Turkey
15 1952 16  Soviet Union
16 1956 16  Soviet Union
Games Year Events Best Nation
17 1960 16  Turkey
18 1964 16  Japan
19 1968 16  Japan
20 1972 20  Soviet Union
21 1976 20  Soviet Union
22 1980 20  Soviet Union
23 1984 20  United States
24 1988 20  Soviet Union
25 1992 20  Unified Team
26 1996 20  Russia
27 2000 16  Russia
28 2004 18  Russia
29 2008 18  Russia
30 2012 18  Russia
31 2016 18  Russia
32 2020 18  Japan

Removal and reinstatement

In an effort to control the size and costs of the Summer Olympics, and make the Games "relevant to sports fans of all generations", the IOC evaluated the Olympic event programme in place for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and voted on 25 "core" sports that would comprise the programme of the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). One vacancy was to be left open for a new sport. In February 2013, IOC members voted to remove wrestling from the Olympic programme; The New York Times cited several potential factors in the decision, including the lack of universally-known talent unlike other sports, and concern for the lack of women's competitions in wrestling (having only introduced women's freestyle competitions in 2004). FILA (now United World Wrestling), the governing body of Olympic wrestling, immediately criticized the decision. The organization cited wrestling's long-standing history as an Olympic event, which dates as far back as the ancient Olympic Games.

The decision resulted in immediate backlash; Armen Nazaryan and Sagid Murtazaliev both returned gold medals to the IOC in protest, while Nazaryan also staged a hunger strike until the 2013 European Wrestling Championships. FILA president Raphaël Martinetti resigned after a vote of non-confidence by the organization's staff.

Martinetti was replaced as acting president by Nenad Lalović. Under his leadership, the organization began to make changes to its Olympic programme for 2016, including rule changes designed to make bouts faster and encourage more aggression, as well as additional women's weight classes. These changes were intended to help improve audience interest, and address the shortcomings that likely led to the removal of the sport; wrestling joined baseball/softball, as well as squash, on a final shortlist of three sports to be included in the core Olympic programme for 2020. On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be reinstated in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024. Lalović was largely credited for his role in the reinstatement; he remarked that "normally this is done in a few years, we did it in a few months. It was a question of our survival."

Events

Men

Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
Greco-Roman light flyweight X X X X X X X 7
Greco-Roman flyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
Greco-Roman bantamweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
Greco-Roman featherweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
Greco-Roman lightweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27
Greco-Roman welterweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
Greco-Roman middleweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27
Greco-Roman light heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 20
Greco-Roman heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25
Greco-Roman super heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
Greco-Roman open X 1
Freestyle light flyweight X X X X X X X X 8
Freestyle flyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
Freestyle bantamweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
Freestyle featherweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
Freestyle lightweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
Freestyle welterweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25
Freestyle middleweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25
Freestyle light heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
Freestyle heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
Freestyle super heavyweight X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
Total 1 0 7 9 5 10 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 16 14 14 14 12 12 12

Women

Event 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
Freestyle flyweight X X X X X X 6
Freestyle bantamweight X X X X X X 6
Freestyle welterweight X X X 3
Freestyle middleweight X X X X X X 6
Freestyle light heavyweight X X X 3
Freestyle heavyweight X X X X X X 6
Total 4 4 4 6 6 6

Participating nations

The following nations have taken part in the wrestling competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Olympics (X means qualified wrestlers for the next Olympics).

