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

Times held 25
Total participants 464
Total countries 76

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1906 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤75 kg), Men Intercalated 12 8
1908 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤66.6 kg), Men Olympic 25 10
1912 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 48 13
1920 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 22 12
1924 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 28 18
1928 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67½ kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1932 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 6 6
1936 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤66 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1948 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1952 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1956 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 10 10
1960 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1964 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤70 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1968 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤70 kg), Men Olympic 26 26
1972 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
1976 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
1980 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1984 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
1988 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 31 31
1992 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1996 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
2000 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤63 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
2008 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2012 Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤60 kg), Men Olympic 19 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Rudolf WatzlAUT Carl CarlsenDEN Ferenc HolubánHUN
1908 Enrico PorroITA Nikolay OrlovRUS Arvo LindénFIN
1912 Emil VäreFIN Gustaf MalmströmSWE Edvin MathiassonSWE
1920 Emil VäreFIN Taavi TamminenFIN Frithjof AndersenNOR
1924 Oskari FrimanFIN Lajos KeresztesHUN Kalle WesterlundFIN
1928 Lajos KeresztesHUN Ede SperlingGER Edvard WesterlundFIN
1932 Erik MalmbergSWE Abraham KurlandDEN Ede SperlingGER
1936 Lauri KoskelaFIN Jozef HerdaTCH Voldemar VäliEST
1948 Gustav FreijSWE Aage EriksenNOR Károly FerenczHUN
1952 Shazam SafinURS Gustav FreijSWE Mikuláš AthanasovTCH
1956 Kyösti LehtonenFIN Rıza DoğanTUR Gyula TóthHUN
1960 Avtandil KoridzeURS Branko MartinovićYUG Gustav FreijSWE
1964 Kazım AyvazTUR Valeriu BularcăROU Davit GvantseladzeURS
1968 Muneji MunemuraJPN Stevan HorvatYUG Petros GalaktopoulosGRE
1972 Shamil KhisamutdinovURS Stoyan ApostolovBUL Gian Matteo RanziITA
1976 Suren NalbandyanURS Ștefan RusuROU Heinz-Helmut WehlingGDR
1980 Ștefan RusuROU Andrzej SupronPOL Lars-Erik SkiöldSWE
1984 Vlado LisjakYUG Tapio SipiläFIN Jim MartinezUSA
1988 Levon JulfalakyanURS Kim Seong-MunKOR Tapio SipiläFIN
1992 Attila RepkaHUN İslam DuquçiyevEUN Rodney SmithUSA
1996 Ryszard WolnyPOL Ghani YalouzFRA Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
2000 Varteres SamurgashevRUS Juan Luis MarénCUB Akaki ChachuaGEO
2004 Jeong Ji-HyeonKOR Roberto MonzónCUB Armen NazaryanBUL
2008 Islam-Beka AlbiyevRUS Nurbakyt TengizbayevKAZ Sheng Jiang
Ruslan Tyumenbayev
CHN
KGZ
2012 Omid NorouziIRI Revaz LashkhiGEO Ryutaro Matsumoto
Zaur Kuramagomedov
JPN
RUS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Finland FIN 5 2 4 11
Soviet Union URS 5 0 1 6
Sweden SWE 2 2 3 7
Hungary HUN 2 1 3 6
Russian Federation RUS 2 1 2 5
Romania ROU 1 2 0 3
Yugoslavia YUG 1 2 0 3
Poland POL 1 1 0 2
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 0 2
Türkiye TUR 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 0 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 2 0 2
Denmark DEN 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
Georgia GEO 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
United States USA 0 0 2 2
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Estonia EST 0 0 1 1
Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Emil Väre FIN 2 0 0 2
Gustav Freij SWE 1 1 1 3
Lajos Keresztes HUN 1 1 0 2
Ștefan Rusu ROU 1 1 0 2
Oskari Friman FIN 1 0 0 1
Lauri Koskela FIN 1 0 0 1
Kyösti Lehtonen FIN 1 0 0 1
Attila Repka HUN 1 0 0 1
Enrico Porro ITA 1 0 0 1
Muneji Munemura JPN 1 0 0 1
Ryszard Wolny POL 1 0 0 1
Erik Malmberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Kazım Ayvaz TUR 1 0 0 1
Levon Julfalakyan ARM
URS
1 0 0 1
Shamil Khisamutdinov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Avtandil Koridze GEO
URS
1 0 0 1
Suren Nalbandyan RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Shazam Safin RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Vlado Lisjak CRO
YUG
1 0 0 1
Rudolf Watzl AUT 1 0 0 1
Varteres Samurgashev RUS 1 0 0 1
Jeong Ji-Hyeon KOR 1 0 0 1
Islam-Beka Albiyev RUS 1 0 0 1
Omid Norouzi IRI 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1964 Summer Olympics Wahid Ullah Zaid AC See all
1972 Summer Olympics Djan-Aka Djan AC
1980 Summer Olympics Sakhidad Hamidi AC
Algeria ALG 2012 Summer Olympics Tarek Aziz Benaissa 15 See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Alberto Barbieri =13 See all
Armenia ARM 1996 Summer Olympics Samvel Manukyan 10 See all
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Nick Stamulus =17 See all
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Rudolf Watzl 1 Gold See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Həsən Əliyev =5 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Kamandar Madzhydau 4 See all
Belgium BEL 1906 Intercalated Games René Dobrinovitz =4 See all
1920 Summer Olympics Frits Janssens AC r3/5
1920 Summer Olympics Albert Savonet AC r2/5
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Karel Halík =4 See all
1912 Summer Olympics Jan Balej AC r6/8
1912 Summer Olympics Karel Halík AC r3/8
