Wrestling — Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 361
Total countries 75

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1908 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤93 kg), Men Olympic 21 9
1920 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 18 11
1924 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 22 15
1928 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤82½ kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1932 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 3 3
1936 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1948 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 14 14
1952 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 10 10
1956 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 10 10
1960 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 17 17
1964 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men Olympic 18 18
1968 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
1972 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1976 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1980 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 15 15
1984 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 13 13
1988 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 22 22
1992 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 19 19
1996 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤90 kg), Men Olympic 23 23
2000 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2004 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2008 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2012 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤84 kg), Men Olympic 20 20
2016 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤85 kg), Men Olympic 21 21
2020 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 16 16
2024 Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men Olympic 16 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Verner WeckmanFIN Yrjö SaarelaFIN Carl JensenDEN
1920 Claes JohansonSWE Edil RosenqvistFIN Johannes EriksenDEN
1924 Carl WestergrenSWE Rudolf SvenssonSWE Onni PellinenFIN
1928 Ibrahim MoustafaEGY Adolf RiegerGER Onni PellinenFIN
1932 Rudolf SvenssonSWE Onni PellinenFIN Mario GruppioniITA
1936 Axel CadierSWE Edvīns BietagsLAT August NeoEST
1948 Karl-Erik NilssonSWE Kelpo GröndahlFIN Ibrahim OrabiEGY
1952 Kelpo GröndahlFIN Shalva ChikhladzeURS Karl-Erik NilssonSWE
1956 Valentin NikolayevURS Petko SirakovBUL Karl-Erik NilssonSWE
1960 Tevfik KışTUR Krali BimbalovBUL Givi K'art'oziaURS
1964 Boyan RadevBUL Per SvenssonSWE Heinz KiehlGER
1968 Boyan RadevBUL Nikolay YakovenkoURS Nicolae MartinescuROU
1972 Valery RezantsevURS Josip ČorakYUG Czesław KwiecińskiPOL
1976 Valery RezantsevURS Stoyan NikolovBUL Czesław KwiecińskiPOL
1980 Norbert Növényi, Jr.HUN Igor KanyginURS Petre DicuROU
1984 Steve FraserUSA Ilie MateiROU Frank AnderssonSWE
1988 Atanas KomshevBUL Harri KoskelaFIN Vladimir PopovURS
1992 Maik BullmannGER Hakkı BaşarTUR Gogi KoguashviliEUN
1996 V'iacheslav OliynykUKR Jacek FafińskiPOL Maik BullmannGER
2000 Hamza YerlikayaTUR Sándor István BárdosiHUN Mukhran VakhtangadzeGEO
2004 Aleksey MishinRUS Ara AbrahamianSWE Viachaslau MakarankaBLR
2008 Andrea MinguzziITA Zoltán FodorHUN Nazmi AvlucaTUR
2012 Alan KhugayevRUS Karam GaberEGY Daniyal Gadzhiyev
Damian Janikowski
KAZ
POL
2016 Davit ChakvetadzeRUS Zhan BeleniukUKR Dzhavid Hamzatau
Denis Kudla
BLR
GER
2020 Zhan BeleniukUKR Viktor LőrinczHUN Denis Kudla
Zurabi Datunashvili
GER
SRB
2024 Semen NovikovBUL Alireza MohmadipianiIRI Turpal Bisultanov
Zhan Beleniuk
DEN
UKR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sweden SWE 5 3 3 11
Bulgaria BUL 4 3 0 7
Soviet Union URS 3 3 2 8
Russian Federation RUS 3 0 0 3
Finland FIN 2 5 2 9
Türkiye TUR 2 1 1 4
Ukraine UKR 2 1 1 4
Hungary HUN 1 3 0 4
Germany GER 1 1 4 6
Egypt EGY 1 1 1 3
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
United States USA 1 0 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 3 4
Romania ROU 0 1 2 3
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 1 0 1
Latvia LAT 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 3 3
Belarus BLR 0 0 2 2
Estonia EST 0 0 1 1
Georgia GEO 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Boyan Radev BUL 2 0 0 2
Valery Rezantsev KAZ
RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Zhan Beleniuk UKR 1 1 1 3
Kelpo Gröndahl FIN 1 1 0 2
Rudolf Svensson SWE 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2020 Summer Olympics Bachir Sid Azara 7 See all
Argentina ARG 1960 Summer Olympics Julio Graffigna 17 See all
Armenia ARM 2008 Summer Olympics Denis Forov 7 See all
Australia AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Arek Olczak 18 See all
Austria AUT 1956 Summer Olympics Eugen Wiesberger, Jr. 6 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Franz Pitschmann 6
Azerbaijan AZE 2008 Summer Olympics Şalva Qadabadze 8 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Viachaslau Makaranka 3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Dzhavid Hamzatau =3 Bronze
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Émile Wahlen AC r4/5 See all
1920 Summer Olympics Guillaume Snoeck AC r3/5
1928 Summer Olympics Nicolas Appels 4
Bohemia BOH 1908 Summer Olympics Miroslav Šustera =17 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1996 Summer Olympics Fahrudin Hodžić 17 See all
Brazil BRA 1988 Summer Olympics Roberto Leitão AC See all
Bulgaria BUL 1964 Summer Olympics Boyan Radev 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Boyan Radev 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Atanas Komshev 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Semen Novikov 1 Gold
Cameroon CMR 1988 Summer Olympics Jean-Baptiste Youmbi AC See all