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)   7 8 5 8 8 5 1 7
 Albania (ALB)   1 1 2 3
 Algeria (ALG)   3 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 8 9
 American Samoa (ASA)   1 1 1 3
 Argentina (ARG)   5 8 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 16
 Armenia (ARM)   8 8 7 9 7 8 6 7
 Australia (AUS)   1 3 1 3 4 4 15 9 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 9 11 1 4 1 3 22
 Austria (AUT)   8 2 1 7 5 3 4 7 4 1 4 2 5 7 5 2 3 1 1 19
 Azerbaijan (AZE)   8 9 7 16 13 14 7 7
 Bahamas (BAH)   2 1
 Bahrain (BRN)   1 1
 Belarus (BLR)   16 14 10 9 11 8 8 7
 Belgium (BEL)   4 1 12 17 13 11 9 8 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 18
 Bohemia (BOH)   4 4 2
 Bolivia (BOL)   1 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)   1 1
 Brazil (BRA)   2 1 1 1 1 5 3 7
 Bulgaria (BUL)   8 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 11 8 13 12 9 11 7 16
 Cambodia (CAM)   1 1 2
 Cameroon (CMR)   6 5 4 1 1 1 3 1 8
 Canada (CAN)   1 1 5 5 6 5 9 4 2 4 7 9 15 13 11 13 14 4 7 10 9 8 4 23
 Central African Republic (CAF)   1 1
 Chile (CHI)   1 1 2
 China (CHN)   7 11 8 5 5 9 16 8 13 11 10
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)   1 4 1 3
 Colombia (COL)   1 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 5 3 10
 Croatia (CRO)   1 1 2 1 2 5
 Cuba (CUB)   3 3 7 9 10 15 15 13 12 12 12 10 12 13
 Cyprus (CYP)   1 1 2
 Czech Republic (CZE)   3 3 2 1 1 1 1 7
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)   10 9 6 2 13 3 3 5 4 6 10 5 8 9 7 15
 Denmark (DEN)   11 9 10 11 7 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 19
 Dominican Republic (DOM)   2 1 1 1 4
 East Germany (GDR)   10 17 12 9 8 5
 Ecuador (ECU)   2 1 1 2 2 2 6
 Egypt (EGY)   1 2 4 3 13 12 4 4 4 4 10 5 3 1 2 3 7 13 10 8 20
 El Salvador (ESA)   1 1 1 3
 Estonia (EST)   4 8 6 1 8 4 4 3 1 2 3 2 12
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)   1 1
 Finland (FIN)   4 37 18 24 13 10 13 15 16 10 14 10 9 10 7 8 11 12 7 5 4 2 1 2 3 2 26
 France (FRA)   6 17 23 13 5 10 11 10 2 9 3 4 5 5 2 8 9 9 2 3 6 9 6 2 2 25
 The Gambia (GAM)   3 1
 Georgia (GEO)   8 13 12 10 13 11 7 7
 Germany (GER) 1   1 14 6 5 14 8 17 11 10 9 7 4 7 7 15
 Great Britain (GBR) 1   53 12 10 14 6 2 6 16 6 4 6 6 4 6 7 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 23
 Greece (GRE) 2   1 5 2 3 2 4 5 3 2 3 5 8 9 4 5 10 5 11 10 7 18 3 2 1 2 26
 Guam (GUM)   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
 Guatemala (GUA)   3 5 4 1 1 1 6
 Guinea (GUI)   2 1 2
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)   1 1 1 1 2 2 2 7
 Haiti (HAI)   1 1
 Honduras (HON)   1 1
 Hungary (HUN) 1   7 10 12 6 5 12 12 12 8 10 10 13 18 18 19 18 17 11 8 9 9 7 8 6 25
 Iceland (ISL)   1 1
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)   9 1 2
 India (IND)   2 3 6 4 7 5 8 4 8 6 8 7 6 1 1 7 3 5 8 7 20
 Indonesia (INA)   2 1
 Iran (IRI)   8 8 12 9 14 17 15 16 10 11 13 12 13 12 11 15
 Iraq (IRQ)   1 1 9 3 5 1 6
 Ireland (IRL)   1 1 4 2 1 5
 Israel (ISR)   2 1 2 4 1 3 3 1 8
 Italy (ITA)   1 6 8 17 5 6 10 11 14 5 16 5 5 7 8 6 7 4 5 4 2 6 2 1 2 2 26
 Ivory Coast (CIV)   1 1
 Japan (JPN)   1 1 7 5 5 8 16 16 15 20 20 20 20 16 12 8 13 10 13 10 12 21
 Jordan (JOR)   2 1
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)   11 11 12 16 15 12 11 7
 Kenya (KEN)   4 1
