Wrestling — Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men (discontinued)

Times held 18
Total participants 292
Total countries 69

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤58 kg), Men Olympic 25 15
1928 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤58 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1932 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 7 7
1936 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤56 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1948 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1952 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1956 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1960 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 28 28
1964 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1968 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 24 24
1972 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 29 29
1976 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1980 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1984 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1992 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1996 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2000 Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤54 kg), Men Olympic 20 20

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Eduard PütsepEST Anselm AhlforsFIN Väinö IkonenFIN
1928 Kurt LeuchtGER Jindřich MaudrTCH Giovanni GozziITA
1932 Jakob BrendelGER Marcello NizzolaITA Louis FrançoisFRA
1936 Márton LőrinczHUN Egon SvenssonSWE Jakob BrendelGER
1948 Kurt PettersénSWE Mahmoud HassanEGY Halil KayaTUR
1952 Imre HódosHUN Zakaria ChihabLBN Artyom TeryanURS
1956 Konstantin VyrupayevURS Edvin VesterbySWE Francisc HorvathROU
1960 Oleg KaravayevURS Ion CerneaROU Dinko PetrovBUL
1964 Masamitsu IchiguchiJPN Vladlen TrostyanskyURS Ion CerneaROU
1968 János VargaHUN Ion BaciuROU Ivan KocherginURS
1972 Rustem KazakovURS Hans-Jürgen VeilFRG Risto BjörlinFIN
1976 Pertti UkkolaFIN Ivica FrgićYUG Farkhat MustafinURS
1980 Shamil SerikovURS Józef LipieńPOL Benni LjungbeckSWE
1984 Pasquale PassarelliFRG Masaki EtoJPN Babis CholidisGRE
1988 András SikeHUN Stoyan BalovBUL Babis CholidisGRE
1992 An Han-BongKOR Rifat YildizGER Sheng ZetianCHN
1996 Yury MelnichenkoKAZ Dennis HallUSA Sheng ZetianCHN
2000 Sim Gwon-HoKOR Lázaro RivasCUB Kang Yong-GyunPRK