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Stoyan Apostolov 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 1992 Summer Olympics Doug Yeats 8 See all
Colombia COL 1996 Summer Olympics José Escobar =21 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Juan Luis Marén 2 Silver See all
2004 Summer Olympics Roberto Monzón 2 Silver
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Jozef Herda 2 Silver See all
Denmark DEN 1906 Intercalated Games Carl Carlsen 2 Silver See all
1932 Summer Olympics Abraham Kurland 2 Silver
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Heinz-Helmut Wehling 3 Bronze See all
Egypt EGY 1906 Intercalated Games Eugène Colombani =7 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Shaban Abdelwahab 7
El Salvador ESA 1988 Summer Olympics Gustavo Manzur AC See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics Voldemar Väli 3 Bronze See all
Finland FIN 1912 Summer Olympics Emil Väre 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Emil Väre 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Oskari Friman 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Lauri Koskela 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Kyösti Lehtonen 1 Gold
France FRA 1996 Summer Olympics Ghani Yalouz 2 Silver See all
Georgia GEO 2012 Summer Olympics Revaz Lashkhi 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Ede Sperling 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 1912 Summer Olympics Bill Hayes AC r2/8 See all
1912 Summer Olympics William Lupton AC r2/8
1912 Summer Olympics Robert Phelps AC r2/8
1912 Summer Olympics William Ruff AC r2/8
Greece GRE 1968 Summer Olympics Petros Galaktopoulos 3 Bronze See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Aristides Pérez AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ángel Aldana AC
Hungary HUN 1928 Summer Olympics Lajos Keresztes 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Attila Repka 1 Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Nandor Sabo AC See all
India IND 2000 Summer Olympics Gurbinder Singh 13 See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud AC See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Omid Norouzi 1 Gold See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Michael Beilin 15 See all
Italy ITA 1908 Summer Olympics Enrico Porro 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1968 Summer Olympics Muneji Munemura 1 Gold See all
Jordan JOR 1988 Summer Olympics Muneir Al-Masri AC See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Nurbakyt Tengizbayev 2 Silver See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Kiptoo Salbei AC See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2008 Summer Olympics Ruslan Tyumenbayev =3 Bronze See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Rūdolfs Ronis =9 See all
Lebanon LBN 1948 Summer Olympics Charif Damage 4 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1928 Summer Olympics Adolphe Dumont =13 See all
Mexico MEX 1964 Summer Olympics Alejandro Echaniz AC See all
1968 Summer Olympics Mario Tovar AC
1972 Summer Olympics Alberto Bremauntz AC
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Buyandelgeriin Bold 5 See all
Morocco MAR 1996 Summer Olympics Anwar Kandafil 19 See all
Netherlands NED 1912 Summer Olympics Bert Eillebrecht AC r2/8 See all
1920 Summer Olympics Carl Coerse AC r3/5
New Zealand NZL 2000 Summer Olympics Rasoul Amani 20 See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Abdullah Al-Shamsi AC See all
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Aage Eriksen 2 Silver See all
Panama PAN 1988 Summer Olympics Herminio Hidalgo AC See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Sheng Jiang =3 Bronze See all
Peru PER 2004 Summer Olympics Sídney Guzmán 15 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Eliseo Salugta AC See all
Poland POL 1996 Summer Olympics Ryszard Wolny 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Hugo Passos 21 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics José Betancourt DNS See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Jeong Ji-Hyeon 1 Gold See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Ștefan Rusu 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Varteres Samurgashev 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Islam-Beka Albiyev 1 Gold
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Erich Schmidt AC See all
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Arona Mané AC See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Davor Štefanek 14 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Davor Štefanek 18 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Shazam Safin 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Avtandil Koridze 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Shamil Khisamutdinov 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Suren Nalbandyan 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Levon Julfalakyan 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1924 Summer Olympics Francisco Solé =13 See all
Sweden SWE 1932 Summer Olympics Erik Malmberg 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Gustav Freij 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 2000 Summer Olympics Beat Motzer 4 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Moutei Nakdali 6 See all
Türkiye TUR 1964 Summer Olympics Kazım Ayvaz 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Hryhoriy Kamyshenko 8 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics İslam Duquçiyev 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Jim Martinez 3 Bronze See all
1992 Summer Olympics Rodney Smith 3 Bronze
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Bakhodir Kurbanov 5 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Luis Liendo 12 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Klaus Rost 4 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Manfred Schöndorfer 4
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Vlado Lisjak 1 Gold See all