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)   4 6 8 5 4 7 9 7
 Kosovo (KOS)   1 1
 Latvia (LAT)   6 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 10
 Lebanon (LBN)   5 4 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 9
 Lithuania (LTU)   1 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 8
 Luxembourg (LUX)   2 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 8
 North Macedonia (MKD)   3 2 2 1 1 5
 Madagascar (MAD)   1 1
 Malta (MLT)   2 2 2
 Mauritania (MTN)   2 4 2
 Mauritius (MRI)   1 1
 Mexico (MEX)   2 4 5 1 4 4 12 9 2 2 5 4 2 7 1 2 1 1 18
 Moldova (MDA)   6 4 2 2 2 3 2 7
 Mongolia (MGL)   8 8 13 13 13 9 7 4 4 6 6 8 10 9 14
 Morocco (MAR)   5 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 2 3 1 11
 Namibia (NAM)   1 1 2
 Netherlands (NED)   9 3 9 8 6 4 3 1 1 1 10
 New Zealand (NZL)   1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 10
 Nicaragua (NCA)   1 1
 Nigeria (NGR)   1 3 6 5 4 2 1 2 4 7 5 11
 North Korea (PRK)   2 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 5 4 10
 Norway (NOR)   1 9 7 7 7 1 3 6 7 1 4 1 3 5 2 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 24
 Pakistan (PAK)   6 7 6 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 10
 Palau (PLW)   1 2 1 3
 Panama (PAN)   1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 9
 Peru (PER)   4 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 9
 Philippines (PHI)   1 1 1 3 4 4 3 2 8
 Poland (POL)   2 4 3 5 12 5 12 18 14 20 18 13 11 9 9 9 4 8 6 19
 Portugal (POR)   2 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 10
 Puerto Rico (PUR)   5 3 2 4 5 1 3 2 1 9
 Republic of China (ROC)   1 1
 Romania (ROU)   5 7 4 7 10 12 20 19 20 10 4 11 10 5 5 8 2 5 5 19
 Russia (RUS)   4 11 20 16 18 18 16 17 17 9
 Samoa (SAM)   2 1 2
 San Marino (SMR)   1 1
 Senegal (SEN)   4 5 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 13
 Serbia (SRB)   2 1 3 4 4
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)   1 1
 Slovakia (SVK)   4 4 3 2 1 5
 South Africa (RSA)   1 1 2 3 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 11
 South Korea (KOR)   4 1 3 4 13 8 4 11 14 19 16 15 10 9 11 9 5 2 18
 Soviet Union (URS)   16 16 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 9
 Spain (ESP)   4 4 1 2 3 9 10 2 3 1 1 11
 Sweden (SWE)   9 34 13 13 9 13 14 16 1 10 12 9 7 7 8 8 11 10 8 7 5 7 5 6 7 3 26
 Switzerland (SUI)   4 12 11 13 12 5 12 3 3 9 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 20
 Syria (SYR)   2 2 17 3 8 3 2 7
 Tajikistan (TJK)   1 4 2 4 4
 Tunisia (TUN)   2 3 3 3 4 1 3 8 4 10 10
 Turkey (TUR)   5 6 11 16 15 13 16 15 16 16 11 16 13 15 13 12 12 13 13 14 9 21
 Turkmenistan (TKM)   1 1 2
 Ukraine (UKR)   17 16 16 16 13 11 10 7
 Unified Team (EUN)   20 1
 United States (USA)   42 6 2 18 14 7 7 7 8 8 15 16 16 16 19 20 19 20 20 20 16 17 17 17 14 15 25
 United Team of Germany (EUA)   5 15 14 3
 Uzbekistan (UZB)   10 11 7 8 8 8 8 7
 Venezuela (VEN)   3 2 1 6 2 2 3 7 9 9
 Vietnam (VIE)   5 1 1 2 4
 Virgin Islands (ISV)   4 1
 West Germany (FRG)   11 17 15 14 17 5
 Yemen (YEM)   3 1 2
 Yugoslavia (YUG)   2 5 5 3 2 5 4 8 10 6 10 9 2 13
Nations 4 1 14 18 19 26 29 18 29 28 36 30 44 39 45 49 41 35 44 69 59 75 55 66 59 71 67 61
Competitors 5 42 115 170 152 229 166 79 200 207 215 167 338 270 296 388 331 266 267 429 370 401 314 342 344 344 344 288
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