Canada CAN 1956 Summer Olympics Bob Steckle 4 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Carlos Muñoz 15 See all
Croatia CRO 2020 Summer Olympics Ivan Huklek =5 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Luis Enrique Méndez 5 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Marek Švec 8 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1920 Summer Olympics František Kocián AC r2/5 See all
1920 Summer Olympics František Tázler AC r2/5
Denmark DEN 1908 Summer Olympics Carl Jensen 3 Bronze See all
1920 Summer Olympics Johannes Eriksen 3 Bronze
2024 Summer Olympics Turpal Bisultanov =3 Bronze
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Thomas Horschel 5 See all
Egypt EGY 1928 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Moustafa 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics August Neo 3 Bronze See all
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2012 Summer Olympics Keitani Graham 20 See all
Finland FIN 1908 Summer Olympics Verner Weckman 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Kelpo Gröndahl 1 Gold
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Jean-François Court 5 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Mélonin Noumonvi =5
2012 Summer Olympics Mélonin Noumonvi =5
Georgia GEO 2000 Summer Olympics Mukhran Vakhtangadze 3 Bronze See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Maik Bullmann 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Alfred Banbrook =5 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Ken Richmond 5
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Dimitrios Avramis 5 See all
Hungary HUN 1980 Summer Olympics Norbert Növényi, Jr. 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Pajo Ivošević AC See all
India IND 2016 Summer Olympics Ravinder Khatri 20 See all
Iraq IRQ 1984 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahman Bressam Mohammed AC See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2024 Summer Olympics Alireza Mohmadipiani 2 Silver See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Gotcha Tsitsiashvili 6 See all
Italy ITA 2008 Summer Olympics Andrea Minguzzi 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1976 Summer Olympics Sadao Sato =7 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Shingo Matsumoto 7
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Daniyal Gadzhiyev =3 Bronze See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2020 Summer Olympics Atabek Azisbekov 10 See all
Latvia LAT 1936 Summer Olympics Edvīns Bietags 2 Silver See all
Lebanon LBN 1952 Summer Olympics Michel Skaff =6 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Oscar Theisen AC r1/5 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Jos Schummer AC
Mauritania MTN 1988 Summer Olympics Samba Adama AC See all
Mexico MEX 2016 Summer Olympics Alfonso Leyva 19 See all
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Jamtsyn Bor AC See all
Morocco MAR 1996 Summer Olympics Abdel Aziz Essafoui =22 See all
Netherlands NED 1920 Summer Olympics Jan Sint AC r5/5 See all
Norway NOR 1968 Summer Olympics Tore Hem 5 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Håkon Øverby 5
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Ma Sanyi =5 See all
Peru PER 1996 Summer Olympics Lucio Vásquez =22 See all
Poland POL 1996 Summer Olympics Jacek Fafiński 2 Silver See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Kim Jeong-Seop 13 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Ilie Matei 2 Silver See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Aleksey Mishin 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Alan Khugayev 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Davit Chakvetadze 1 Gold
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Ambroise Sarr AC See all
1988 Summer Olympics Tapha Guèye AC
Serbia SRB 2020 Summer Olympics Zurabi Datunashvili =3 Bronze See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Goran Kasum 18 See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Attila Bátky 10 See all
South Africa RSA 1928 Summer Olympics Arthur Praeg DNS See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Valentin Nikolayev 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Valery Rezantsev 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Valery Rezantsev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1960 Summer Olympics José Panizo 6 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Claes Johanson 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Carl Westergren 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Rudolf Svensson 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Axel Cadier 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Karl-Erik Nilsson 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1964 Summer Olympics Peter Jutzeler =5 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Atef Mahayri AC See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Haykel Achouri =15 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 1996 Summer Olympics Rozy Redzhepov 12 See all
Türkiye TUR 1960 Summer Olympics Tevfik Kış 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Hamza Yerlikaya 1 Gold
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics V'iacheslav Oliynyk 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Zhan Beleniuk 1 Gold
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Gogi Koguashvili 3 Bronze See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Steve Fraser 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Rustam Assakalov 8 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Rustam Assakalov 8
Venezuela VEN 2000 Summer Olympics Eddy Bartolozzi 11 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Uwe Sachs 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Josip Čorak 2 Silver See all