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 4 1 3 8
Hungary HUN 4 0 0 4
Germany GER 2 1 1 4
Republic of Korea KOR 2 0 0 2
Sweden SWE 1 2 1 4
Finland FIN 1 1 2 4
Japan JPN 1 1 0 2
West Germany FRG 1 1 0 2
Estonia EST 1 0 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 0 2 2 4
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
Cuba CUB 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
Egypt EGY 0 1 0 1
Lebanon LBN 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
United States USA 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Greece GRE 0 0 2 2
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 2 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Türkiye TUR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jakob Brendel GER 1 0 1 2
Eduard Pütsep EST 1 0 0 1
Pertti Ukkola FIN 1 0 0 1
Kurt Leucht GER 1 0 0 1
Pasquale Passarelli FRG 1 0 0 1
Imre Hódos HUN 1 0 0 1
Márton Lőrincz HUN 1 0 0 1
András Sike HUN 1 0 0 1
János Varga HUN 1 0 0 1
Masamitsu Ichiguchi JPN 1 0 0 1
Yury Melnichenko KAZ 1 0 0 1
An Han-Bong KOR 1 0 0 1
Sim Gwon-Ho KOR 1 0 0 1
Kurt Pettersén SWE 1 0 0 1
Oleg Karavayev BLR
URS
1 0 0 1
Rustem Kazakov URS
UZB
1 0 0 1
Shamil Serikov KAZ
URS
1 0 0 1
Konstantin Vyrupayev RUS
URS
1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1964 Summer Olympics Nour Ullah Noor AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Alam Mir AC
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Elvidio Flamini 5 See all
Armenia ARM 1996 Summer Olympics Aghasi Manukyan 13 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Joe Sweeney AC See all
Austria AUT 1924 Summer Olympics Adolf Herschmann =5 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2000 Summer Olympics Natig Eyvazov 7 See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Rik Dierckx =9 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Piet Mollin =9
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Stoyan Balov 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Herb Singerman AC See all
1976 Summer Olympics Doug Yeats AC
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Lázaro Rivas 2 Silver See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Petr Švehla 16 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1928 Summer Olympics Jindřich Maudr 2 Silver See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2000 Summer Olympics Kang Yong-Gyun 3 Bronze See all
Denmark DEN 1928 Summer Olympics Herman Andersen =7 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Servio Severino AC See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Hartmut Puls AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Radmacher AC
Egypt EGY 1948 Summer Olympics Mahmoud Hassan 2 Silver See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Eduard Pütsep 1 Gold See all
Finland FIN 1976 Summer Olympics Pertti Ukkola 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1932 Summer Olympics Louis François 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Tsertsvadze 15 See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Kurt Leucht 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Jakob Brendel 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Ken Irvine AC See all
Greece GRE 1984 Summer Olympics Babis Cholidis 3 Bronze See all
1988 Summer Olympics Babis Cholidis 3 Bronze
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Oswaldo Johnston AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Javier Raxón AC
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Márton Lőrincz 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Imre Hódos 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics János Varga 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics András Sike 1 Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Zoran Galović AC See all
India IND 1964 Summer Olympics Bishambar Singh AC See all
Iraq IRQ 1988 Summer Olympics Ghazi Salah 6 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2000 Summer Olympics Hassan Rangraz 14 See all
Italy ITA 1932 Summer Olympics Marcello Nizzola 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Masamitsu Ichiguchi 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Yury Melnichenko 1 Gold See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Uran Kalilov 8 See all
Latvia LAT 1996 Summer Olympics Aigars Jansons 9 See all
Lebanon LBN 1952 Summer Olympics Zakaria Chihab 2 Silver See all
Lithuania LTU 1996 Summer Olympics Remigijus Šukevičius 12 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1928 Summer Olympics Georges Miller =14 See all
Mexico MEX 1996 Summer Olympics Armando Fernández 14 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav AC See all
1976 Summer Olympics Nyamyn Jargalsaikhan AC
Morocco MAR 1992 Summer Olympics Abderrahman Naanaa 9 See all
Netherlands NED 1924 Summer Olympics Johannes van Maaren =9 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Johannes van Maaren =9
New Zealand NZL 2000 Summer Olympics Jotham Pellew 20 See all
Norway NOR 1924 Summer Olympics Ragnvald Olsen =5 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Reidar Merli 5
Panama PAN 1988 Summer Olympics Ramón Mena AC See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Summer Olympics Sheng Zetian 3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Sheng Zetian 3 Bronze
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics Juan Velarde AC See all
Philippines PHI 1964 Summer Olympics Tortillano Tumasis AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Rogelio Famatid AC
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Józef Lipień 2 Silver See all
Portugal POR 1960 Summer Olympics Orlando Gonçalves =17 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Orlando Cáceres DNS See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1992 Summer Olympics An Han-Bong 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Sim Gwon-Ho 1 Gold
Romania ROU 1960 Summer Olympics Ion Cernea 2 Silver See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ion Baciu 2 Silver
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksey Shevtsov 12 See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Norbert Kohler AC See all
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Arona Mané DNS See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Konstantin Vyrupayev 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Oleg Karavayev 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Rustem Kazakov 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Shamil Serikov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1960 Summer Olympics Santiago Cañete 27 See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Kurt Pettersén 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1960 Summer Olympics Richard Debrunner =17 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1972 Summer Olympics Fawzi Salloum AC See all
1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Moutei Nakdali AC
Tunisia TUN 1996 Summer Olympics Nabil Salhi 20 See all
Türkiye TUR 1948 Summer Olympics Halil Kaya 3 Bronze See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Ruslan Khakymov 4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Andriy Kalashnykov 4
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Ignatenko 4 See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Kamel El-Sayed =17 See all
United States USA 1996 Summer Olympics Dennis Hall 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Pasquale Passarelli 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Ivica Frgić 2 Silver See all