All-time medal tables – 1896–2020

All-time medal table combined – Greco-Roman, Freestyle men's and women's – 1896–2020

Sources:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 62 31 23 116
2  United States (USA) 55 44 39 138
3  Japan (JPN) 37 22 17 76
4  Russia (RUS) 31 11 14 56
5  Turkey (TUR) 29 18 19 66
6  Sweden (SWE) 28 27 31 86
7  Finland (FIN) 26 28 29 83
8  Hungary (HUN) 20 17 19 56
9  Bulgaria (BUL) 16 32 23 71
10  Iran (IRI) 11 15 21 47
11  South Korea (KOR) 11 11 14 36
12  Cuba (CUB) 11 6 10 27
13  Romania (ROU) 7 8 19 34
14  Italy (ITA) 7 4 11 22
15  Unified Team (EUN) 6 5 5 16
16  Germany (GER) 5 13 11 29
17  Poland (POL) 5 9 13 27
18  Estonia (EST) 5 2 4 11
19  Azerbaijan (AZE) 4 8 13 25
20  Ukraine (UKR) 4 6 8 18
21  Yugoslavia (YUG) 4 6 6 16
22  France (FRA) 4 4 10 18
23  Switzerland (SUI) 4 4 7 15
24  Norway (NOR) 4 2 2 8
25  ROC 4 0 4 8
26  Canada (CAN) 3 7 7 17
27  Georgia (GEO) 3 6 10 19
28  Great Britain (GBR) 3 4 10 17
29  North Korea (PRK) 3 2 5 10
30  China (CHN) 2 5 8 15
31  Armenia (ARM) 2 4 3 9
32  Egypt (EGY) 2 3 3 8
33  East Germany (GDR) 2 3 2 7
34  Uzbekistan (UZB) 2 2 4 8
35  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 7 7 15
36  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 5 11 17
37  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 5 3 9
38  West Germany (FRG) 1 4 4 9
39  Greece (GRE) 1 3 7 11
40  Serbia (SRB) 1 0 1 2
41  Belarus (BLR) 0 7 7 14
42  Mongolia (MGL) 0 4 6 10
43  Denmark (DEN) 0 3 6 9
44  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 0 3 3 6
45  Belgium (BEL) 0 3 0 3
 Russian Empire (RU1) 0 3 0 3
47  India (IND) 0 2 5 7
48  Australia (AUS) 0 1 2 3
 Lebanon (LIB) 0 1 2 3
50  Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 1 2
51  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
 Syria (SYR) 0 1 0 1
 Tajikistan (TJK) 0 1 0 1
58  Austria (AUT) 0 0 2 2
 Colombia (COL) 0 0 2 2
60  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
 Moldova (MDA) 0 0 1 1
 North Macedonia (MKD) 0 0 1 1
 Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 1 1
 San Marino (SMR) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 Tunisia (TUN) 0 0 1 1
Totals (66 entries) 428 428 500 1,356

All-time medal table – Greco-Roman – 1896–2020

Sources:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 34 16 10 60
2  Sweden (SWE) 20 17 21 58
3  Finland (FIN) 18 21 19 58
4  Hungary (HUN) 17 13 11 41
5  Russia (RUS) 12 3 7 22
6  Turkey (TUR) 11 6 8 25
7  Bulgaria (BUL) 9 14 9 32
8  Cuba (CUB) 9 5 2 16
9  South Korea (KOR) 7 2 7 16
10  Romania (ROU) 6 8 13 27
11  Italy (ITA) 6 4 9 19
12  Poland (POL) 5 8 8 21
13  Germany (GER) 4 10 8 22
14  Japan (JPN) 4 7 4 15
15  Iran (IRI) 4 1 4 9
16  United States (USA) 3 6 6 15
17  Yugoslavia (YUG) 3 5 4 12
18  Unified Team (EUN) 3 3 3 9
19  Estonia (EST) 3 1 4 8
20  Armenia (ARM) 2 3 3 8
 Egypt (EGY) 2 3 3 8
22  Ukraine (UKR) 2 3 2 7
23  France (FRA) 2 2 5 9
24  Norway (NOR) 2 1 2 5
25  East Germany (GDR) 2 1 1 4
26  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 6 4 11
27  Greece (GRE) 1 3 5 9
28  Georgia (GEO) 1 3 4 8
29  West Germany (FRG) 1 3 1 5
30  Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 2 4 7
31  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 2 2 5
32  ROC 1 0 2 3
33  Serbia (SRB) 1 0 1 2
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 0 1 2
35  United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 4 3 7
36  Denmark (DEN) 0 3 6 9
37  Russian Empire (RU1) 0 3 0 3
38  Belarus (BLR) 0 2 5 7
39  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 0 2 1 3
40  China (CHN) 0 1 5 6
41  Lebanon (LIB) 0 1 2 3
42  Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 1 2
43  Latvia (LAT) 0 1 0 1
 Mexico (MEX) 0 1 0 1
45  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
 Moldova (MDA) 0 0 1 1
 North Korea (PRK) 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1
Totals (49 entries) 199 201 225 625

All-time medal table – Freestyle men's and women's – 1904–2020

Sources:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 52 38 33 123
2  Japan (JPN) 33 15 13 61
3  Soviet Union (URS) 28 15 13 56
4  Russia (RUS) 19 8 7 34
5  Turkey (TUR) 18 12 11 41
6  Sweden (SWE) 8 10 10 28
7  Finland (FIN) 8 7 10 25
8  Bulgaria (BUL) 7 18 14 39
9  Iran (IRI) 7 14 17 38
10  South Korea (KOR) 4 9 7 20
11  Switzerland (SUI) 4 4 6 14
12  Canada (CAN) 3 7 7 17
13  Azerbaijan (AZE) 3 6 9 18
14  Great Britain (GBR) 3 4 10 17
15  Hungary (HUN) 3 4 8 15
16  North Korea (PRK) 3 2 4 9
17  Unified Team (EUN) 3 2 2 7
18  ROC 3 0 2 5
19  China (CHN) 2 4 3 9
20  Georgia (GEO) 2 3 6 11
 Ukraine (UKR) 2 3 6 11
22  France (FRA) 2 2 5 9
23  Cuba (CUB) 2 1 8 11
24  Estonia (EST) 2 1 0 3
 Norway (NOR) 2 1 0 3
26  Germany (GER) 1 3 3 7
27  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 2 3 6
28  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1 1 2 4
29  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 1 0 2
30  Romania (ROU) 1 0 6 7
31  Italy (ITA) 1 0 2 3
32  Belarus (BLR) 0 5 2 7
33  Mongolia (MGL) 0 4 6 10
34  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 3 9 12
35  Belgium (BEL) 0 3 0 3
36  India (IND) 0 2 5 7
37  East Germany (GDR) 0 2 1 3
38  Poland (POL) 0 1 5 6
39  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 3 4
 West Germany (FRG) 0 1 3 4
41  Australia (AUS) 0 1 2 3
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 0 1 2 3
43  Armenia (ARM) 0 1 0 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 0 1 0 1
 Puerto Rico (PUR) 0 1 0 1
 Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 0 1
 Syria (SYR) 0 1 0 1
 Tajikistan (TJK) 0 1 0 1
49  Colombia (COL) 0 0 2 2
 Greece (GRE) 0 0 2 2
51  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 North Macedonia (MKD) 0 0 1 1
 Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 1 1
 San Marino (SMR) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 Tunisia (TUN) 0 0 1 1
Totals (56 entries) 229 227 275 731

See also

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  • List of Olympic medalists in Freestyle wrestling
  • List of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling
  • List of Olympic venues in wrestling
  • Politics and sports
  • Ancient Olympic Games
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